Here are four stories that do have historical facts, but, over the years may have become more legend. The first story involves a pirate who would ride his black horse on the beach, and trick ships into thinking they were safe. The second involves a painting that does not like to be moved. The third speaks of a man looking for a bride. An accident took his life, but his bones kept returning to women, and asking them for their hand. The last story is about an old sea captain with a hook who to this day, at the hour of his death, scours the beach for his hook.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/13/2009

ISBN-10: 0375825002

ISBN-13: 9780375825002

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This book tells the story of how Francis Scott Key's poem became our national anthem. The story is told in a simple and beautiful way. Francis, who was a lawyer, boarded a ship in hopes of freeing his friend, who was being kept a prisoner by the British. He wrote the Star Spangled Banner while aboard the ship, as he witnessed a battle between the Americans and the British. As he wrote the poem, he anxiously wondered who had won the battle, and kept looking to see whose flag was still flying. When did it become the national anthem? Read this book to find out this and other interesting facts about our beloved anthem.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/14/2009

ISBN-10: 1575056976

ISBN-13: 9781575056975

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'Starry Messenger' by Peter Sis is a unique biography of Galileo Galilei. Through this book's captivating illustrations and text, the author connects with a variety of readers. The basic text is written in such a way that the very young reader will learn about the amazing life of Galileo; the courageous mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and physicist. However, due to the author's decorative inclusion of Galileo's own words and detailed fact-filled illustrations, Sis enables the more advanced reader to find this book equally fascinating. Read how one man's search for the truth changed the way that people looked at the stars.

Similar authors: Paul Hightower; Jacqueline Mitton; Rachel Hilliam

Similar books: The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charels Darwin, Naturalist, Geologist and Thinker by Peter Sis; Play Mozart, Play by Peter Sis; Follow the Dream by Peter Sis

Awards won: Caldecott Honor 1997

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 7/14/2010

ISBN-10: 0374371911

ISBN-13: 9780374371913

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Stars Beneath Your Bed by April Pulley Sayre will answer all the beginner reader's questions about the universe such as: What makes the sky so beautiful at sunrise and sunset?, What makes me sneeze?, Where does dirt come from?--- Stars Beneath Your Bed is a beautifully illustrated book explaining the wonders of dust.

Similar authors: Kristin Sterling; Vicki Cobb; Julie Richards

Similar books: It's Windy Today by Kristin Sterling I Face the Wind by Vicki Cobb Blow! air by Nuria Jimenez Rapping About the Air Around us by Bobbie Kalman

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 6/25/2012

ISBN-10: 0060571888

ISBN-13: 9780060571887

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Do you need to know who built the Statue of Liberty, what it is made out of, where it's located, or when it was built? The author does a great job of explaining these facts. She also includes little known details. Did you know the statue's face is actually designed after the artist's mother? Or that the seven spikes on her crown represent the seven seas and the seven continents of earth? Read the book and learn more new, and fun information.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/14/2009

ISBN-10: 1602704414

ISBN-13: 9781602704411

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