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"What's up with Pam?"

Medikidz explain childhood obesity
2010
The Medikidz, five superheroes who teach about medical conditions, explain childhood obesity, providing information on what causes it, its effects on the body, and how it can be avoided.

The Battle of Midway

the destruction of the Japanese fleet
2007
Tells the story of the Battle of Midway in graphic novel format, also providing introductory information on the important commanders, Japan's plan of attack, and the U.S.'s aircraft carriers.

The 1918 flu pandemic

2008
Examines the 1918 outbreak of influenza written in graphic novel format.

The United States Constitution

a graphic adaptation
2008
An introduction to the United States Constitution, presented in graphic form, detailing important people and events in the creation of the founding document, its Preamble, and twenty-seven amendments.

Journey into Mohawk Country

2006
An illustrated children's version of the journal of a young Dutch trader, Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert, who journeyed into the land of the Iroquois Indians, a Mohawk tribe that controlled the trade routes in the area, in 1634, seeking to bolster the Dutch trade in what is now New York State.

The 9

a graphic adaptation
2006
Presents the story of 9/11 in graphic novel format based on the study of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States. Addresses the causes of 9/11 and offers recommendations to prevent another such attack.

Mendel's daughter

2006
A graphic novel in which Martin Lemelman recounts his mother's childhood in 1930s Poland and her escape from Nazi persecution.

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