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Kid's Animated History with Pipo: Disc 5 (2012)

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Kid's Animated History With Pipo presents The Time Compass -- showcasing significant historical events in a humorous and easy to understand style. This delightful series plays out in a book-like format, taking viewers on a journey in time. From Ancient Egypt to Classical Greece and India...

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Length: 
01:06
Kid's Animated History with Pipo: Disc 5

Kid's Animated History with Pipo: Disc 6 (2012)

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Kid's Animated History With Pipo presents The Time Compass -- showcasing significant historical events in a humorous and easy to understand style. This delightful series plays out in a book-like format, taking viewers on a journey in time. From Ancient Egypt to Classical Greece and India...

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Length: 
00:44
Kid's Animated History with Pipo: Disc 6

Battle of the Dinosaur Bones: Othniel Charles Marsh vs Edward Drinker Cope

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n the 1880s, science witnessed a major shift: Charles Darwin proposed his theory of evolution. People dug up the first dinosaur fossils. And the field of paleontology--the study of ancient plants and animals--emerged.

Battle of the Dinosaur Bones: Othniel Charles Marsh vs Edward Drinker Cope

Castle: How it Works

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Take a tour of a medieval castle.

Every part of the castle has a function. Walls keep the enemy out. Towers protect the lord and the soldiers. From the moat and portcullis to the great hall and dungeon, see how a castle works as an enemy army tries to storm the walls.

Lexile: 
500L
Castle: How it Works

Call of the Klonkike: A True Gold Rush Adventure

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When a ship full of gold arrives in Seattle, thousands of men rush to get to the Klondike goldfields-fast. But the journey is risky. Prospectors must haul a year's worth of supplies over steep mountain passes and navigate five hundred miles of treacherous lakes and rivers to reach Dawson City, in Canada. Will Stanley Pearce and Marshall Bond, two young prospectors, survive the dangerous journey? And will they strike gold and find their fortunes?

Lexile: 
1100L
Call of the Klonkike: A True Gold Rush Adventure

Lincoln's Grave Robbers

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A true crime thriller -- the first book for teens to tell the nearly unknown tale of the brazen attempt to steal Abraham Lincoln's body!

Lexile: 
930L
Lincoln's Grave Robbers

The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage

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For most children these days it would come as a great shock to know that before 1967, they could not marry a person of a race different from their own. That was the year that the Supreme Court issued its decision in Loving v. Virginia.

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Lexile: 
AD720L
The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage

Gingerbread for Liberty! How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution

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Christopher Ludwick is a German-born American patriot with a big heart and a talent for baking the best gingerbread in Philadelphia. No one goes hungry if he can help it--"Not in my America!" he says. When cries of "Revolution!" begin, Christopher marches off to feed General George Washington and his hungry troops. But Washington never expects his favorite baker to sneak off on a risky secret mission across enemy lines...

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Gingerbread for Liberty! How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution

Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary

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Typhoid fever is running rampant across America, striking down tens of thousands of people. Dr. George Soper must get to the root of the problem fast. He knows that it takes just one person carrying the bacteria for the fever to spread. When Soper traces an outbreak to Mary Mallon, a New York City cook, he is determined to prevent her from infecting others. But Mallon refuses to cooperate.

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Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary

The Sound of Life and Everything

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Twelve-year-old Ella Mae Higbee is a sensible girl. She eats her vegetables and wants to be just like Sergeant Friday, her favorite character on Dragnet. So when her auntie Mildred starts spouting nonsense about a scientist who can bring her cousin Robby back to life, Ella Mae doesn't believe her - until a boy steps out of the scientist's pod and drips slime on the floor right before her eyes.

Lexile: 
750L
The Sound of Life and Everything

A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed of a world free of hate, prejudice, and violence. "I have a dream," he said in one of his speeches. "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they won't be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

Lexile: 
680L
A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.

A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt went from being a sad, shy child to becoming an adult who reached out to people everywhere. She married Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1904. She became America's first lady, while he served as president from 1932-1945. During the years of the Great Depression, she visited towns, cities, and farms all over the country and brought hope to millions of people. She made many speeches, had a radio program, and wrote a newspaper column.

Lexile: 
AD680L
A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt

Susan B. Anthony: Fighter for Freedom and Equality

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When Susan B. Anthony was young, white men had more rights than other people. Susan believed everyone should have equal rights. As an adult, she shared her ideas about equality. She gave many speeches. She started a newspaper. She worked to change laws. In doing so, Susan changed the lives of all Americans.

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Lexile: 
620L
Susan B. Anthony: Fighter for Freedom and Equality

Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War

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My name is Michel Chikwanine. the story you are about to read is true.

It's 1993, and the Democratic Republic of Congo is going through major political changes. Five-year-old Michel is playing with friends one day when, without warning, a group of rebel soldiers pulls up to the school grounds. Forced onto trucks, the frightened boys are taken to a camp in the hills. There they are thrust into a terrifying and violent world.

Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War

Island Treasures: Growing Up in Cuba

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The author of My Name Is María Isabel offers an inspiring look at her childhood in Cuba in this collection that includes Where the Flame Trees Bloom, Under the Royal Palms, five new stories, and more.

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