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Anthony Aveni's The First Americans First American may refer to:
  • First American (comics), A superhero from America's Best Comics
  • First American, a division of the now-defunction Bank of Credit and Commerce International.
: The Story Of Where They Came From And Who They Became (0439551447, $18.99) will reach grades 3-5 with its survey of the very first settlers in this country, long before Columbus. More than just another history, The First Americans reads at times like fiction in its effort to re-create the drama and activity of daily life--a hunt, games, initiation ceremonies and more. Bright color drawings throughout pack pages which recreate lives and achievements, and which brings detail to the cultural and social insights. Stephen Biesty's Egypt In Spectacular Cross-section (0439745373, $18.99) tells of an eleven-year-old and his father who undertake a thirty-day journey up the Nile in 1230 BC. Artist Stephen Biesty provides the transportation and look at daily Egyptian life through a series of lively and detailed cross-section illustrations which invite kids to learn. George Sullivan's Built To Last: Building America's Amazing a·maze  
v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es

v.tr.
1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise.

2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex.

v.intr.
 Bridges, Dams, Tunnels And Skyscrapers (0439517370, $18.99) is a pick for grades 5-6, telling the story of the design and construction of seventeen selected architectural and engineering marvels. Lovely photos include six vertical, double-page spreads double-page spread double nDoppelseite f  with images of the Sears Tower Sears Tower, Chicago, the world's third tallest building. Until the opening of the 1,483-ft (452-m) Petronas Towers (1997) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, it was the world's tallest building. Constructed from 1970 to 1974 for Sears, Roebuck & Co. , Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge, across the Golden Gate from San Francisco to Marin Co., W Calif.; built 1933–37. Its overall length is 9,266 ft (2,824 m); its main span across the strait, 4,200 ft (1,280 m), is one of the longest bridges in the world. Joseph B. , and more, while descriptions provide details on construction challenges and achievements. Built To Last may not fit into curriculums for assignments, but it surely will attract leisure readers.
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Title Annotation:The First Americans; Egypt in Spectacular Cross-Section; Built to Last: Building America's Amazing Bridges, Dams, Tunnels and Skyscrapers
Publication:Children's Bookwatch
Article Type:Children's Review
Date:Mar 1, 2006
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