Middle School Boys: Nonfiction
"Afraid of the Water" (Series):
Natalie Lunis. Blue-Ringed Octopus: Small But Deadly. (Bearport, 2010)
Natalie Lunis. Boxed Jellyfish: Killer Tentacles. (Bearport, 2010)
Meish Goldish. Moray Eel: Dangerous Teeth. (Bearport, 2010)
Snakes. Snakes underwater. Huge snakes underwater, with big teeth that curve in so no prey can
escape. They blend into their surroundings so you don't know they are there, until it's too late! Moray
eels are just one of the nightmare creatures lurking in the deep in the series "Afraid of the Water"!
Natalie Lunis. Portugese Man-of-War: Floating Misery. (Bearport, 2010)
Meish Goldish. Shark: The Shredder. (Bearport, 2010)
Meish Goldish. Stonefish: Needles of Pain. (Bearport, 2010)
Susan Campbell Bartoletti. They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist
Group. (Houghton Mifflin, 2010)
We sometimes wish we could brush some of our history under a rug and try to forget it. We know we
shouldn't, but sometimes our history hurts too much. The Ku Klux Klan is one of our darkest, most
terrifying memories. Men draped in sheets riding through the night to terrorize the innocent is the
stuff of horror films and nightmares. Do yourself a favor and shine a light on those memories with
Susan Campbell Bartoletti's They Called Themselves the K.K.K.
Suzy Beamer Bohnert. Learning Basketball’s Lingo. (B&B Publishing)
From the “Game Day Goddess” comes a book on the language of basketball for the complete novice.
What makes this book special? It covers not just the official terms, but slang as well. Where else are
you going to find a definition of a “ticky-tack foul”? A bit simplistic for the sports buff, but for anybody
who wants to sit down next to dad and watch a game, this is the dictionary for you.
Sylvia Branzei. Animal Grossology. (Price Stern Sloan, 2004)
Sylvia Branzei. Grossology. (Price Stern Sloan, 2002)
Sylvia Branzei. Grossology and You. (Price Stern Sloan, 2002)
Sylvia Branzei. Hands-On Grossology. (Price Stern Sloan, 2003)
Timothy Decker. For Liberty: The Story of the Boston Massacre. (Calkins Creek, 2009)
For those elementary and middle school kids who remember their picture book days as the last time
they loved reading, here is a powerful take on a grimly fascinating event. This is "small" history;
fifteen minutes that changed the world, and the drama is enhanced by stark, black and white
illustrations that evoke both David MacAulay and the Manga form. Perhaps its greatest gift is to
individualize the players, making the tragedy all the more human. This is history that comes alive.
"Disaster Survivors" (Series)
Stephen Person. Struck By Lightning! (Bearport, 2010)
Person manages to give a great deal of very real information without losing the wonder, the awe, the
raw power of nature unleashed in bolts of pure energy that can travel more than 20 miles in the blink
of an eye. This is the perfect setting for the big five questions: who does lightning strike? Where?
When? How often? And most importantly, why? It's all here in a slim volume with some spectacular
photography and easily accessible text. Give a kid twenty minutes with this book and he will be
running to the computer to find more, diving for another book in the series, or looking for a kite and a
key.
Joyce L. Markovics. Blitzed By a Blizzard! (Bearport, 2010)
Stephen Person. Devastated By a Volcano! (Bearport, 2010)
Jessica Rudolph. Erased By a Tornado! (Bearport, 2010)
Laura DeLallo. Hammered By a Heat Wave! (Bearport, 2010)
Adam Reingold. Leveled By an Earthquake! (Bearport, 2010)
Miriam Aronin. Slammed By a Tsunami! (Bearport, 2010)
"Extreme Cuisine" (Series):
Meish Goldish. Baby Bug Dishes. (Bearport, 2009)
Meish Goldish. Bug-a-licious. (Bearport, 2009)
From cricket lollipops to roasted ants in the movie theatre, here are the stories of bug foods from
around the world. Part cook book, part social study, and all queasy, this is a fun nonfiction written at a
very accessible level.
