Aileen Weintraub

""Knocked Down" is a hilarious memoir about a free-spirited, commitment-phobic Brooklyn girl who, after a whirlwind romance, finds herself living in a rickety farmhouse, knocked up, and faced with bed rest due to an incompetent cervix"--

A High-Risk Memoir

Knocked Down

Describes Mount Everest, its weather, its myths and legends, and its dangers.

The Highest Mountain

Mount Everest

Let the battles begin! Way of the Warrior takes readers into the fray with history's most valiant and infamous soldiers for a close look at warriors through the ages.

Raiders and Explorers

Vikings

This high-interest Social Studies title is one of the 4 titles sold in a Book Pack as a part of the Tony Stead Independent Reading Pirates Theme Set.

Fearsome Female Pirates of the Eighteenth Century

Anne Bonny and Mary Read

American Museum of Natural History

It has millions of visitors, renowned exhibits, and the largest collection of dinosaur fossils anywhere--and now kids can enjoy a special behind-the-scenes look at the amazing American Museum of Natural History. Developed in conjunction with the Museum, this stunning book showcases fascinating, little-known details and secrets known only to insiders! With incredible information and photos, it truly brings the Museum to life.

Secrets of the American Museum of Natural History

A Mighty Girl's Best Book of the Year! Inspire kids to be their best selves and get involved in social change with this stunning anthology about thirty-five amazing women in sports around the world and throughout history. Do you play sports? Maybe you dream about scoring a goal on the soccer field or hitting a home run in baseball. Perhaps you're thinking about trying a new sport, but you're still not sure. In We Got Game! you'll meet thirty-five female athletes who played hard, broke records, and inspired girls around the world. Some of these athletes have retired. Others are still competing. But they have one thing in common: they all got game! You'll read about the first woman horse jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby, the number one tennis player in the world, a surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack, and a snow boarder who landed a death-defying jump, along with many others. These female athletes prove that girls can do anything! Simone Biles * Gretchen Bleiler * Hannah Cockroft * Misty Copeland * Diane Crump * Sasha DiGiulian * Gabby Douglas * Grete Eliassen * Marlen Esparza * Lisa Fernandez * Althea Gibson * Bethany Hamilton * Mia Hamm * Jackie Joyner-Kersee * Billie Jean King * Phaidra Knight * Silken Laumann * Nancy Lopez * Tatyana McFadden * Ibtihaj Mohammad * Danica Patrick * Megan Rapinoe * Mary Lou Retton * Manon Rhéaume * Ronda Rousey * Wilma Rudolph * Junko Tabei * Dara Torres * Elana Myers Taylor * Marianne Vos * Abby Wambach * Maria Toorpakai Wazir * Jen Welter * Serena Williams * Kristi Yamaguchi

35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World

We Got Game!

Describes the training, clothing, weapons, leisure time, and responsibilities of knights, and provides an overview of the Crusades.

Warriors of the Middle Ages

Knights

A laugh-out-loud memoir about a free-spirited, commitment-phobic Brooklyn girl who, after a whirlwind romance, finds herself living in a rickety farmhouse, pregnant, and faced with five months of doctor-prescribed bed rest because of unusually large fibroids. Aileen Weintraub has been running away from commitment her entire life, hopping from one job and one relationship to the next. When her father suddenly dies, she flees her Jewish Brooklyn community for the wilds of the country, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a man who knows a lot about produce, tractors, and how to take a person down in one jiu-jitsu move. Within months of saying “I do” she’s pregnant, life is on track, and then wham! Her doctor slaps a high-risk label on her uterus and sends her to bed for five months. As her husband’s bucolic (and possibly haunted) farmhouse begins to collapse and her marriage starts to do the same, Weintraub finally confronts her grief for her father while fighting for the survival of her unborn baby. In her precarious situation, will she stay or will she once again run away from it all? Knocked Down is an emotionally charged, laugh-out-loud roller-coaster ride of survival and growth. It is a story about marriage, motherhood, and the risks we take.

Provides a history of the Alcatraz Island Lighthouse, the West Coast's first lighthouse, completed in 1854.

The West Coasts First Lighthouse

Alcatraz Island Light

State geography, history, and culture are presented through directions for drawing the official seal, flag, flower, animal, and tree of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

How to Draw South Carolinas Sights and Symbols

Everyone--even children--can make a difference! From Picasso to Malala Yousafzai, the 50 kids profiled in Never Too Young! are inspiring and empowering. This book includes historical and contemporary figures; diverse races, genders, and cultural backgrounds; and prominent names as well as more obscure stories. The featured kids have shone in philanthropy, the arts, science, sports . . . and everything in between. Includes: Louis Armstrong, Louis Braille, Ruby Bridges, Thandiwe Chama, Michael Chang, Nadia Comaneci, Kelvin Doe, Bobby Fisher, Anne Frank, Tavi Gevinson, Om Prakash Gurjar, S.E. Hinton, Askrit Jawal, Joan of Arc, Helen Keller, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pelé, Pablo Picasso, Pocahontas, Sacagawea, Shirley Temple, Venus and Serena Williams. Stevie Wonder, Malala Yousafzai, and more!

50 Unstoppable Kids Who Made a Difference

Never Too Young!

A biography of American rock band KISS --Provided by publisher.

I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night

Kiss

Michael Dahl

Kathi Wagner

Aubrey Wagner

Presents a collection of jokes, riddles, puzzles, and brain teasers, and provides tips about how to deliver the perfect punch line.

The Everything Kids' Giant Book of Jokes, Riddles, and Brain Teasers

Baby-sitting is a great way for teens to earn extra money, but many responsibilities and challenges are involved. Weintraub offers advice to teens on all aspects of baby-sitting, including child care, staying safe, handling emergencies, negotiating fees, and networking for new clients.

A Teen's Guide to Responsible Child Care

Everything You Need to Know About Being a Baby-sitter

Describes the hostile environment of the Sahara Desert in West Africa, and explains how it is home to 2.5 million people.

The Biggest Desert

The Sahara Desert

Discusses the life of Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, who terrorized the Virginia and North Carolina coast, before he was killed in 1718.

Eighteenth-century Pirate of the Spanish Main and Carolina Coast

Blackbeard

Why did the chicken cross the road? Knock, knock. Who's there? What do you get when you...? As kids guess the answers, they're sure to get the giggles! With this book, little ones will look forward to sharing the jokes with parents, teachers, and siblings--and even coming up with some variations of their own! In addition to hundreds of rib-tickling jokes, readers will love: Head-scratching brain teasers Funny knock-knock jokes Hysterical puzzles Ridiculous riddles And much, much more! Amid the jokes, kids also find information on how to deliver the perfect punch line and how their favorite comics got started telling jokes. Every budding comic needs a little help getting started, and this book is the perfect go-to for getting laughs!

Presents the history of two female pirates, discussing how they came to be pirates, what life was like as a pirate, and what became of the two women.

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