TOYS CLORG BK PB (10)
Title | TOYS CLORG BK PB (10) PDF eBook |
Author | Smithsonian Books |
Publisher | Smithsonian |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1986-04-17 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780874746150 |
These handsome coloring books are based on some of the most popular collections in the Smithsonian Institution. The text and detailed illustrations have been carefully researched by Smithsonian scholars and scientists. Each book features twenty-nine drawings accompanied by informative captions.
S is for Smithsonian
Title | S is for Smithsonian PDF eBook |
Author | Roland Smith |
Publisher | Sleeping Bear Press |
Pages | 33 |
Release | 2010-06-25 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1585365688 |
Where can one find the world's largest mounted African elephant? Or the world's largest blue diamond? Why, at the world's largest museum complex and research organization, of course! In S is for Smithsonian® readers can take an armchair tour of the incredible exhibitions and collections found in the Smithsonian Museum. When it opened in 1855, no one could have imagined that the Smithsonian Museum would grow to include 19 museums, nine research centers, or over 130 million objects, artworks, and specimens collected from all over the world. With over 25 million visitors a year, the Smithsonian truly is the world's largest museum! See the airplane Amelia Earhart flew on her solo Atlantic flight. Admire diamond earrings that once belonged to Marie Antoinette. From A-Z, S is for Smithsonian® explores the amazing objects and memorable displays that are part of this remarkable museum. Marie and Roland Smith have collaborated on several alphabet titles, including B is for Beaver: An Oregon Alphabet and Z is for Zookeeper: A Zoo Alphabet. They live on a small farm south of Portland. The author of many books for children, Roland has also penned Sleeping Bear Press's middle-grade series, I, Q. Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen has illustrated more than 20 books with Sleeping Bear Press, including the bestselling The Legend of Sleeping Bear; The Edmund Fitzgerald: Song of the Bell; and most recently, Itsy Bitsy & Teeny Weeny. He and his wife, Robbyn, live in Bath, Michigan, on their 40-acre farm and wildlife refuge.
Awesome Adventures at the Smithsonian
Title | Awesome Adventures at the Smithsonian PDF eBook |
Author | Emily B. Korrell |
Publisher | Smithsonian Institution |
Pages | 129 |
Release | 2013-03-12 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1588343499 |
From Dorothy's red slippers to dinosaurs to the Wright brothers' plane, the Smithsonian is filled with objects fascinating to kids. Yet choosing what to see at the Smithsonian can challenge even the most enthusiastic families. Packed with activities, information, and pictures, this lively new guide offers children ages 8-12 years a way to navigate the Smithsonian. Engaging maps, photographs, and illustrations present the main museum halls along with puzzles, games, mad libs, and pages for journal entries, drawings, and superlatives that will help get kids ready for their big trip to the nation's capital and keep them focused and attentive as they navigate the world's largest museum complex that is the Smithsonian Institution. Awesome Adventures at the Smithsonian (spiral bound) is the perfect way to engage any child on their big trip to Washington, DC, and the Smithsonian.
HIRSHHORN POSTCK BK PB (10)
Title | HIRSHHORN POSTCK BK PB (10) PDF eBook |
Author | SMITHSONIAN |
Publisher | Smithsonian |
Pages | 16 |
Release | 1989-10-17 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780874747553 |
Filled with twenty-four full-color images, these postcard books will charm anyone -- from grandparents and lovers of Victoriana to kids and graphic designers.
DINOSAUR CLRG BK PB (10)
Title | DINOSAUR CLRG BK PB (10) PDF eBook |
Author | Smithsonian Institute |
Publisher | Smithsonian |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1983-11-17 |
Genre | Dinosaurs |
ISBN | 9780874743319 |
This series encourages children to learn about the world around them through illustrated books, they can journey back to the time of dinosaurs or into the future with airplanes. Each book contains colorful stickers, and a collectable poster is available.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: To the Rescue!
Title | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: To the Rescue! PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Hapka |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2009-04-14 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780061715587 |
When his museum friends are captured, Larry knows that he must save them! Will Larry and his new friend Amelia Earhart swoop in to the rescue in time?
The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
Title | The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum PDF eBook |
Author | Nina Burleigh |
Publisher | New Word City |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2015-03-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 161230849X |
In her illuminating and dramatic biography The Stranger and the Statesman, New York Times bestselling author Nina Burleigh reveals a little-known slice of history in the life and times of the man responsible for the creation of the United States' principal cultural institution, the Smithsonian. It was one of the nineteenth century's greatest philanthropic gifts - and one of its most puzzling mysteries. In 1829, a wealthy English naturalist named James Smithson left his library, mineral collection, and entire fortune to the "United States of America, to found... an establishment for the increase & diffusion of Knowledge among men" - even though he had never visited the United States or known any Americans. In this fascinating book, Burleigh pieces together the reclusive benefactor's life, beginning with his origins as the Paris-born illegitimate son of the first Duke of Northumberland and a wild adventuress who preserved for her son a fortune through gall and determination. The book follows Smithson through his university years and his passionate study of minerals across Europe during the chaos of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Detailed are his imprisonment - simply for being an Englishman in the wrong place - his experiences in the gambling dens of France, and his lonely and painstaking scientific pursuits. After Smithson's death, nineteenth-century American politicians were given the task of securing his half-million dollars - the equivalent today of $50 million - and then trying to determine how to increase and diffuse knowledge from the muddy, brawling new city of Washington. Burleigh discloses how Smithson's bequest was nearly lost due to fierce battles among many clashing Americans - Southern slavers, states' rights advocates, nation-builders, corrupt frontiersmen, and Anglophobes who argued over whether a gift from an Englishman should even be accepted. She also reveals the efforts of the unsung heroes, mainly former president John Quincy Adams, whose tireless efforts finally saw Smithson's curious notion realized in 1846, with a castle housing the United States' first and greatest cultural and scientific establishment.