Laurie Calkhoven

"For all the girls as clever as Hermione Granger, as dedicated as Tina Goldstein, and as fierce as Minerva McGonagall, this incredible compendium is packed with the stories of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts' extraordinary heroines! Besides the series' best-known characters, get to know the female mentors, founders, rule-breakers, and-yes, even villains like Bellatrix Lestrange and Vinda Rosier-who made the wizarding world what it is today. Complete...

An adaptation of Freeman's work, Oh my gods for younger readers, the book offers the thrilling and spicy tales of ancient civlizations' myths.

A biography of Mae Jemison, the first female African-American astronaut.--

On a three-day stagecoach ride to the big city of Albany during the War of 1812, eleven-year-old Caroline is fascinated by the other travelers, including a charming magician and a beautiful young woman with a sad past, and when Caroline's important package for her father disappears, she must unmask a thief.

Martin Luther King Jr. will always be remembered for his famous "I have a dream" speech, which he gave during the March on Washington in 1963. But his life before and after that big event, and his other enormous contributions to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, largely go unspoken. In this biography for kids ages 8-12, learn all about MLK--from his early family life and experiences in education, to his untimely death and the worldwide...

As if having another baby in the home weren't bad enough, Roosevelt Banks has to deal with moving to the creepy, dark attic where ghosts live. He enlists the help of neighborhood friends Tommy, Josh, and Eddie to come up with ways to banish the ghosts, but a stink bomb idea goes too far and gets Roosevelt in trouble with his parents.

In 1863, twelve-year-old Will, who longs to be a drummer in the Union army, is stuck in his sleepy hometown of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, but when the Union and Confederate armies meet right there in his town, he and his family are caught up in the fight. Includes historical notes, glossary, and a timeline of events.

Presents an illustrated biography of Shirley Chisholm chronicling her life and legacy as the first African American woman ever elected to Congress, and the first to enter the Democratic presidential race in the U.S. Discusses her childhood, education, and political career. Includes a comprehension quiz and information on the branches of U.S. government and on voting.

"Discover the thrilling side of the history of the space race in this fact-tastic, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series about the secrets of American History! Did you know that you can't bring a sandwich on a spaceship? Or that a group of people who had lost their hearing played an important role in the race to send astronauts to the moon? Find out about those true stories and more in this book about the space race of the 1950s and 1960s."--...