Experience life aboard a lightship, a lighthouse built on a ship and anchored out to sea, and feel what it was like to ride out a storm while doing the important job that helped bring other ships safely to port, complete with a diagram of a lightship and historical background.[...]
The Caldecott Medal Winner, Sibert Honor Book, and "New York Times" bestseller "Locomotive" is a rich and detailed sensory exploration of America's early railroads, from the creator of the "stunning" ("Booklist") "Moonshot.
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It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveli[...]
King of the NightAt the very edge of Dimwood Forest stood an old charred oak where, silhouetted by the moon, a great horned owl sat waiting. The owls name was Mr. Ocax, and he looked like death himself. With his piercing gaze, he surveyed the lands he called his own, watching for the creatures he co[...]
Avi's ground-breaking graphic novel gets a stunning new cover to celebrate its twentieth anniversary
Two kids fight to save their city from eternal winter in this gripping fantasy by Newbery Medalist Avi, illustrated by three-time Sibert Honoree Brian Floca.
"To begin with--there were these[...]
Simply told, grandly shown, here is the flight of Apollo 11. Here for a new generation of readers and explorers are the steady astronauts, clicking themselves into gloves and helmets, strapping themselves into sideways seats. Here are their great machines in all their detail and monumentality, the R[...]