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Buckley, James

Summary: Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Pengion Group (USA) 2014

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BUC

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WRI

Demuth, Patricia

Summary: "Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. It wasn't until after she was sixty that Laura Ingalls Wilder started chronicling those times, which resulted in nine Little House books, a hit TV series that ran for eight years, and her own permanent place as a heroine of the American West"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WIL

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET WILDER

Anderson, Kirsten (Kirsten Stephanie)

Summary: "Enter a world of shrunken heads, mystic holy men, shriveled aliens, and bizarre relics in the delightfully odd tale of Robert Ripley. Born in California, Ripley began his career as a sports cartoonist. He went on to chronicle global records and oddities in his weekly column, Believe It Or Not! After publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst took an interest in the column, it became a syndicated...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2015

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET RIPLEY

Medina, Nico

Summary: Julius Caesar was a force to be reckoned with as a savvy politician, an impressive orator, and a brave soldier. Born in Rome in 100 BC, he quickly climbed the ladder of Roman politics, making allies--and enemies--along the way. His victories in battle awarded him the support of the people, but flush from power, he named himself dictator for life. The good times, however, would not last much...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CAE

Stine, Megan

Summary: People from all over the world come to explore Niagara: among them the daredevils determined to tumble down or walk across the falls on tightrope. Learn about the hare-brained stunts and how the falls were formed and how--one day--they will disappear.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHE BASKET

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Place Where Stine

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