Kerri Strug and the Magnificent Seven (Totally True Adventures)
Kerri Strug and the Magnificent Seven (Totally True Adventures)

Author: Kaitlin Moore

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2016-05-03

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0553521764

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Can Kerri Strug help Team USA win Olympic gold? Discover an inspiring American gymnastics story with this unforgettable Totally True Adventure. In 1996, seven gymnasts—the Magnificent Seven—are America’s best chance to win its first team gold medal. Kerri Strug is one of them. After years of training, Kerri wants to do her best for the team. But the competition is tough—and full of surprises! Can Kerri help Team USA make history? This nonfiction chapter book makes an exciting moment in Olympic history accessible for younger readers and features illustrations, photographs, a glossary, Common Core connections, and additional Story Behind the Story facts. Perfect for readers of the I Survived and Who Was . . . ? series, Totally True Adventures are captivating nonfiction stories with not-to-be-missed bonus content.

Kerri Strug and and the Magnificent Seven
Kerri Strug and and the Magnificent Seven

Author: Kaitlin Moore

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2016-05-24

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9780553521757

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Can Kerri Strug help Team USA win Olympic gold? Discover an inspiring American gymnastics story with this unforgettable Totally True Adventure. In 1996, seven gymnasts--the Magnificent Seven--are America's best chance to win its first team gold medal. Kerri Strug is one of them. After years of training, Kerri wants to do her best for the team. But the competition is tough--and full of surprises! Can Kerri help Team USA make history? This nonfiction chapter book makes an exciting moment in Olympic history accessible for younger readers and features illustrations, photographs, a glossary, Common Core connections, and additional Story Behind the Story facts. Perfect for readers of the I Survived and Who Was . . . ? series, Totally True Adventures are captivating nonfiction stories with not-to-be-missed bonus content.

Kerri Strug and and the Magnificent Seven
Kerri Strug and and the Magnificent Seven

Author: Kaitlin Moore

Publisher:

Published: 2016-05-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781484481271

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Can Kerri Strug help Team USA win Olympic gold? Discover an inspiring American gymnastics story with this unforgettable Totally True Adventure.

George Washington's Spies (Totally True Adventures)
George Washington's Spies (Totally True Adventures)

Author: Claudia Friddell

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2016-12-27

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0399550798

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Think you know everything about Washington? Think again. During the Revolutionary War, General George Washington (AKA “Agent 711”) was the leader of a ring of spies! The group—called the Culper Ring—used secret names, codes, invisible ink, and more to spy on the British and pass along information. Nobody knew about it at the time (and few do so today), but those sneaky heroes risked their lives to help win the American Revolution! Illustrated throughout in black and white, with an appendix that includes photographs, bonus content, and links to primary source materials, this Totally True Adventures series book is ideal for supporting the Common Core State Standards and today's renewed interest in nonfiction. It’s a thrilling read—made even better because it really happened!

Landing on My Feet
Landing on My Feet

Author: Kerri Strug

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780836237085

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Examines the determination and drive throughout her life which led Strug to secure the gold medal for the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta despite performing her final vault with a badly injured ankle.

Apollo 13 (Totally True Adventures)
Apollo 13 (Totally True Adventures)

Author: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2015-03-24

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0385391250

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Could you survive an outer-space disaster? Aspiring astronauts and young explorers will love this out-of-this-world Totally True Adventure. Astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise blasted off for the Moon on April 11, 1970. But after a disastrous explosion damaged their spacecraft, the three men had only one goal: to get back home safely. This informational text makes space travel exciting and accessible for younger readers and features illustrations, photographs, a map, and additional Story Behind the Story facts. Perfect for readers of the I Survived series and the Who Was series, Totally True Adventures are captivating nonfiction stories with not-to-be-missed bonus content.

The Race Around the World (Totally True Adventures)
The Race Around the World (Totally True Adventures)

Author: Nancy Castaldo

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0553522809

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Does Nellie Bly have what it takes to race around the world? Travel to all corners of the globe in this action-packed Totally True Adventure. When Nellie Bly read Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, she had an amazing idea. What if she traveled around the world in real life, and did it in less than eighty days? In 1889, people doubted it could be done—especially by a woman. But with one small bag and a sturdy coat, Nellie set out anyway. Soon the whole world was rooting for her. Could she make it back home in time? This nonfiction chapter book makes history exciting and accessible for younger readers and features illustrations, photographs, a map, Common Core connections, and additional Story Behind the Story facts. Perfect for readers of the I Survived series and the Who Was . . . ? series, Totally True Adventures are captivating nonfiction stories with not-to-be-missed bonus content.

Balto and the Great Race (Totally True Adventures)
Balto and the Great Race (Totally True Adventures)

Author: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2009-09-02

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0307554503

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Balto has a quiet life as a sled dog—until tragedy strikes. Dozens of children in Nome become sick with diphtheria. Without antitoxin serum, they will perish—and the closest supply is 650 miles away! The only way to get the serum to Nome is by sled, but can the dogs deliver it in time? Heading bravely into a brutal blizzard, Balto leads the race for life. A Kansas City Children’s Book Award for Grades 1–3

The Search for El Dorado (Totally True Adventures)
The Search for El Dorado (Totally True Adventures)

Author: Lois Miner Huey

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0553536168

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Was the City of Gold a real place? Treasure seekers and mystery readers alike will love this action-packed Totally True Adventure. Towers of gold! Glittering streets! Jewels, coins, and more! Early Spanish explorers heard a story about El Dorado. It was a lost city in the Americas made of gold. The explorers believed it was real—and they believed they could find it! Soon the story became a legend, and the legend changed the world. But the city of El Dorado has not been found . . . yet. This nonfiction chapter book makes history exciting and accessible for younger readers and features illustrations, photographs, a map, Common Core connections, and additional Story Behind the Story facts. Perfect for readers of the I Survived series and the Who Was . . . ? series, Totally True Adventures are captivating nonfiction stories with not-to-be-missed bonus content.

Big Boy Underpants
Big Boy Underpants

Author: Fran Manushkin

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2016-06-28

Total Pages: 14

ISBN-13: 0553538624

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Big Boy Underpants offers a light, positive approach to motivate little boys to become toilet-trained. Snappy, rhyming text and bright, quirky illustrations sound the perfect note to encourage toddlers who want to wear big boy underpants—just like Daddy! Sturdy board pages will hold up to repeated readings, as little boys get ready to say, “Bye-bye, diapers!” This is the perfect companion to Big Girl Panties.