Stefoff, Rebecca

"Weaving together the behind-the-scenes history of the Eiffel Tower with an account of the 1889 World's Fair in Paris for which the tower was built, Jonnes creates a . . . pageant of people and cultures meeting"--Provided by publisher.

"Readers learn how engineers overcame a rise in elevation of 568 feet between the Hudson River and Lake Erie with locks and aqueducts to create a waterway that changed America"--OCLC.

"[In this young reader's revised and updated adaptation], beginning with a look at Christopher Columbus's arrival through the eyes of the Arawak Indians, then leading the reader through the struggles for workers' rights, women's rights, and civil rights during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and ending with the . . . protests against continued American imperialism, [it] presents a . . . new way of understanding America's history. This young reader's adaptation is updated and revised to include new chapters on Latino history and revisions throughout"--Provided by publisher.

Examines astrology and astronomy and how they became two different ways to study the stars during the seventeenth century.

Describes the behaviors that indicate how animals think, including instinct, social cues, conditioning, problem solving, use of tools, and more.

"Provides information on how animals feel by citing examples of emotional understanding and providing examples of animal altruism"--Provided by publisher.

Describes the behaviors that animals use to communicate, including the use of smell, taste, sight, sound, and feeling.

"Provides information on the science behind how and why animals play"--Provided by publisher.

Chronicles the events of the summer of 1964, when hundreds of college students arrived in Mississippi to register black voters and educated black children. Delves into the murders of three of the volunteers and discusses the FBI's investigation, the discovery of the bodies, and the climax of the summer at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City.