Smithsonian Institution
1) Mammal
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
216 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
560 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Journey through the Vietnam War; exploring detailed accounts of the men and women that were there. Explore their stories of struggle, sacrifice, and bravery through the iconic events that defined this conflict. This visual guide is the perfect read for any military history enthusiast." --
Author
Series
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections volume 114
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Press
Pub. Date
1949, 1968 printing
Edition
6th rev. ed. /
Physical Desc
xi, 527 p. : tables, diagrs. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publication volume 4430
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Pub. Date
1961
Physical Desc
63 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
7) Presidents
Author
Language
English
Description
"Follow the early lives and political careers of the US presidents and see how they came into office, with full-color photographs of campaign memorabilia, family portraits, handwritten letters, mementos, and more. Discover how Abraham Lincoln saved the Union, why teddy bears are named after Theodore Roosevelt, and how Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the nation with the Louisiana Purchase"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents a visual guide to the people, battles, and events of America's war for independence, and includes explanatory text.
Become an eyewitness to the American struggle for independence, from the events that sparked the war all the way through to the signing of the Constitution. This picture-led guide will take you on a visual tour through revolutionary America. Discover how American soldiers won battles against the great British Empire, plus see...
9) First ladies
Author
Language
English
Description
Profiles and photographs reveal the impact that the presidents' wives had on the suffrage movement, prohibition, civil rights, equality, and war and peace.
10) Our solar system
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Takes readers on an interplanetary tour from the sun to the ever-mysterious Mars, and then, thanks to the Voyager missions, to the planets beyond.
11) Civil War
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Discover the horror of slave life, and the Underground Railroad that helped its victims to escape. See the weapons used on the battlefields, from single-shot rifles to powerful Gatling guns. Find out how Abraham Lincoln became president in 1860 and why he was assassinated,"--Page 4 of cover.
12) Wolves
Author
Language
English
Description
Text and photographs present the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of various species of wolves.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
160 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Twenty-eight science projects and experiments to be done outside will spark kids' creativity and help them develop science skills through hands-on learning.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"How do you build a reusable spacecraft that collects information and fixes telescopes in space? That's what scientists and engineers had to figure out. When they started work on the Space Shuttle Program, they had to create a rocket-airplane combination. What they came up with changed the world!"--
Author
Language
English
Description
In American Indian Lacrosse, Thomas Vennum, Jr., presents for the first time the Native American history of a game with worldwide popularity and more than 300,000 non-Indian players in the United States and Canada alone. Featuring rare archival illustrations, American Indian Lacrosse presents the richest available account of the rules, equipment, techniques, regional differences, and legendary underpinnings of the game among tribes of the Northeast,...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Language
English
Description
"World War I, fought between 1914 and 1918 was a conflict on an epic scale and left an indelible mark on the collective memory of countries that lost a generation of young men. This engaging and visually stunning book recounts the course of the war in vivid detail, recreating the experience of titanic battles such as Gallipoli, the Somme, and Verdun, and documenting the first-hand accounts of combatants and civilians."--Publisher description.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
160 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents over two dozen science activities demonstrating such scientific properties as forces and motion, chemical reactions, shapes and structures, and light and sound.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 40 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
For these villagers, giving birth is a family affair; while a young girl is in labor, the birth attendant, mother and mother-in-law alternate between lending a hand and story telling.
Author
Publisher
Collins, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Ranging from ancient times to the present day, an illustrated study of the art and history of coins and currency traces the evolution of monetary design and use, including more than two hundred illustrations of coins and bills.
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Kid-friendly guidebook to three major Smithsonian Museums: The National Air and Space Museum, The National Museum of Natural History, and the National Museum of American History"--