Henry Holt And Co imprint: 1523 books
by Nikki Giovanni
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
She had not sought this moment but she was ready for it. When the policeman bent down to ask "Auntie, are you going to move?" all the strength of all the people through all those many years joined in her. She said, "No."
An inspiring account of an event that shaped American...
by George Shannon
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
It's easy to take a cookie out of the cookie jar: just reach in. But how does it get in there in the first place? It's more complicated than you might think. Someone has to milk the cow, grow the wheat, harvest the sugar cane—everyone has a special job to do to make that cookie possible.
In Who...
by Brenda Z. Guiberson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Millions of years ago, before there were red-breasted robins and busy blue jays . . . there were feathered dinosaurs. Scientists have found evidence that Anchiornis, Caudipteryx, Confuciusornis, and many more dinosaurs all had feathers. Discover these amazing ancient creatures--and the connection between feathered dinosaurs and modern-day birds!
The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition)
The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of the shipwreck and a harrowing...
Lincoln's Last Days
The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Lincoln's Last Days is a gripping account of one of the most dramatic nights in American history—of how one gunshot changed the country forever. Adapted from Bill O'Reilly's bestselling historical thriller, Killing Lincoln, this book will have young readers—and grown-ups too—hooked on history.
In...
Hitler's Last Days
The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
By early 1945, the destruction of the German Nazi State seems certain. The Allied forces, led by American generals George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower, are gaining control of Europe, leaving German leaders scrambling. Facing defeat, Adolf Hitler flees to a secret bunker with his new wife, Eva...
The Last Days of Jesus
His Life and Times
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Two thousand years ago, Jesus walked across Galilee; everywhere he traveled he gained followers. His contemporaries are familiar historical figures: Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus, Herod the Great, Pontius Pilate. It was an era of oppression, when every man, woman, and child answered to the brutal...
Mary Cassatt
Extraordinary Impressionist Painter
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Mary Cassatt was a headstrong, determined girl. She wanted to be an artist in 1860, a time when proper girls certainly weren't artists. It wasn't polite. But Mary herself wasn't polite. She pursued art with a passion, moving to Paris to study, painting what she saw. Her work was rejected by the Salon...
The Day the President Was Shot
The Secret Service, the FBI, a Would-Be Killer, and the Attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
The year was 1981. Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan was shot after leaving a speaking engagement in Washington, D. C. The quick action of the Secret Service and medical professionals saved the president's life. Mere days after his near-death experience, Reagan's personal strength...
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?
The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
In the 1830s, when a brave and curious girl named Elizabeth Blackwell was growing up, women were supposed to be wives and mothers. Some women could be teachers or seamstresses, but career options were few. Certainly no women were doctors.
But Elizabeth refused to accept the common beliefs that...
Toys!
Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
A fresh, intriguing look at the stories behind great toy inventions, by Don Wulffson and illustrated by Laurie Keller.
"Originally, Play-Doh only came in white. There's a good reason for this. You see, Play-Doh didn't start out as a toy. It started out as a product for cleaning wallpaper."
Have...
D-Day
The Invasion of Normandy, 1944 [The Young Readers Adaptation]
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Adapted for young readers from the #1 New York Times–bestselling The Guns at Last Light, D-Day captures the events and the spirit of that day—June 6, 1944—the day that led to the liberation of western Europe from Nazi Germany's control. They came by sea and by sky to reclaim freedom from the...
by Arlene Mosel
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1968
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1968
This ebook includes audio narration.
Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-
chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo!
Three decades and more than one million copies later children still love hearing about the boy with the long name who fell down the well. Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent's classic re-creation...
Borrowed Names
Poems About Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, and Their Daughters
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two created the beloved Little House series.
Sara Breedlove, the daughter of former slaves, wanted everything to be different for her own...