What Was Pompeii?
10 best books like What Was Pompeii? (Jim O'Connor): Who Was Gandhi?, Who Was Winston Churchill?, Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?, Who Was Julius Caesar?, Who Was Neil Armstrong?, Who Was Joan of Arc?, Who Was Rosa Parks?, Where Is the Bermuda Triangle?, Who Was King Tut?, Where Is Stonehenge?
| Author | Dana Meachen Rau |
| ISBN | 0448482355 |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in British-occupied India. Though he studied law in London and spent his early adulthood in South Africa, he remained devoted to his homeland and spent the later part of his life working to make India an independent nation.
Calling for non-violent...
| Author | Ellen Labrecque |
| ISBN | 0448483009 |
Born into aristocracy, Churchill cut his teeth as a young army officer in British India, the Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He rose in the ranks to First Lord of the Admiralty and was a staunch opponent of the encroaching German Nazis. Churchill served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940...
| Author | Roberta Edwards |
| ISBN | 0448443015 |
Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters. Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to. Only thirteen paintings are known to be his; as for the illustrated...
| Author | Nico Medina |
| ISBN | 0448480832 |
He came. He saw. He conquered. Julius Caesar was a force to be reckoned with as a savvy politician, an impressive orator, and a brave soldier. Born in Rome in 100 BC, he quickly climbed the ladder of Roman politics, making allies--and enemies--along the way. His victories in battle awarded him the support...
| Author | Roberta Edwards |
| ISBN | 0448449072 |
Who was Neil Armstrong by Roberta Edwards is an interesting informational book that explores the famous life of Neil Armstrong.Niel Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, on an Ohio farmhouse. He was the oldest of his siblings and his mother's pet. Neil was fascinated by airplanes and flying since he...
| Author | Pam Pollack |
| ISBN | 0448483041 |
Joan of Arc was born in a small French village during the worst period of the Hundred Years' War. For generations, France had been besieged by the British. At age 11, Joan began to see religious visions telling her to join forces with the King of France. By the time she was a teenager, she was leading troops...
| Author | Yona Zeldis McDonough |
| ISBN | 0448454424 |
I love reading the "Who Was..." and "What Was…" books, even as an adult. This story was really interesting and I learned about some people, who I had heard of before, but did not know their complete connection to the civil rights movement.
I was very glad this book talked about Claudette Colvin....
Where Is the Bermuda Triangle?
| Author | Megan Stine |
| ISBN | 1524786268 |
Who doesn't love a great mystery? This book presents the eerie accidents and unexplained disappearances that have occurred in the region known as the Bermuda Triangle.
Even before it was named, the Bermuda Triangle--roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico--had gained a mythic...
| Author | Roberta Edwards |
| ISBN | 0448443600 |
Ever since Howard Carter uncovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, the young pharaoh has become a symbol of the wealth and mystery of ancient Egypt. Now, a two-and-a-half-year-long museum exhibit of Tut’s treasures is touring major cities in the U.S., drawing record crowds.
This Who...
Unravel some of the riddles of Stonehenge, one of the most famous and mysterious monuments in the world!
Where is Stonehenge? That's an easy question to answer. It sits on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England. But what is the meaning of these strange circles of stones? Was Stonehenge a religious...