Meish Goldish. Mammal Menu. (Bearport, 2009)
Dinah Williams. Shocking Seafood. (Bearport, 2009)
Dinah Williams. Slithery, Slimy, Scaly Treats. (Bearport, 2009)
Meish Goldish. Spider-tizers and Other Creepy Treats. (Bearport, 2009)
John Fleischman. Phineas Gage: A Gruesome But True Story About Brain Science. (Houghton Mifflin,
2002)
Paul Fleisher. Parasites: Latching On to a Free Lunch. (Twenty-First Century Books, 2006)
Kelly Milner Halls and William Graham Sumper. Saving the Baghdad Zoo: A True Story of Hope and
Heroes. (Greenwillow Books, 2009)
War destroys lives, and not just human lives. A handful of brave people, led by an American Army
officer, took on the challenge of saving the animals in zoos all over Baghdad during the Iraq War. With
bullets flying around them, they wrangled lions, alligators and many more animals. Heroes come in
some surprising shapes.
Thomas R. Holtz and Luis V. Rey. Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for
Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages. (Random House, 2007)
Dick Houston. Bulu: African Wonder Dog. (Random House, 2010)
A cute little dog story on a boys and books list? Well, this cute little story is true, and this dog adopts
warthogs and fights lions. This is more than a dog story, it is a safari into the wild African bush, with
hippos, giraffes, crocodiles, and real life adventure to spare.
Gail Jarrow. Lincoln's Flying Spies: Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War Balloon Corps. (Calkins Creek,
2010)
How did man first fly? Who made up the first US Air Force? Don't think planes or the Wright Brothers,
think balloons and Thaddeus Lowe. Four decades before Kitty Hawk, and five decades before World
War One, a few brave men went thousands of feet above enemy lines, hanging from a silk balloon, to
spy out the Confederate forces. Artillary shells burst around them, generals dismissed them, storms
sent them careening, but the Balloon Corps played their part in American history, even if that history
has gone untold for too long. Now read their heroic true story.
Nawuth Keat. Alive in the Killing Fields: The True Story of Nawuth Keat, a Khmer Rouge Survivor.
(National Geographic Children's Books, 2009)
A true-life survival story written by someone who grew up in the midst of civil and outright war in a
land s distant and different as any in the world.
Tanya Lloyd Kyi. 50 Poisonous Questions: A Book With Bite. (Annick Press, 2011)
Half this book is about cool poisons in nature, fangs, warts, and clicking mandibles. Very cool. The
other half is about the poisons we humans put into the world and use on each other. Infuriating. All of
it is worth the read.
Sandra Markle. Outside and Inside Mummies. (Walker & Company, 2005)
Joy Masoff. Oh Yuck!: the Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty. (Workman, 2000)
Joy Masoff. Oh Yikes!: History's Grossest, Wackiest Moments. (Workman, 2000)
Jennifer Morse. Guiness Book of World Records 2009. (Scholastic Reference, 2008)
Kadir Nelson. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. (Jump at the Sun, 2008)
H.P. Newquist. Here There Be Monsters: The Legendary Kraken and the Giant Squid. (Houghton
Mifflin, 2010)
The only thing more exciting than a monster of myth is when the monster turns out to be real. This
nonfiction, picture book format includes every known picture of the giant and colossal squids, as well
as many of the fanciful pictures of the legendary Kraken. For everyone who likes real life adventure
stories, as well as those fans of a good creature feature.
Nathaniel Philbrick. Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex. (Putnam, 2002)
Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook. (Chronicle Books,
1999)
Joshua Piven, and David Borgenicht. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Extreme Edition.
(Chronicle Books, 2005)
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Special Edition 2009. (Scholastic, 2008)
Michael J. Rosen, with Ben Kassoy. No Dribbling the Squid: Octopush, Shin Kicking, Elephant Polo,
and Other Oddball Sports. (Andrew McMeel, 2009)
Competitive spitting, shovel racing, backward bicycling, basketball on unicycles, and Octopush
(underwater hockey); there are some really strange sports out there, and they are all in this one little
book, with plenty of pictures of all the zanyness. Two or three pages on each sport, complete with
statistics, rules, and probably too many bad puns makes this a quick, fun read. No need to read it
cover to cover; flip it open to any page and enjoy. (Hint: Kudu Dung spitting on p. 72)
Michael Sandler. "Fast Rides" (Series):
Dynamic Drag Racers. (Bearport, 2011)
Electrifying Eco-Race Cars. (Bearport, 2011)
It's where gear-heads, speed-freaks, tree-huggers, and techno-nuts meet to say... "Wow!"
