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As naval officer, he carried out many deep-sea experiments and improved upon early diving equipment. He filmed his underwater excursions and offered the world a glimpse below the surface. His work, and his red cap are famous throughout the world. 

His life in the context of his world when Jerusalem was part of the Roman Empire. In an easy-to-read narrative, this title-illustrated with eighty drawings-also explaining the early origins of Christianity and how it became a major religion. 

Born in 1829, at age 11. He began writing adventure stories as a young man and became a popular writer. Mixing scientific discovery and literature in his books like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days. 

A teenager who loved to play basketball
A fearless woman who filmed French cooking lessons in her own kitchen
A celebrity chef and best-selling author

Born in California in 1912, Julia Child enlisted in the Army and met her future husband, Paul, during World War II. She discovered her love of French food while stationed in Paris and enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu cooking school after her service. Child knew that Americans would love French food as much as she did, so she wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 1961. The book was a success and the public wanted more. America fell in love with Julia Child. Her TV show, The French Chef, premiered in 1963 and brought the bubbling and lovable chef into millions of homes. Find out more about this beloved chef, author, and TV personality in Who Was Julia Child?

Her teacher gave him a cornet in New Orleans. But his passion and genius pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life was a critical time in American music as well as black history. 

At the age of 18 she became religious in India, Teresa shed her habit and walked the streets of Calcutta helping others. Her work expanded internationally, and her name is synonymous for compassion and devotion to the poor. 

Her reign of 63 years is known as the Victorian Era, a period of industrial, cultural, scientific marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. At 18 years old Queen of the United Kingdom. Married to her cousin, Albert, and had nine children. 

Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. His Family was poor, and the happiest time of his childhood was spent living on a farm in Missouri. His affection for small-town life is reflected in Disneyland Main Streets around the world. 

Four boys from Liverpool, England, became the world's most famous rock and roll band in the '60s. Read about their childhood. What Beatlemania was like, and why they broke up.

Discover more about the comedy team that perfected the art of the pie fight!

The Three Stooges were the hardworking children of immigrants and discovered a love of performing at an early age. Starting out as a vaudeville act, they soon transitioned into movies, becoming a worldwide sensation in feature films and shorts. Never the critics' darlings, audiences loved them for their mastery of physical comedy and their willingness to do anything for a laugh. They remained popular over the years despite several personnel changes that revolved around the three Howard brothers from Brooklyn. Their comedies are still in syndication more than 50 years after they were first shown on TV and continue to delight old fans and attract new ones.

What if a blue whale and a mosquito had a fight? Who do you think would win?

This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two unlikely animals: a blue whale and a mosquito! Readers will learn about each animal's anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling pair before finally discovering the winner!

This nonfiction series is full of facts, photos, and realistic illustrations, and it includes a range of mammals, sea creatures, insects, and dinosaurs to satisfy all kinds of animal fans.

What if a coyote and dingo had a fight? Who do you think would win?This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two ferocious animals: a coyote and a dingo! Readers will learn about each animal's anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling pair before finally discovering the winner!This nonfiction series is full of facts, photos, and realistic illustrations, and it includes a range of mammals, sea creatures, insects, and dinosaurs to satisfy all kinds of animal fans.

What if a KOMODO DRAGON and a KING COBRA met? What if they had a fight? Who do you think would win?. Compare and contrast the two ferocious reptiles, their anatomy, behavior and more.

What would happen if a polar bear and a grizzly bear met each other? What if they had a fight? Who do you think would win?

This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two ferocious bear species. Kids learn about the bears' anatomies, behaviors, and more. This book is packed with photos, charts, illustrations, and amazing facts.

If a scorpion and a tarantula met and had a fight, who would crawl away the winner? Get the facts, then referee an awesome arachnid battle!

Thrilling facts and detailed illustrations about two of nature's creepiest creepy-crawlies fill this easy-to-read nonfiction book!

In this innovative science series from favorite nonfiction author Jerry Pallotta, each book is illustrated with full-color pictures and features a pair of animals that rarely, if ever, meet in the wild.

Young scientists will love using the book's easy-to-read facts and their own imagination and reasoning skills to decide for themselves which one would be the winner.

What would happen if a Tyrannosaurus rex and a velociraptor met each other?

What if they had a fight?

Who do you think would win?

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What if a jaguar and a skunk had a fight? Who do you think would win?

This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two ferocious animals. Readers will learn about each animal's anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling pair before finally discovering the winner!This nonfiction series is full of facts, photos, and realistic illustrations, and it includes a range of mammals, sea creatures, insects, and dinosaurs to satisfy all kinds of animal fans.

Prehistoric titans fight to the finish in this what-if scenario that invites readers to learn the facts and decide who wins!

Check out how these amazing, real-life creatures match up. Who's the strongest, fastest, biggest, and baddest-in a fight to the finish, who would win?

This book compares and contrasts the physical features of some marine animals - everything from their teeth, their fins, and their eating habits to their body size, their agility, and the size of their brains. Children get to guess who they think will win in each battle and then find out who really would be the most likely victor!
Series Information In this innovative science series from favorite nonfiction author Jerry Pallotta, readers will learn about dangerous creatures by asking "Who would win?" Each book is illustrated with full-color pictures and features a pair of animals that rarely, if ever, meet in the wild. Young scientists will love using the...

From the food we eat to the air we breathe, plants are responsible for keeping the people on this planet alive.

 A True Book: Incredible Plants series introduces young investigative readers to many types of unusual and typical plants from photosynthesis, how they grow, and ways they survive in extreme environments. This series includes an age appropriate (grades 3-5) introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects and a robust resource section that encourages independent study.Check out how plants have helped shape our society, and how we have in turn researched and reshaped plants into food, clothes, decorations, medicines, and many other wonders. 

A novel of mothers lost and found, "Wilderness" is part roaring adventure, part family drama - with a charm that's all Roddy Doyle's.

While Tom and Johnny are on a husky safari in Finland, their half-sister Grainne stays behind to face the mother who abandoned her. But Tome and Johnny are too caught up in their adventure to think of home - until they find themselves lost in the snow, in a desperate struggle for survival.

Shakespeare's classic love story is updated and set in current-day southern California. The straight-laced Capulets are horrified by the motorcycle riding, tattoo-sporting Montagues. The anything-goes Montagues can't stand the narrow-minded Capulets. But when Romeo Montague crashes a party and meets Juliet Capulet, it's love at first sight!

Learn how you can see the effects of wind. You can't see wind, but you can see its effects. Explore the different ways in which wind can help and hurt us.