Maracana
More than 500,000 bags of cement were used to build this amazing Brazilian stadium. The Maracana stadium is so big that it can hold 200,000 screaming fans! This feat of engineering will engage young readers from beginning to end.
La Cruz Roja
Introduces the history, structures, goals, and projects of the International Red Cross and Crescent.
El Puente Akashi Kaikyo
This Japanese bridge is more than 2 miles long! Challenged readers will be intrigued by this and other fun facts about this amazing bridge.
Crispus Attucks: Hero Of The Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks, a former slave, was living in Boston on March 5, 1770. Hearing of a fight between some citizens of Boston and British soldiers, Crispus boldly took lead at the front of the crowd and struck one of the British soldiers. The soldier fired and hit Attucks with two musket balls. Four other men…
Paul Revere
Describes the life and times of the well-known hero of the American Revolution, Paul Revere, a patriot and silversmith whose midnight ride was made famous in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
A Lavarse Las Manos = Washing My Hands
A girl describes how she washes her hands and gives examples of times when hand washing is important.
Alexander Hamilton
Surveys the life of the American statesman, lawmaker, writer of the Federalist Papers, and first secretary of treasury under George Washington.
John Sutter
Surveys the life of Swiss/German immigrant John Sutter, on whose land gold was discovered in the mid-nineteenth century, spurring the California gold rush and westward expansion.