Hot Hot Rods. (Bearport, 2011)
Jet Powered Speed. (Bearport, 2011)
Michael Sandler. "X-Moves" (Series):
Cool Snowboarders. (Bearport, 2010)
Daring BMXers. (Bearport, 2010)
Gnarly Skateboarders. (Bearport, 2010)
Mighty MotoXers. (Bearport, 2010)
For the early gear-head crowd, here is a quick, highly visual tour of the motocross world. The stop-
action photos of every step of a trick are particularly stunning.
Rally Car Dudes. (Bearport, 2010)
Super Surfers. (Bearport, 2010)
"Scary Places" (Series)
Dinah Williams. Abandoned Insane Asylums. (Bearport, 2008)
Sarah Parvis. Creepy Castles. (Bearport, 2008)
Michael E. Goodman. Dark Labyrinths. (Bearport, 2008)
Sarah Parvis. Ghost Towns. (Bearport, 2008)
Sarah Parvis. Haunted Hotels. (Bearport, 2008)
Dinah Williams. Haunted Houses. (Bearport, 2008)
Dinah Williams. Spooky Cemeteries. (Bearport, 2008)
Steven L. Stern. Wretched Ruins. (Bearport, 2010)
"The Science Of..." (Series)
Mike Flynn. The Ultimate Survival Guide. (Macmillan Children's Books, 2010)
Ever since Piven and Borgenicht's "Worst Case Scenario" series, there has been a rash of survival
books, most disappointingly tame and little-related to the great outdoors. This is the real thing, a guide
that talks about real life survival situations from your back yard to the harshest environments on
earth. Complete with activities like building a solar water purifier and a bit of British humor, this is the
book for all those boys who were sorely disappointed by The Dangerous Book for Boys.
Georgina Phillips. Ouch!: Extreme Feats of Human Endurance. (Macmillan Children's Books, 2010)
Dave Reay. Your Planet Needs You!: A Kid's Guide to Going Green. (Macmillan Children's Books, 2009)
James Solheim. It's Disgusting and We Ate It!: True Food Facts from Around the World and
Throughout History. (Simon & Schuster, 1998)
Andrew Solway. What's Living in Your Bedroom? (Heinemann, 2004)
Shelley Sommer. Hammerin' Hank Greenberg: Baseball Pioneer. (Calkins Creek, 2011)
In the 1930's and 1940's, sports went a long way towards breaking down barriers. We all know about
Jackie Robinson, Joe Louis, and Jesse Owens, but few people know the story of Hank Greenberg, the
first great Jewish baseball player, who fought through descrimination to win two MVP awards and the
respect of a nation for his character, his patriotism, and his homerun swing.
Stephen Spignesi. The Weird 100: A Collection of the Strange and the Unexplained. (Citadel Press,
2004)
Michael O. Tunnell. Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot". (Charlesbridge,
2010)
The US military is, and has long been, about more than winnin g wars. They also try to win the hearts
and minds of peoples they come in contact with around the world, and sometimes we need to be
reminded of the best of the US Military tradition. The Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber" is one
great example. Also check out Saving the Baghdad Zoo, by Kelly Milner Halls and William Graham
Sumner.
Sally M. Walker. Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917. (Henry Holt, 2011)
What is the connection between the city of Halifax in Canada, World War I, and the Christmas tree in
Boston, Massachusetts? Two thousand deaths in the largest man-made explosion before the atomic
bomb, that's what.
Chris Woodford, et al. Cool Stuff and How it Works. (Dorling Kindersley, 2005)
Chris Woodford and Jon Woodcock. Cool Stuff 2.0 and How it Works. (Dorling Kindersley, 2007)
Chris Woodford. Cool Stuff Exploded. (Dorling Kindersley, 2008)
Chris Woodford and Jon Woodcock. The Gadget Book: How Really Cool Stuff Works. (Dorling
Kindersley, 2007)
Chris Woodford. How Cool Stuff Works. (Dorling Kindersley, 2008)
"The Work of Heroes: First Responders in Action" (Series)
Meish Goldish. Doctors to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
Meish Goldish. Firefighters to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
Nancy White. Paramedics to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
Nancy White. Police Officers to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
"Afraid of the Water" (Series):
Natalie Lunis. Blue-Ringed Octopus: Small But Deadly. (Bearport, 2010)
Natalie Lunis. Boxed Jellyfish: Killer Tentacles. (Bearport, 2010)
Meish Goldish. Moray Eel: Dangerous Teeth. (Bearport, 2010)
Snakes. Snakes underwater. Huge snakes underwater, with big teeth that curve in so no prey can
escape. They blend into their surroundings so you don't know they are there, until it's too late! Moray
eels are just one of the nightmare creatures lurking in the deep in the series "Afraid of the Water"!
