Lakin, Patricia

A biography of Steve Jobs: visionary, entrepreneur, inventor, and co-founder of Apple.

This is a true incident in the life of young Helen Keller in which she gets stuck in a storm and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, rescues her.

Class hamsters Max and Mo, tired of eating corn, are very excited when the "big ones" go on a class field trip and return with lots of apples. Includes instructions for making apple prints and a recipe for applesauce.

Class hamsters Max and Mo return to school for a semester in the art room where they discover, to their dismay, that the "big ones" do not know their names.

Art room hamsters Max and Mo, having seen the schoolchildren playing in the snow, decide to make a snowman. Includes instructions for making a paper snowman.

Presents a short biography of Abigail Adams, wife of the second President of the United States; and chronicles her childhood in Massachusetts, education, marriage, and the role she played in helping to shape the early history of America.

"Describes some of the creative and subversive tactics the United States used to win the Revolutionary War, including sending secret messages, using invisible ink, and devloping ciphers."--OCLC.

"Profiles some of the spies of the Civil War, including Harriet Tubman, Robert Smalls, and Mary Touvestre."--OCLC.

Examines the life and accomplishments of Apple mogul Steve Jobs and discusses the impact of his ideas on life in the twenty-first century.

A behind the scenes looks at how craftsman Jake Eshelman makes one-of-a-kind skateboards by hand from found wood.