An A to Z pictorial showcases the history, geography, famous people, and provincial symbols of British Columbia, Canada, with poetry that introduces each topic followed by detailed expository text.

Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice andstormy seas to reach inhabited land.Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice andstormy seas to reach inhabited land.

A simple biography of the first president of the United States.

Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice andstormy seas to reach inhabited land.Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice andstormy seas to reach inhabited land.

Describes the Cardiff Giant hoax, in which people of upstate New York were fooled into believing that the petrified form of a giant human being had been uncovered from the ground in 1869. (view table of contents)

Offers readers three easy-to-read scary stories including 'The Cemetary,' 'Bones in the Bed,' and 'Home Scary Home.'

When the dinosaur bone that is his roof is excavated, a field mouse tries to reclaim it by following it into a crate which ends up at the Field Museum in Chicago, and there the mouse watches as Sue, the most complete T. Rex fossil ever found, is assembled.

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