Natalie Lunis. Portugese Man-of-War: Floating Misery. (Bearport, 2010)
Meish Goldish. Shark: The Shredder. (Bearport, 2010)
Meish Goldish. Stonefish: Needles of Pain. (Bearport, 2010)
Susan Campbell Bartoletti. They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist
Group. (Houghton Mifflin, 2010)
We sometimes wish we could brush some of our history under a rug and try to forget it. We know we
shouldn't, but sometimes our history hurts too much. The Ku Klux Klan is one of our darkest, most
terrifying memories. Men draped in sheets riding through the night to terrorize the innocent is the
stuff of horror films and nightmares. Do yourself a favor and shine a light on those memories with
Susan Campbell Bartoletti's They Called Themselves the K.K.K.
Suzy Beamer Bohnert. Learning Basketball’s Lingo. (B&B Publishing)
From the “Game Day Goddess” comes a book on the language of basketball for the complete novice.
What makes this book special? It covers not just the official terms, but slang as well. Where else are
you going to find a definition of a “ticky-tack foul”? A bit simplistic for the sports buff, but for anybody
who wants to sit down next to dad and watch a game, this is the dictionary for you.
Sylvia Branzei. Animal Grossology. (Price Stern Sloan, 2004)
Sylvia Branzei. Grossology. (Price Stern Sloan, 2002)
Sylvia Branzei. Grossology and You. (Price Stern Sloan, 2002)
Sylvia Branzei. Hands-On Grossology. (Price Stern Sloan, 2003)
Timothy Decker. For Liberty: The Story of the Boston Massacre. (Calkins Creek, 2009)
For those elementary and middle school kids who remember their picture book days as the last time
they loved reading, here is a powerful take on a grimly fascinating event. This is "small" history;
fifteen minutes that changed the world, and the drama is enhanced by stark, black and white
illustrations that evoke both David MacAulay and the Manga form. Perhaps its greatest gift is to
individualize the players, making the tragedy all the more human. This is history that comes alive.
"Disaster Survivors" (Series)
Stephen Person. Struck By Lightning! (Bearport, 2010)
Person manages to give a great deal of very real information without losing the wonder, the awe, the
raw power of nature unleashed in bolts of pure energy that can travel more than 20 miles in the blink
of an eye. This is the perfect setting for the big five questions: who does lightning strike? Where?
When? How often? And most importantly, why? It's all here in a slim volume with some spectacular
photography and easily accessible text. Give a kid twenty minutes with this book and he will be
running to the computer to find more, diving for another book in the series, or looking for a kite and a
key.
Joyce L. Markovics. Blitzed By a Blizzard! (Bearport, 2010)
Stephen Person. Devastated By a Volcano! (Bearport, 2010)
Jessica Rudolph. Erased By a Tornado! (Bearport, 2010)
Laura DeLallo. Hammered By a Heat Wave! (Bearport, 2010)
Adam Reingold. Leveled By an Earthquake! (Bearport, 2010)
Miriam Aronin. Slammed By a Tsunami! (Bearport, 2010)
"Extreme Cuisine" (Series):
Meish Goldish. Baby Bug Dishes. (Bearport, 2009)
Meish Goldish. Bug-a-licious. (Bearport, 2009)
From cricket lollipops to roasted ants in the movie theatre, here are the stories of bug foods from
around the world. Part cook book, part social study, and all queasy, this is a fun nonfiction written at a
very accessible level.
