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A Wizard from the Start - The Incredible Boyhood and Amazing Inventions of Thomas Edison by Don Brown (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
A wizard from the start, Thomas Edison had a thirst for knowledge, taste for mischief, and hunger for discovery--but his success was made possible by his boundless energy. At age fourteen he coined his personal motto: "The More to do, the more to be done," and then went out and did picking up skills and ...Show more
All Charged Up! - Big Ideas That Changed the World #5 by Don Brown
Category: Education | Series: Big Ideas That Changed the World Ser.
Award-winning author-illustrator Don Brown explores the history of electricity in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series. In 600 BCE, the Greek mathematician Thales observed a seemingly strange phenomenon: amber, when rubbed with a cloth, had the ability to attract lightweig ...Show more
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by DON BROWN
Category: Graphic Novels
Kirkus' Best of 2015 list School Library Journal Best of 2015 Publishers Weekly's Best of 2015 list Horn Book Fanfare Book Booklist Editor's Choice On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans, Louisiana. Eighty ...Show more
Machines That Think! - Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 by Don Brown
Category: Education | Series: BIG IDEAS That Changed the World Ser.
Award-winning author Don Brown explores computers and technology in book two of the Big Ideas seriesMachines That Think explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines. Included are fascinating looks at ...Show more
Odd Boy Out : Young Albert Einstein by Don Brown
Category: Picture Books
When he was born, Albert was a peculiar, fat baby with an unusually big and misshaped head. When he was older, he hit his sister, bothered his teachers, and didn t have many friends. But in the midst of all of this, Albert was fascinated with solving puzzles and fixing scientific problems. The ideas Alb ...Show more
Older Than Dirt - A Wild but True History of Earth by Don Brown; Michael R. Perfit
Category: Education
Almost 14.5 billion years ago, it all started with a BIG BANG and what began as a cloud of gas, dust, and rock eventually took shape and bloomed into a molten sphere. Battered by asteroid collisions, ice ages, and shifting tectonic plates, our fledgling planet finally pushed forth continents. But if you ...Show more
Older Than Dirt - A Wild but True History of Earth by Don Brown; Michael Perfit
Category: Children's Books
The award-winning cartoonist offers "a witty history of the planet" for young readers--covering everything from the Big Bang to climate change (Publishers Weekly). Almost 14.5 billion years ago, it all started with a Big Bang. What began as a cloud of gas, dust, and rock eventually took shape and blo ...Show more
Rocket to the Moon! (Big Ideas That Changed the World) by Don Brown
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Big Ideas That Changed the World
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" when the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it wasn't just one man who got us to the moon. The Moon Landing explores the people and technology that made the moon landing possible. Instead of examining one person's ...Show more
The Unwanted - Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown
Category: Graphic Novels
In the tradition of Don Brown's critically acclaimed, full-color nonfiction graphic novels The Great American Dust Bowl and Sibert Honor winning Drowned City, The Unwanted is an important, timely, and eye-opening exploration of the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, exposing the harsh realities of living in ...Show more
The Unwanted - Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown
Category: Graphic Novels
Sibert Honor Medalist â^(tm) New York Public Library Best Of 2018 â^(tm) The Horn Book's Fanfare 2018 list â^(tm) Kirkus Best Books of 2018 â^(tm) YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Winner In the tradition of two-time Sibert honor winner Don Brown's critically acclaimed, full-color nonfiction graphic nov ...Show more
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