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Best-Selling Children's Books, 2004

Source: Publishers Weekly.HardcoverThe Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events #11),Lemony Snicket; illustrated by Brett HelquistsantaKid, James Patterson; illustrated by Michael GarlandMister…

Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books

Source: National Education Association (NEA). Web: www.nea.org/readacross/resources/kidsbooks.html . This list was tabulated from an online survey that the National Education Association ran from…

DK Science: Classifying Plants

CHLOROPHYLLTHE FIVE KINGDOMS OF LIFEBIOGRAPHY: CAROLUS LINN`AEUS Swedish, 1707-1778PLANT KINGDOMFIND OUT MOREPlants belong to the PLANT KINGDOM, one of the five kingdoms of living things.…

Homework Center: Frequently Asked Questions

Homework Center Frequently Asked Questions Subjects » Geography » History » Language Arts » Mathematics » Science » Social StudiesSkillsWriting | ResearchSpeaking &…

Edwin Land

Born: 1909Birthplace: Connecticut Photographic product comprising a rupturable containing carrying a photographic processing liquid—Land developed the first modern light polarizers and also optical…

Wilkins, Sir George Hubert

(Encyclopedia) Wilkins, Sir George Hubert, 1888–1958, British explorer, b. Australia. He made a number of trips to Antarctica and to the Arctic. Valuable experience gained when he accompanied…

Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry

(Encyclopedia) Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, British antarctic explorer, b. Ireland. The first of his voyages to Antarctica was made as a member of the expedition (1901–4) of Robert F.…

DK Earth: Ice

HOW DO GLACIERS FORM? WHAT ARE ICE CAPS? ICEBERG FIND OUT MOREAt the poles and on high mountains, vast areas are covered in ice—in rivers of ice called glaciers, and in layers of ice called ice…

jet stream

(Encyclopedia) jet stream, narrow, swift currents or tubes of air found at heights ranging from 7 to 8 mi (11.3–12.9 km) above the surface of the earth. They are caused by great temperature…

Ellsworth, Lincoln

(Encyclopedia) Ellsworth, Lincoln, 1880–1951, American explorer, b. Chicago, Ill. He was a surveyor and engineer in railroad building and later a prospector and mining engineer in NW Canada. He…