Meish Goldish. Mammal Menu. (Bearport, 2009)
Dinah Williams. Shocking Seafood. (Bearport, 2009)
Dinah Williams. Slithery, Slimy, Scaly Treats. (Bearport, 2009)
Meish Goldish. Spider-tizers and Other Creepy Treats. (Bearport, 2009)
John Fleischman. Phineas Gage: A Gruesome But True Story About Brain Science. (Houghton Mifflin,
2002)
Paul Fleisher. Parasites: Latching On to a Free Lunch. (Twenty-First Century Books, 2006)
Kelly Milner Halls and William Graham Sumper. Saving the Baghdad Zoo: A True Story of Hope and
Heroes. (Greenwillow Books, 2009)
War destroys lives, and not just human lives. A handful of brave people, led by an American Army
officer, took on the challenge of saving the animals in zoos all over Baghdad during the Iraq War. With
bullets flying around them, they wrangled lions, alligators and many more animals. Heroes come in
some surprising shapes.
Thomas R. Holtz and Luis V. Rey. Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for
Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages. (Random House, 2007)
Dick Houston. Bulu: African Wonder Dog. (Random House, 2010)
A cute little dog story on a boys and books list? Well, this cute little story is true, and this dog adopts
warthogs and fights lions. This is more than a dog story, it is a safari into the wild African bush, with
hippos, giraffes, crocodiles, and real life adventure to spare.
Gail Jarrow. Lincoln's Flying Spies: Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War Balloon Corps. (Calkins Creek,
2010)
How did man first fly? Who made up the first US Air Force? Don't think planes or the Wright Brothers,
think balloons and Thaddeus Lowe. Four decades before Kitty Hawk, and five decades before World
War One, a few brave men went thousands of feet above enemy lines, hanging from a silk balloon, to
spy out the Confederate forces. Artillary shells burst around them, generals dismissed them, storms
sent them careening, but the Balloon Corps played their part in American history, even if that history
has gone untold for too long. Now read their heroic true story.
Nawuth Keat. Alive in the Killing Fields: The True Story of Nawuth Keat, a Khmer Rouge Survivor.
(National Geographic Children's Books, 2009)
A true-life survival story written by someone who grew up in the midst of civil and outright war in a
land s distant and different as any in the world.
Tanya Lloyd Kyi. 50 Poisonous Questions: A Book With Bite. (Annick Press, 2011)
Half this book is about cool poisons in nature, fangs, warts, and clicking mandibles. Very cool. The
other half is about the poisons we humans put into the world and use on each other. Infuriating. All of
it is worth the read.
Sandra Markle. Outside and Inside Mummies. (Walker & Company, 2005)
Joy Masoff. Oh Yuck!: the Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty. (Workman, 2000)
Joy Masoff. Oh Yikes!: History's Grossest, Wackiest Moments. (Workman, 2000)
Jennifer Morse. Guiness Book of World Records 2009. (Scholastic Reference, 2008)
Kadir Nelson. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. (Jump at the Sun, 2008)
H.P. Newquist. Here There Be Monsters: The Legendary Kraken and the Giant Squid. (Houghton
Mifflin, 2010)
The only thing more exciting than a monster of myth is when the monster turns out to be real. This
nonfiction, picture book format includes every known picture of the giant and colossal squids, as well
as many of the fanciful pictures of the legendary Kraken. For everyone who likes real life adventure
stories, as well as those fans of a good creature feature.
Nathaniel Philbrick. Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex. (Putnam, 2002)
Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook. (Chronicle Books,
1999)
Joshua Piven, and David Borgenicht. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Extreme Edition.
(Chronicle Books, 2005)
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Special Edition 2009. (Scholastic, 2008)
Michael J. Rosen, with Ben Kassoy. No Dribbling the Squid: Octopush, Shin Kicking, Elephant Polo,
and Other Oddball Sports. (Andrew McMeel, 2009)
Competitive spitting, shovel racing, backward bicycling, basketball on unicycles, and Octopush
(underwater hockey); there are some really strange sports out there, and they are all in this one little
book, with plenty of pictures of all the zanyness. Two or three pages on each sport, complete with
statistics, rules, and probably too many bad puns makes this a quick, fun read. No need to read it
cover to cover; flip it open to any page and enjoy. (Hint: Kudu Dung spitting on p. 72)
Michael Sandler. "Fast Rides" (Series):
Dynamic Drag Racers. (Bearport, 2011)
Electrifying Eco-Race Cars. (Bearport, 2011)
It's where gear-heads, speed-freaks, tree-huggers, and techno-nuts meet to say... "Wow!"
