Nonfiction Fiction

From the moment Africans were first brought to the shores of the United States, they had a hand in shaping the country. Their labor created a strong economy, built our halls of government, and defined American society in profound ways. And though the Emancipation Proclamation wasn't signed until 300 years after the first Africans arrived, the fight for freedom started the moment they set foot on American soil.

Would You Rather? Superhero Edition is an interactive gamebook jam packed with more than 126+ challenging choices, funny jokes, silly scenarios, fascinating superhero trivia, and contains hours of hilarious family fun! It all starts with this question: Would you rather…be a superhero - or - a super-villain?

As compelling as fiction, The Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey tells the dramatic story of the disappearance of nineteen-year-old Nell Cropsey from her riverside home in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in November 1901. Bloodhounds, detectives, divers, and even a psychic were brought in to search for her, and the case immediately became a national sensation. Bland Simpson, who first heard the tale as an Elizabeth City schoolboy, weaves this true story into a colorful nonfiction account, told in three first-person voices.

A poetic and inspiring tribute to the beauty and wonder of America's history, landscape, and symbols. With wonderfully spare, deceptively simple verses, Sarvinder Naberhaus has composed a lyrical celebration of the iconic imagery of our nation, beginning with the American flag. Each spread depicts a richly evocative tableau, from the view of the Statue of Library at Ellis Island to civil rights marchers banded together, to a spacecraft at Cape Canaveral blasting off. This book is an ode to America then and now, from sea to shining sea.

Transform your children’s experience of life in this sad, wonderful world as they journey home to God by following scripture’s epic story. Author Jeremy Pierre wants to awaken children to a brave journey - a journey home. This beautiful tale traces the theme of God’s presence through the storyline of scripture. People were created to be with God but lost their nearness to him at the fall. So God sent his son Jesus Christ to cross that distance, making a way for people to follow him on their own journey home.

An experienced Iditarod racer, Gary Paulsen brings his love of the sport to readers on a personal level in this intimate essay about the life of a litter of pups born to pull sleds across the snowy frontier - and the marvel he experiences as he watches them grow and learn.

La meditación de atención plena se está volviendo extremadamente popular en todo el mundo. Los beneficios de esta práctica simple están más allá de las medidas: La felicidad, el enfoque, la salud y la regulación emocional es solo la punta del iceberg. Cada vez más personas están adoptando esta práctica en sus vidas y en la vida de sus hijos. Pero, ¿cómo se enseña a los niños a meditar?

From the author of 29 books and counting... If you… are new to self-publishing are bored with self-editing your books don’t know how to edit well would rather write than edit…then this is the book for you. The techniques you’ll learn from this book will speed your self-editing work and produce a better final manuscript with less stress. Good self-editing helps sell your book - even if you turn your manuscript over to a professional editor. It’s a short book and a fast read, but it’s filled with more useful information than you will get from bigger books filled with details your ...

Brenda Kunneman is a best-selling author and dynamic prophetic voice who has equipped believers around the world to boldly decree Heaven's victory over every area of their lives. Now she is equipping children with powerful Bible-based, prophetic decrees that they can declare themselves! These decrees are specifically designed to train children to operate in their heavenly authority, empowering them to engage the Kingdom that Jesus declared belongs to them.

True or false quiz book all about amazing animals that’ll keep you guessing to the end for fans of National Geographic Kids Weird but True books. In this wild and wacky audiobook, you’ll discover 50 amazing animal facts. Some will sound stupid, some will seem obvious, and some may even sound familiar. But you’ve got to think long and hard to work out which are real and which are complete nonsense. That’s right, some are the truth and others are poop!

The forest holds many mysteries, both terrifying and unexplained. Mysteries in the Forest is an anthology series by bestselling author Erik Lake, known for his works like Things in the Woods and Beyond the Path. This series delves into true personal encounters experienced by individuals in woods and forests, exploring a range of mysterious and often terrifying entities. Each episode focuses on a different creature or phenomenon, ranging from widely known cryptids like Bigfoot and the Dogman, to more obscure and chilling entities like skinwalkers and demons. Through gripping narratives and ...

Each day of the week brings a change in the weather and something new to do.

You are never too young to talk with God! This 31-day devotional, using the words of Max Lucado, Randy Frazee, and Karen Hill in God's Messages for Little Ones (31 Devotions) guides young children to the knowledge that they are a special and important part of God’s story of love for the world.

Turn the page. Clap your hands. What else can you do in a second? Learn how to understand and make the most out of this unit of time.

Early readers can now experience the classic The Berenstain Bears I Can Read titles in audio download format! These five adventures of the Bear Scouts in I Can Read Level One format are perfect for learning classic life lessons in early reader audio format. This collection contains The Berenstain Bears and the Little Lost Cub, The Berenstain Bears and the Kind Cub, The Berenstain Bears Kitten Rescue, The Berenstain Bears Honey Hunt Helpers, and The Berenstain Bears Mama’s Helpers.

Best-selling author Amy Clipston's Kauffman Amish Bakery series chronicles the tensions, loves, faiths, and challenges of the residents in the Amish community of Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania. In A Life of Joy, the fourth installment in the series, 18-year-old Lindsay Bedford has reached a crossroads. Should she stay in the small Amish community she's known and loved for four years or return to the "English" life of her hometown in Virginia?

Our kids face more pressure and stress than ever before. Issues such as fear, jealousy, loneliness, and anxiety seem like giants standing in the way of the joy-filled childhood and adolescence we want them to have. In Goliath Must Fall for Young Readers, pastor Louie Giglio shows kids that only God can help them defeat those giants — and he will.

A lot of people want to become writers, but do not know how to do it. This books tell you how to do it. This book is for BEGINNERS, and we assume that you would like to learn the art of writing from the start. Please consider the following: *** Only 5% of the successful writers were born with the gift to write. *** The remaining 95% became successful through hard work. *** This means that practically ANYONE can become a pro at writing -- provided they are willing to discipline themselves. This book assumes that you are a beginner, who is willing to give 30 minutes a day for the hobby of ...

Todos los mamíferos tienen ciertas características que los hacen diferentes de otros tipos de animales. Pero algunos mamíferos viven sobre tierra firme y otros, viven en el agua - cada uno se adapta a su medio ambiente. Los mamíferos que viven sobre la tierra firme pueden respirar el aire a través de la naríz, mientras que los mamíferos que viven dentro del agua pueden respirar mediante un orificio nasal.

In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another. It would impact the course of the war, and kill many millions more soldiers than warfare itself.