Stories to stimulate imagination and fuel learning!
- Trek along with a 19-year-old boy as he braves the dangerous jungles of South America.
- Engage in the experiments of African American George Washington Carver as he invents many things including peanut butter.
- Follow wheeling-and-dealing Eric, as he works through seventeen "swaps" to get his friend a special gift.
- Join Jack Flagg as he looks for gold and finds adventure.
- Unearth the secrets of America's most prolific inventor (Thomas Edison). Witness the frustrations, failures, joys, and amazing triumphs that led to many technologies that we take for granted today—such as the light-bulb, music CD's and even movies.
A world of excitement, adventure, and learning awaits in 19 books that your children will read and read again!
Includes all of the 4R titles.
Regular Price: $147.77Core Price: $132.99
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Theodore learns that heroism requires more--and less--than he imagined in this story set during the deadly flu epidemic at the end of World War I. Moving.
Wizard of Menlo Park
Explains the basic principles behind Edison's discoveries as well as his joys, tragedies, and amazing successes.
A realistic story of a Tennessee mountain boy who, during the Civil War, comes to realize that war is terrible no matter where one's sympathies lie.
To save his aunt's home, young Jack and his butler rush off to California to join the '49ers in their hunt for gold. Fun!
The Story of Harriet Tubman
Fascinating biography of Harriet Tubman, a black woman who risked her life helping other slaves reach freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Thought-provoking story of a boy who was orphaned by the Civil War as he struggles to forgive "the enemy" and discover what true courage is all about.
Two thousand Georgia textile workers were shipped North against their will to work in Yankee mills. Twelve-year old Hannalee was one of them. This is the true story of how she fulfilled her promise to...
The touching Newbery Honor story about a boy and the dog he loves. Set during frontier days in the Texas hill country.
The inspiring story of Helen Keller, a blind and deaf girl who overcame her limitations through courage and the firm love of a caring teacher.
The light-hearted story of an all-girl family in a crowded section of New York City at the turn of the 19th century.
Newbery Medal winner about a mid-American farm family in the early 20th century. Charming.
In 1947, a Chinese girl comes to Brooklyn, where she starts to feel at home and to make friends.
Despite her father's objections, a young Amish girl secretly looks forward to attending public school where she makes a best friend and gains a new perspective on her family's way of life.
Two children discover the remains of a lake long since dried up and forgotten, the ruins of once-elegant homes that stood along its shore . . . and two fascinating old people who remember the glory ye...
Eric wants to buy his young crippled friend Jimmy a pair of red cowboy boots.
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The true story of Bruce Olson who, at 19 years of age, leaves his home in Minnesota to reach the Motilone Indians, a murderous tribe in the jungles of Colombia.
Pioneers of American Aviation
A delightful account of the exploits, the family life, and the character of the two bike builders who are generally credited with having been the first to engage in powered flight.
Man's Slave Becomes God's Scientist...
George Washington Carver was a Christian who overcame racial prejudice to become an outstanding scientist.
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Top-notch historical fiction about the great Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood of 1889.
Beautifully written Newbery Honor story of a teen aged girl who is confronted by the challenges of life as a female member of the Navaho nation in the mid-1860s. Poignant and thought-provoking.
Jan Matzeliger, a black man from Dutch Guiana, wanted everyone to be able to afford shoes. He invented the first automatic shoemaking machine, and revolutionized the industry. Inspiring!