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Cover of Swords An Artist's Devotion

Swords An Artist's Devotion

Cover of Suspect Red

Cover of Stargazers

Cover of Can You Survive the Johnstown Flood?

Can You Survive? #1

Can You Survive the Johnstown Flood?

Steven Otfinoski

Cover of Daring Earthquake Rescues

Daring Earthquake Rescues

Cover of Shadow on the Mountain

Shadow on the Mountain

Cover of Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet

Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet

Cover of She Heard the Birds: The Story of Florence Merriam Bailey, Pioneering Nature Activist

She Heard the Birds: The Story of Florence Merriam Bailey, Pioneering Nature Activist

Andrea D'Aquino

Cover of The Road from Home

Puffin Newbery Library

The Road from Home

Cover of Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex

Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex

Nathaniel Philbrick

Cover of What's So Special About Shakespeare?

What's So Special About Shakespeare?

Cover of Andy Warner's Oddball Histories: Spices and Spuds How Plants Made Our World

Andy Warner's Oddball Histories

Andy Warner's Oddball Histories: Spices and Spuds How Plants Made Our World

Cover of Moon Landings

Shoshana Weider

Cover of On My Journey Now Looking at African-American History Through the Spirituals

On My Journey Now Looking at African-American History Through the Spirituals

Cover of All Stations! Distress! April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank

All Stations! Distress! April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank

Cover of Magellan Over the Edge of the World

Magellan Over the Edge of the World

Laurence Bergreen

Cover of Life as a Knight: An Interactive History Adventure

Interactive History Adventure #1

Life as a Knight: An Interactive History Adventure

Cover of Cutlass in the Snow

Cutlass in the Snow

Cover of Dear Mr. Rosenwald

Dear Mr. Rosenwald

Carole Boston Weatherford

Cover of Beautiful Land: A Story of the Oklahoma Land Rush

Beautiful Land: A Story of the Oklahoma Land Rush

Cover of John Muir America's First Environmentalist

John Muir America's First Environmentalist

Kathryn Lasky, Stan Fellows

Cover of 6 Chelsea Walk: Girls for the Vote

6 Chelsea Walk #1

6 Chelsea Walk: Girls for the Vote

Cover of Opposites: Early Learning at the Museum

Opposites: Early Learning at the Museum

Cover of Hitty Her First Hundred Years

Hitty Her First Hundred Years

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