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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Building the most magical place on earth was no fairy tale. Learn the story behind the creation of Walt Disney World. In 1964, when Walt Disney and his brother Roy decided to build a second theme park in the Florida swamplands, they kept it super hush-hush. Why? Well, if word got out that they planned to buy up lots of land, the price would have skyrocketed. So the Disneys cleverly covered up their trail, avoiding the Orlando Airport and even using...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
105 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how the Pilgrims at Plymouth shared a three-day feast with their Native American neighbors after their first harvest in 1621, establishing a tradition that would become a national holiday.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an introduction to mummies in the form of a school report written by a young boy after a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available, the residents of Salem came to one conclusion: it was witchcraft! Over the next year and a half, nineteen people were convicted of witchcraft and hanged while more...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets. Jim Henson broke into television with a five-minute puppetry segment when he was only a freshman in college. He created puppets like none ever seen before, with expressive fabric faces and rod-c.
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