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Covers the events surrounding and including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the end of segregation on buses.
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Presents an account of the World War II invasion of Alaska by the Japanese and is told from the viewpoints of American civilians who were captured on the Aleutian Islands.
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Amur leopards are the rarest big cats in the world. But thanks to scientists' new, innovative efforts to study them and breed a reserve population, these majestic cats have a chance to come back.
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Introduces some of history's more unusual folk remedies, exploring such whimsical examples as swallowing frog slime to treat a sore throat and sticking a wounded foot into a bull's mouth.
5. Iroquois
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A history of the people and events that influenced the North American Indian confederacy known as the Iroquois, including Chief Hiawatha and conflicts such as the American Revolution.
6. Nigeria
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Explores the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Nigeria.
7. Pyramid
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Text and black-and-white illustrations follow the intricate step-by-step process of the building of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
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Documents the heroic wartime achievements of a World War I mascot who was adopted by a soldier as an orphaned pup and who gained military honors and a display in the Smithsonian Institution for his brave service behind enemy lines.
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"[This book] travels through the past and into the future to explore how humans have measured the passage of time."--P. [4] of cover.
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Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without the cell phone and describes how people managed to communicate in the past.