Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails
Title | Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails PDF eBook |
Author | Verla Kay |
Publisher | Putnam Juvenile |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Frontier and pioneer life |
ISBN | 9780399229282 |
Illustrations and simple rhyming text follow a family as they make the difficult journey by wagon to a new home across the Rocky Mountains. Full-color illustrations.
If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon
Title | If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Levine |
Publisher | Turtleback Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1992-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780808579236 |
For use in schools and libraries only. Answers questions about what it was like to travel to the Oregon Territory by covered wagon, crossing rivers, mountains, and prairie.
The Oregon Trail
Title | The Oregon Trail PDF eBook |
Author | Rinker Buck |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 2015-06-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1451659164 |
A new American journey.
Daily Life in a Covered Wagon
Title | Daily Life in a Covered Wagon PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Erickson |
Publisher | Turtleback Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1997-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780613028387 |
Describes what it was like traveling on the Oregon Trail, including what travelers ate, wore, and saw along the route
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
Title | Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie PDF eBook |
Author | Kristiana Gregory |
Publisher | |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Diaries |
ISBN | 9780590226516 |
In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail.
Stop the Copying with Wild and Wacky Research Projects
Title | Stop the Copying with Wild and Wacky Research Projects PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy J. Polette |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2008-04-30 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0313363773 |
Did you know A famous French chef created her greatest recipe BEFORE she learned to cook! The first airmail letters went by train. McDonald's opened its first restaurant as a barbecue stand. The best way to prevent a toothache is to wear a dead mole around your neck. These and many other wacky but true facts serve as springboards to research about people, places, food, animals, and historical events. Students are asked to create poems, games, quizzes and other products in lieu of traditional written reports in this new book of ideas keyed to standards in writing, reading comprehension and information literacy. Based on one of Nancy Polette's most popular workshops (Research Without Copying), this book will appeal to school librarians and teachers in grades 4-8. Extensive bibliographies of recommended resources add to the usability of this title.
The ABC's of Writing for Children
Title | The ABC's of Writing for Children PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Quill Driver Books |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9781884956287 |
One hundred and fourteen authors and illustrators of children's books share the process of researching, writing, and publishing books, discuss what their inspirations are, and recount the best and worst advice they ever received.