This book tells the story of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, two brothers from Germany who loved stories. They lived a long time ago, in the 1800s, and worked as teachers and librarians. The Brothers Grimm are best known for writing down old fairy tales like Cinderella, Snow White, Hansel and Gretel and Rapunzel. People used to tell these stories out loud, but the brothers wrote them down so they wouldn’t be lost. The book shows how they collected the stories and how their fairy tales became famous all over the world.
This tells the story of George Herman “Babe” Ruth, a boy from a poor family in Baltimore who grew up to be one of baseball’s biggest stars. As a child, he got into trouble and was sent to a special school, where a kind teacher, Brother Mathias, helped him discover his love for baseball. By the time Babe was 19, he was already playing professional baseball. He played for the Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Red Sox and became super famous as a home-run hitter with the New York Yankees.
This book tells the exciting story of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who used the pen name Lewis Carroll. He was a curious student, a math teacher and a church leader at Oxford University. In 1862, while rowing on a river, he made up a fun story for a little girl named Alice about a rabbit hole and a magical world. This story later became the famous books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.
This book tells the story of Leif Erikson, a brave Viking explorer who may have been the first European to reach North America, about 500 years before Christopher Columbus. Leif was born in Greenland, and his father, Erik the Red, started the first Viking settlement there. The book follows Leif’s exciting journey to a new land called Vinland, which is likely part of Canada today. It also teaches kids about Viking life—how they traveled the seas, explored new places and shared stories and myths.
This book tells the story of life of Alex Trebek, the famous host of the game show Jeopardy. He was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1940. As a child, he loved listening to the radio and dreamed of working in broadcasting. He started his career as a reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1961. Later, his calm voice and quick thinking helped him become the host of Jeopardy. He hosted the show for 36 years, becoming a well-loved figure and winning many awards. His kindness and smart style made him admired by both contestants and viewers across the country.
The Official ACT Prep Guide is a book used to prepare students taking the ACT. It covers the concepts you need to know for the test, honing in on individual concepts in each subject (English Language Arts, Math, Reading and Science). There are also plenty of test strategies covered as well as things you need to do on test day. There are many high-quality practice tests that are quite similar to the ACT.
AP Calculus BC Prep 2022 is a book used to prepare students taking AP Calculus for the AP test in May. It covers all topics required by the College Board from the textbook, by unit. There are practice questions throughout each chapter with detailed explanations and even more after each chapter. It contains multiple full practice tests as well as more online tests that you can print out and use. When logging into the online website, there are more resources you can use, such as flashcards to memorize things like derivatives and integrals.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a powerful memoir that offers a glimpse into Maya Angelou’s childhood and early life. She talks about her relationships with religion, family and the racial discrimination. She also talks about her trauma using a very eloquent script to talk about her life in general.
This book follows the story of Trevor Noah’s childhood as he explains and explores his experience with the harsh realities of Apartheid South Africa. You are carried along the stories of his struggles facing racial discrimination and poverty that would shape him and this memoir. Filled with both humor and heart-felt moments, Trevor Noah portrays his childhood through this amazing memoir.
This book tells the story of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who became famous for writing a diary during a very hard time in history called the Holocaust. The book starts with Anne’s childhood in Germany and explains how her family moved to the Netherlands to stay safe from the Nazis. It describes how Anne, her family and some friends had to hide in a secret place for two years. While hiding, Anne wrote in her diary about her life, her feelings and her dreams. The book also talks about what happened after they were found and how Anne’s diary was later published by her father.
