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THEY SAW THE FUTURE: Oracles, Psychics, Scientists, Great Thinkers, and Pretty Good Guessers
Kathleen Krull (1999), 112 pages
Illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker
Audience: 4th Grade - 8th Grade
Category: Nonfiction
This book looks at the work, and predictions, of 12 people who have speculated about, or claimed to see the future. Are they psychics, or just good guessers?
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/14/2009
ISBN-10: 0689812957
ISBN-13: 9780689812958
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Can you think back to when you were 6? Now, imagine being a black child, surrounded by federal marshals, walking through a screaming mob throwing things at you, as you are just trying to get into school. This is what happened to Ruby Bridges on November 14, 1960 and this book is her story.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0590189239
ISBN-13: 9780590189231
Toulouse-Lautrec: The Moulin Rouge and the City of Light
Robert Burleigh (2005), 32 pages
Audience: 4th Grade - 8th Grade
Henri Marie-Raymond de Toulouse 'Lautrec Monfa was a little man with a big name. When he was a child, he was in a series of accidents which revealed that he had a rare bone disease. As he grew up, his arms and upper body grew with him, but his legs remained those of a child. Lautrec was a cheerful, optimistic sort, though, so he didn't let it get him down. His love of art helped him through the hard times, so he moved to the beautiful, glittering city of Paris to study it. He made many friends in Paris, and there was no place he loved better than the district of Montmartre. There, he would visit the music halls like the Moulin Rouge and mingle with artists, workers on their days off, and middle class people looking for adventure. Throughout this biography are full-color reproductions of some of Lautrec's most famous works, paintings done by other artists of the time, and photographs of Lautrec and some of his closest friends. Lautrec was a talented artist who produced many, many paintings and other works of art, and his work reflects the spirit of the exciting times that he lived in.
Similar books: Frida by Jonah Winter; Uncle Andy's by James Warhola; Dinner at Magritte's by Michael Garland
Reviewed by: lauraf
Date read: 5/14/2012
ISBN-10: 0810958678
ISBN-13: 9780810958678
Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta 1325-1354
James Rumford (2004), 40 pages
Audience: 3rd Grade - 6th Grade
Ibn Battuta lived when people thought the earth was flat. However, he wanted to travel, and so he did, from Morocco to China, and back. He traveled for 30 years, having many adventures, and seeing wondrous sights. Finally, he was ready to go back home, and relive his adventures in stories.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0618432337
ISBN-13: 9780618432332
Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West
Sid Fleischman (2008), 224 pages
Audience: 4th Grade - 8th Grade
Mark Twain wrote two of America's greatest novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. His own life was full of excitement and adventure. From Mark's boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri through his adventures in the wild west and his world travels, Sid Fleischman tells the story of how Samuel Clemens became the celebrated author Mark Twain.
Reviewed by: caroll
Date read: 2/14/2011
ISBN-10: 006134432X
ISBN-13: 9780061344329
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