london (england)

"This funny and informative picture book tells the story of Joseph Bazalgette, a 19th century engineer who designed London's first comprehensive sewage system. In doing so, he saved thousands of lives from cholera outbreaks that regularly plagued the city. This STEM-focused story provides a window into the past and shows how one invention went on to affect generations to come--and teaches kids how they can prevent pollution in their own neighborhoods today"--Provided by the publisher.

"Provides a brief history of the Anglo-American Baseball League and armed forces baseball played in England, France and the United States during the Great War."--Provided by publisher.

In London during World War II, Alice enters quarantine with her boyfriend Alfred, whose tuberculosis doctors think might kill him by morning. She reads him their favorite story--"Alice in Wonderland"--and soon has difficulty separating reality from the story. Eventually Alice is forced to choose between the comfort of the story and the pain of real life.

Asks the reader to make decisions to further the plot in a tale that follows a famous detective, Mycroft Pound, as he tries to track down a serial killer who is targeting the women of London for murder.

"A . . . tale of unconditional love as a family puts itself back together in postwar London"--Dust jacket.

Explores the history of the London Eye while teaching about odd and even numbers.

Christina, Grant, and their new best friends, George and Maggie, explore London together as they try to solve the mystery of Big Ben.

Will, a thirty-six-year-old London bachelor, undergoes a change in his outlook about marriage and children when he lies to join a single parents group in order to meet women, and becomes friends with a needy twelve-year-old named Marcus.

Dr. Jekyll, a kind and well-respected London physician, is transformed into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug of his own creation.

Provides information on the Tower of London, its history as a prison and a home to kings and queens of England. how the tower was built, the customs and traditions of people who lived there, and a description of its major sites.