Rachel Dickinson
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A history of pioneer settlement in the western United States also provides craft activities related to the daily lives and social customs of the pioneers, including cooking johnnycakes, building a covered wagon, and making a braided rug.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Rachel Dickinson profiles falconer Steve Chindgren, a man willing to make extreme sacrifices to continue practicing the sport that has ruled his life. Dickinson arrives at a sense of falconry's allure: the unpredictable nature of the hunt and the soaring exhilaration of success. Further exploration unveils the enormous emotional cost to a falconer who establishes an extraordinary tie to his birds. When, in the space of two days, Chindgren loses two...
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Children will learn all about inventions: their inventors, the way they changed history, and their evolution over centuries, through the activities and anecdotes provided in this interactive series.
Travel through the past and into the future to explore the history of human navigation, from the crude maps of early explorers to the satellite-based Global Positioning System of today. This guide to learning about geography, trade routes over land
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