Hot Hot Rods. (Bearport, 2011)
Jet Powered Speed. (Bearport, 2011)
Michael Sandler. "X-Moves" (Series):
Cool Snowboarders. (Bearport, 2010)
Daring BMXers. (Bearport, 2010)
Gnarly Skateboarders. (Bearport, 2010)
Mighty MotoXers. (Bearport, 2010)
For the early gear-head crowd, here is a quick, highly visual tour of the motocross world. The stop-
action photos of every step of a trick are particularly stunning.
Rally Car Dudes. (Bearport, 2010)
Super Surfers. (Bearport, 2010)
"Scary Places" (Series)
Dinah Williams. Abandoned Insane Asylums. (Bearport, 2008)
Sarah Parvis. Creepy Castles. (Bearport, 2008)
Michael E. Goodman. Dark Labyrinths. (Bearport, 2008)
Sarah Parvis. Ghost Towns. (Bearport, 2008)
Sarah Parvis. Haunted Hotels. (Bearport, 2008)
Dinah Williams. Haunted Houses. (Bearport, 2008)
Dinah Williams. Spooky Cemeteries. (Bearport, 2008)
Steven L. Stern. Wretched Ruins. (Bearport, 2010)
"The Science Of..." (Series)
Mike Flynn. The Ultimate Survival Guide. (Macmillan Children's Books, 2010)
Ever since Piven and Borgenicht's "Worst Case Scenario" series, there has been a rash of survival
books, most disappointingly tame and little-related to the great outdoors. This is the real thing, a guide
that talks about real life survival situations from your back yard to the harshest environments on
earth. Complete with activities like building a solar water purifier and a bit of British humor, this is the
book for all those boys who were sorely disappointed by The Dangerous Book for Boys.
Georgina Phillips. Ouch!: Extreme Feats of Human Endurance. (Macmillan Children's Books, 2010)
Dave Reay. Your Planet Needs You!: A Kid's Guide to Going Green. (Macmillan Children's Books, 2009)
James Solheim. It's Disgusting and We Ate It!: True Food Facts from Around the World and
Throughout History. (Simon & Schuster, 1998)
Andrew Solway. What's Living in Your Bedroom? (Heinemann, 2004)
Shelley Sommer. Hammerin' Hank Greenberg: Baseball Pioneer. (Calkins Creek, 2011)
In the 1930's and 1940's, sports went a long way towards breaking down barriers. We all know about
Jackie Robinson, Joe Louis, and Jesse Owens, but few people know the story of Hank Greenberg, the
first great Jewish baseball player, who fought through descrimination to win two MVP awards and the
respect of a nation for his character, his patriotism, and his homerun swing.
Stephen Spignesi. The Weird 100: A Collection of the Strange and the Unexplained. (Citadel Press,
2004)
Michael O. Tunnell. Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot". (Charlesbridge,
2010)
The US military is, and has long been, about more than winnin g wars. They also try to win the hearts
and minds of peoples they come in contact with around the world, and sometimes we need to be
reminded of the best of the US Military tradition. The Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber" is one
great example. Also check out Saving the Baghdad Zoo, by Kelly Milner Halls and William Graham
Sumner.
Sally M. Walker. Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917. (Henry Holt, 2011)
What is the connection between the city of Halifax in Canada, World War I, and the Christmas tree in
Boston, Massachusetts? Two thousand deaths in the largest man-made explosion before the atomic
bomb, that's what.
Chris Woodford, et al. Cool Stuff and How it Works. (Dorling Kindersley, 2005)
Chris Woodford and Jon Woodcock. Cool Stuff 2.0 and How it Works. (Dorling Kindersley, 2007)
Chris Woodford. Cool Stuff Exploded. (Dorling Kindersley, 2008)
Chris Woodford and Jon Woodcock. The Gadget Book: How Really Cool Stuff Works. (Dorling
Kindersley, 2007)
Chris Woodford. How Cool Stuff Works. (Dorling Kindersley, 2008)
"The Work of Heroes: First Responders in Action" (Series)
Meish Goldish. Doctors to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
Meish Goldish. Firefighters to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
Nancy White. Paramedics to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
Nancy White. Police Officers to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
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