Paul Harrison

The Cold War Era dominated politics between the United States and the Soviet Union for more than thirty years. During this time, the two superpowers tried different methods to undermine each other without outright attack. What led to this long period of mutual hostility? This book delves into this question with the help of photographs, primary source documents, historian critiques, and informative explanations.

"Puss's boots need mending, so he visits the elves and the shoemaker and helps them in return"--

"A group of children learn about forces and motion through visits with Sir Isaac Newton, the Wright brothers, Robert H. Goddard, Archimedes, Simon Stevin, and Galileo"--

A group of children learn about tornadoes and weather through visits with James Pollard Espy, William Charles Redfield, Vilhelm and Jacob Bjerknes, John Park Finley, Ernest Fawbush and Robert Miller, Ted Fujita, Christian Doppler and Evangelista Torricelli

"A group of children learn about animals through visits with Aristotle, Carolus Linnaeus, Charles Elton, Charles Darwin, and Georges Cuvier"--

Judd Crank and his friend Zak are two ordinary boys, in an ordinary town, with some very ordinary goldfish. Who would have thought that these little goldfish would become great monsters and step right out of their tank and into town -- looking for trouble?

Billy's hamster, Hercules, just eats and sleeps, so when Billy sees an advertisement for an energy food called Booster Bites, he feeds some to his pet with unexpected results.