Display - Books (and other things) for which I am truly grateful

Bomb: The Race to Build- and Steal- the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

By Steve Sheinkin

Recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos.

Ungifted

By Gordon Korman

 Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.

Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust

 By Doreen Rappaport

Through twenty-one meticulously researched accounts-- some chronicled in book form for the first time-- Doreen Rappaport illuminates the defiance of tens of thousands of Jews across eleven Nazi-occupied countries during World War II.

Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917

By Sally M. Walker

 When two ships collided in Halifax Harbour, on December 6, 1917, one of them was full of munitions for World War I. The ensuing explosion, aftershocks, and tsunami wrecked unbelievable devastation. It was the largest explosion in the world until the atomic bomb was detonated in World War II in 1945.

Two Eggs, Please
By Sarah Weeks

A look at the many different ways to prepare the very same food, as everyone in a diner orders eggs.

 

The Fellowship of the Ring

By J.R.R. Tolkien

The Dark Lord Sauron, an utterly evil and powerful being, is stirring again after a long period of dormancy. He will soon dominate all of Middle-earth if he is not stopped. The key to Sauron's defeat is Frodo, nephew and heir to Bilbo Baggins--he has the One Ring into which Sauron deposited much of his power. If the Ring is destroyed in the volcano at the heart of Sauron's realm of Mordor, Sauron too will be destroyed.

This is Not My Hat

By Jon Klassen

A tiny minnow wearing a pale blue bowler hat has a thing or two up his fins in this underwater light-on-dark chase scene.

 

Younguncle Comes to Town

By Vandana Singh

In a small town in northern India, three siblings await their father's youngest brother, Younguncle, who is said to be somewhat eccentric.

 

Lenny and Mel

By Erik Kraft

  Twin brothers observe a year's worth of holidays in some very unusual ways.

 

George and Martha

By James Marshall

 Relates two episodes in the friendship of two hippopotamuses.

 

It's a Secret
By John Burningham

Every night Marie-Elaine's cat, Malcolm, goes out, and every morning he comes back in and sleeps. "Where do cats go at night?" the girl wonders. So when she sees him at his cat door dressed to the nines, she begs to come along. And amazingly, Malcolm agrees, as long as she puts on her fancy clothes, gets small, and keeps it all a secret.