Sally M Walker

Based on a true story, Fiery Night is a heartwarming, empowering picture book about a little boy's devotion to his pet goat, Willie, and how they gave each other strength during the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. Young Justin Butterfield was awakened in the night by neighbors warning his family of the coming fire. The Butterfields did what they could to save their home but eventually had to flee. Justin insisted on taking Willie with them, even though...

Presents the history of the Civil War submarine the H.L. Hunley, including the construction, mysterious sinking, recovery, and restoration.

Accompanied by archival photographs and documents, this tragic story, set in 1909, details the Cherry Mine fire, which trapped hundreds of men underground, alternating between rescue efforts and the heroic measures of those trying to survive.

BONUS FEATURE: Enhanced CD featuring photos, maps, and illustrations from the book.
For more than one hundred years, a submarine lay buried beneath the ocean floor near Charleston, South Carolina. This Civil War stealth weapon–the H. L. Hunley–made history in 1864 as the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship. But something went wrong during that daring mission. The Hunley never returned to port.
Despite decades...

The creators of 1968 examine the important historical events and people of 1789 and their significance on modern perspectives about human equality, in a nonfiction anthology that includes coverage of the U.S. Bill of Rights, the French Revolution and the digits of pi. Simultaneous eBook.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! What do jar tops and water-bottle lids have in common? Both of them are screws! Screws are simple machines. They help us to do jobs more easily. But don't take our word for it. Put screws to the test with the fun experiments you'll find in this book. As part of the Searchlight Books™ collection, this series sheds light on a key science question―How...

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! What do flagpoles and some window blinds have in common? They use pulleys to perform work! Pulleys are simple machines. They help us to do jobs more easily. But don't take our word for it. Put pulleys to the test with the fun experiments you'll find in this book. As part of the Searchlight Books™ collection, this series sheds light on a...

What is work? You may think work is doing chores or going to a job, but you do work every time you move something from one place to another. With experiments that demonstrate these fundamental concepts, discover how you work, and how simple machines make doing work easier.

What is work? You may think work is doing chores or going to a job, but you do work every time you move something from one place to another. With experiments that demonstrate these fundamental concepts, discover how you work, and how simple machines make doing work easier.

How does a pulley work? What is it? Colorful diagrams and fun-to-do experiments help you explore the many ways this simple machine can help make work easier and faster.