K. M. Kostyal
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
In this companion to the miniseries, animal journeys are illustrated with images by National Geographic-caliber photographers and with iconic stills from the film. Informational sidebars throughout the book highlight new technology, preeminent scientists and photographers in the field, and the backstories behind the documentary.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
One of thousands of children who fled strife in southern Sudan, John Bul Dau survived hunger, exhaustion, and violence. His wife, Martha, endured similar hardships. In this memorable book, the two convey the best of African values while relating searing accounts of famine and war. There's warmth as well, in their humorous tales of adapting to American life. For its importance as a primary source, for its inclusion of the rarely told female perspective...
4) Birds
Author
Description
Discusses the physical characteristics of birds and examines different kinds, including birds of prey, wading birds, and flightless birds.
5) Raccoons
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1987]
Description
Photographs and text introduce the physical characteristics and habits of the raccoon.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
National Geographic tells the story of America through its presidents, revolutionaries, visionaries, inventors, entertainers-and even its most notorious villains.Far more than an encyclopedia, this treasury tells the rich stories of the people who made America's history-and adds context with lush photographs, illustrations, timelines, artifacts, and more. Beginning with pre-colonial America and continuing through today, this beautifully illustrated...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Kostyal tells the story of the great American heroes who created the Declaration of Independence, fought the American Revolution, shaped the US Constitution--and changed the world. The era's dramatic events, from the riotous streets in Boston to the unlikely victory at Saratoga, are punctuated with lavishly illustrated biographies of the key founders--Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington,...
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
"We grow up with stories of Abraham Lincoln splitting logs, reading by candlelight, standing tall in a stovepipe hat. But this volume takes us far beyond the well-known facts and fables, promising a deeper and broader journey to explore not only Lincoln's wisdom, integrity, and humor, but also his place in America and the world. In Abraham Lincoln's Extraordinary Era, hundreds of rare images, anecdotes, and discoveries reveal new truths about the...
Author
Pub. Date
©2003
Description
Music is elemental, universal, instinctive -- a mysterious pulse at the very heart of the human experience. But although we have made music for countless millennia, it's been scarcely a century since we acquired the technology to capture and explore all its astonishing variety. This is the tale that unfolds in Songcatchers, at once a panorama of the world's music and a vivid portrait of the pioneers who traveled far and wide to collect it. Mickey...