Janeczko, Paul B

Explores the contributions made by the ". . . United States Twenty-Third Headquarters Special Troops, also known as the Ghost Army, which included actors, camouflage experts, sound engineers, painters, and set designers, who used their skills to secretly and systematiclly replace fighting units, fool the Nazi army into believing what their eyes and ears told them, even though the sights and sounds of tanks and war machines and troops were entirely fabricated"--Adapted fromdust jacket.

In this novel written as a collection of eyewitness poems, the excitement and anticipation of attending the circus on July 6, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, turns to horror when a fire engulfs the circus tent, killing nearly 180 people, mostly women and children.

"This diverse selection of 34 poems, paired with . .. illustrations that capture daily life, celebrates the places where we live: our homes, our streets, our towns"-- Provided by publisher.

A collection of poems about objects, from the Middle Ages when poets would have written about a sword to the present when their topics might be a birthday card.

In this novel written as a collection of eyewitness poems, the excitement and anticipation of attending the circus on July 6, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, turns to horror when a fire engulfs the circus tent, killing nearly 180 people, mostly women and children.

Nineteen poems celebrate cowboy life.

An anthology of seventy poems covering subjects from autumn to zebras. Includes poetry-writing exercises to help the reader get started, and shows how to compose acrostics, clerihews, haikus, and much more.

A collection of true spy stories from throughout the history of the United States, discussing personalities, missions, traitors, technological advances, and more.