Caroline Kennon
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The Underground Railroad was the massive effort by slaves and free people to secretly bring thousands of blacks to freedom in the North during the 19th century. This thought-provoking book will capture readers imaginations and fill them with awe for the brave conductors and passengers on the Railroad. They ll learn about the many safe havens, called depots, that housed fugitives and the secret passages within them that hid slaves from their pursuers....
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"On the morning of September 11, 2001, Muslim extremists hijacked U.S. airplanes and crashed them in New York City, Washington, DC, and rural Pennsylvania. These attacks killed 2,977 people and made Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and terrorism household words. This important book looks at the events leading up to 9/11, the morning of the attacks, the devastating consequences, and the life-altering aftermath."
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Leonardo da Vinci was an artist, scientist, mathematician, engineer, and more. He truly was a Renaissance man. This volume presents the biography of a remarkable man using his own words and works. He devised early airplanes and helicopters more than 300 years before flying machines would be successfully developed. His paintings, sculptures, blueprints, notebooks, and other reminders of his legacy are well represented throughout this book.