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Zac at RMS.
this book is about a large group (500,000) of children that were forced to join part of Adolf Hitlers NAZI regime.
Hitler mixed fun with paramilitary training to lure in the trust of the german children. One of the ex-hitler youth members stated that they played games and took field trips but they also learned about spy training and sabotage. during the later years of ww2 (1944) berlin was hitlers last strond hold and it was a pathetic hold at that. hitler sent men and boys ranging from10 to 70 to fight for his beloved land. out of the fivethousand that were sent in only 50 made it out alive. ... Read more

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A solid juvenile biography about Vice President Dick Cheney
It is quite reassuring to see from the photographs in this Gateway Biography that throughout his entire life Dick Cheney had that lopsided grin. "Dick Cheney: A Life in Public Service" explains to young readers exactly why the Vice President "has more experience in government than President Bush." Elaine Andrews begins with the day during the 2000 Presidential Campaign when Cheney was introduced as George W. Bush's running mate and then goes back to the beginning. We get a good sense of Cheney when we read how he went from losing his scholarship at Yale to earning both his B.A. and his M.A. from the University of Wyoming in three years. From working for Donald Rumsfeld to being President Ford's chief of staff and then from Congressman from Wyoming to Secretary of Defense under George H. W. Bush, Andrews lays out Cheney's impressive political resume. However, we still get a sense for the man as well. I have read juvenile biographies of Presidents that are not as solid as this effort. Other Gateway Biographies include George W. and Laura Welch Bush, Al Gore, Joseph Lieberman, John McCain and Colin Powell, which is fairly even handed in terms of covering the complete political spectrum. ... Read more

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Breaks New Ground
Zita Allen brilliantly portrays the lives and times of some of the women who were an integral part of the civil rights movement. Allen takes a new perspective on an issue that has been covered in so many different ways, and she does it effectively. A must for classrooms ... Read more

Book Description

A little boy goes on his very first trip to the library. What will he find? A new library card, a nice librarian, shelves of favorite books (and new ones, too), story time, and even an Internet search terminal for Mom in this first-experience DK Reader about an afternoon at the public library.

DK Readers is a multi-level learning-to-read program combining DK's highly visual style with appealing stories at five graduated levels. Stunning photographs and engaging, age-appropriate stories are guaranteed to capture a child's interest while developing reading skills and general knowledge. DK Readers allow progression of stories for beginning readers with simple sentences and word repetition through to stories with rich vocabulary and more challenging sentence structure for proficient readers. ... Read more