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Gee Whiz! It's all About Pee
Susan E. Goodman (2006), 40 pages
Illustrated by Elwood H. Smith
Audience: 3rd Grade - 5th Grade
Did you know that some women in ancient Rome drank turpentine because it made their urine smell like roses? Did you also know that pee was actually one of our first soaps? This book is filled with facts like these. You probably won't think about pee in quite the same way again after reading this book.
Reviewed by: jb
Date read: 10/9/2010
ISBN-10: 067006064X
ISBN-13: 9780670060641
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George Did It
Suzanne Tripp Jurmain (2005), 40 pages
Illustrated by Larry Day
Audience: K - 3rd Grade
George Washington did not want to be president of the new country. He had led the troops in the fight against the British; he helped write the constitution; he was tired, and wanted to go home. Besides, the idea of being president made him nervous! But the people wanted George to be president, and wouldn't support the United States unless he was. George reluctantly agreed. This is a warm, and humorous look at George's feelings about being president, and how he shaped the presidency.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/14/2009
ISBN-10: 0525475605
ISBN-13: 9780525475606
Meet Gertrude Chandler Warner the author of the popular, 'Boxcar Children' series. Learn how Gertrude wrote her first book at a very early age and continued writing children's books until she died in 1979. Gertrude Warner wrote 19 'Boxcar Children' books along with various other children's books. After her death, Warner's publisher arranged for new authors to continue this popular series based on Gertrude's vision. Even today, 'The Boxcar Children' remains a favorite series for young readers.
Book Series: Checkerboard Biography Library
Similar authors: Ron Roy, Franklin Dixon, Scott Lobdell
Similar books: A to Z Mystery Series by Ron Roy;
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald Sobol;
The Hardy Boys by Franklin Dixon
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 7/2/2010
ISBN-10: 159197609X
ISBN-13: 9781591976097
The 1955 kidnapping, and murder, of 14-year-old Emmett Till, in Mississippi, is famous as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. Chris Crowe investigates the crime, and its aftermath, as well as the dramatic court trial, and places it into the context of the Civil Rights Movement.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/14/2009
ISBN-10: 0803728042
ISBN-13: 9780803728042
Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage without Apostrophes!
Lynne Truss (2007), 32 pages
Illustrated by Bonnie Timmons
Audience: 2nd Grade - 5th Grade
Category: Nonfiction
The importance of apostrophes is the topic of The Girl's Like Spaghetti. The book takes a sentence and adds an apostrophe to it to illustrate how one mark can change the meaning of a sentence. For instance, look at the title. By adding an apostrophe to the word girls, the sentence changes from girls liking spaghetti to a girl being like spaghetti. This is illustrated on the cover with girls eating spaghetti and also a picture of a girl with spaghetti hair. This book is ideally suited for teachers or parents, as a homework aid.
Similar books: Eats, Shoots, & Leaves
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0399247068
ISBN-13: 9780399247064
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