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grand canyon (ariz.)

Grand Canyon

2005
Presents an introduction to the Grand Canyon, discussing its location, size, plants, animals, and tourist activities.

The Grand Canyon

1995
Photographs and text discuss the history and natural environment of the Grand Canyon and what effects human civilization has on it.

River thunder

1999
Despite some reservations, sixteen-year-old Jessie joins her companions from the previous year's adventure on the Colorado River for a legal rafting trip through the Grand Canyon.

The wild Colorado

the true adventures of Fred Dellenbaugh, age 17, on the Second Powell Expedition into the Grand Canyon
1999
Recounts the adventures of seventeen-year-old Fred Dellenbaugh, the youngest member of the second Powell expedition, which explored the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1871-2.

Downriver

1992
Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader and try to run the dangerous white water of the Grand Canyon.

Down the great unknown

John Wesley Powell's 1869 journey of discovery and tragedy through the Grand Canyon
2002
Draws from diaries and journals to tell the story of the 1869 expedition led by Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell to explore the Grand Canyon.

A river running west

the life of John Wesley Powell
2001
Chronicles the life of explorer John Wesley Powell, discussing how his expeditions put the Colorado River on American maps, discovered the Grand Canyon, and helped open the American west up to other settlers.

Exploring canyons

2009
Describes the geographical characteristics of canyons, explains how they are formed, identifies typical plants and animals found in canyons, and examines what it would be like to live in the Grand Canyon.

Return of the homework machine

2011
After discarding their infamous homework machine, four friends, now in sixth grade, find themselves once again at the police station, this time giving testimony about an incident involving a powerful computer chip, a Grand Canyon treasure, and a dead body.

The Grand Canyon

2006
A simple introduction to the Grand Canyon including its geological history.

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