Gare Thompson

Explains how simple machines, such as inclined planes, screws, and wheels and axles help to make work easier.

Takes the reader on a trip up the Amazon into the rain forest, introducing the plants, animals, and people encountered along the way.

Learn basic art techniques and interesting facts while drawing knights and castles. Perfect for illustrated reports.

This thrilling new series of books has everything middle school readers long for: action, adventure, danger, and young heroes! The Great Escapes series explores real historical events and shows children how kids just like them learn how to work together in order to change the world for the better. Historical figures are interwoven into the stories, offering readers the chance for further exploration on these people and their places in history. In...

For a long time, the main role of First Ladies was to act as hostesses of the White House...until Eleanor Roosevelt.  Born in 1884, Eleanor was not satisfied to just be a glorified hostess for her husband, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  Eleanor had a voice, and she used it to speak up against poverty and racism.  She had experience and knowledge of many issues, and fought for laws to help the less fortunate.  She had...