Have you ever been to New York City and seen the Empire State Building? This beautiful skyscraper is known as one of the most iconic buildings in the world. Details about its construction, early days, and stories about interesting and unique events that took place here delight and engage, and graphic organizers and eye-catching images draw in emerging readers. Readers will aspire to see this architectural wonder in person after enjoying this book.

The Grand Canyon is one of the most majestic sites in the United States, and its views have been wowing visitors for centuries. This text contains beautiful pictures that encourage even the most resistant readers to learn more about this natural wonder, and the easy-to-read fun fact format will have readers wanting to plan a trip to the Grand Canyon. They'll learn about this spectacular area, the plants and animals that live there, and fun activities for visitors.

The ancient Aztecs are one of the most fascinating civilizations our world has ever seen, and their capital city of Tenochtitlan is just as interesting. Facts about the size of the city, its citizens, and daily life around the city will wow readers, and graphic organizers and pictures help readers to understand what it was like to live in Tenochtitlan in the 1300s to the 1500s. Take your readers on a trip back in time to learn all about this ancient city, its takeover by Spanish conquistadors, and its eventual decline.

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most diverse and amazing natural wonders to see in the ocean, and there are many plant and animal species that call it home. Readers take a journey to this interesting place through engaging information, vivid images, and helpful graphic organizers. Young readers everywhere delight in learning about the reef, the waters surrounding it, and what can be done to protect it for future generations. Even developing readers will enjoy the science and travel content in our patented fun fact format.

New York City boasts one of the most famous skylines in the world, and the Empire State Building is undeniably the focal point of this incredible view. At 102 stories, the structure was no small feat. In fact, its construction coincided with the onset of the Great Depression, and so progress was met with numerous setbacks. Still, because of the efficiency that went into the building's development, it only took a year and forty-five days to complete! In this informative, easy-to-read account, Janet B. Pascal describes the rise of skyscrapers in the United States, the intricacies of the groundbreaking construction process, and the effect the iconic Empire State Building continues to have today.

New York City the perfect place for a boy and his dad to spend the day! Follow them on their walk around Manhattan, from Grand Central Terminal to the top of the Empire State Building, from Greenwich Village to the Statue of Liberty, learning lots of facts and trivia along the way.

The Little Book of Big Fun Facts is a little book full of big fun facts for the whole family, but not babies, unless theyre genius babies who know how to read. Learn fascinating, humorous, and mostly pointless nuggets of information with which to amaze and/or bore your friends, family, co-workers and complete strangers. Did you know that the same person voiced Cookie Monster, Yoda and Miss Piggy? Did you know that in 1847 Philipp Semmelweis lowered the mortality rate during childbirth by 10% by having doctors wash their hands? Or that the University of Oxford was created before the Aztec Empire? Well if you didnt before, you do now. And theres more where that came from inside!

The Manhattan skyline is one of the great wonders of the modern world. But how and why did it form? Much has been written about the city's architecture and its general history, but little work has explored the economic forces that created the skyline. In Building the Skyline, Jason Barr chronicles the economic history of the Manhattan skyline. In the process, he debunks some widely held misconceptions about the city's history. Starting with Manhattan's natural and geological history, Barr moves on to how these formations influenced early land use and the development of neighborhoods, including the dense tenement neighborhoods of Five Points and the Lower East Side, and how these early decisions eventually impacted the location of skyscrapers built during the Skyscraper Revolution at the end of the 19th century. Barr then explores the economic history of skyscrapers and the skyline, investigating the reasons for their heights, frequencies, locations, and shapes. He discusses why skyscrapers emerged downtown and why they appeared three miles to the north in midtown-but not in between the two areas. Contrary to popular belief, this was not due to the depths of Manhattan's bedrock, nor the presence of Grand Central Station. Rather, midtown's emergence was a response to the economic and demographic forces that were taking place north of 14th Street after the Civil War. Building the Skyline also presents the first rigorous investigation of the causes of the building boom during the Roaring Twenties. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the boom was largely a rational response to the economic growth of the nation and city. The last chapter investigates the value of Manhattan Island and the relationship between skyscrapers and land prices. Finally, an Epilogue offers policy recommendations for a resilient and robust future skyline.

Illustrations of 25 sites of New York CIty with appeal to grade-school children, such as the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the ships at South Street Seaport, mummies at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History. Suitable for coloring, with informative captions accompanying each illustration.

An eye-popping fact ebook with a LEGO twist - discover amazing information about the world around us Did you know a Goliath spider weighs the same as 75 2x4 LEGO bricks? Or that LEGO bricks and minifigures in various forms have travelled to Saturn, Mars, and the International Space Station? And did you know the Taj Mahal gets a mud pack treatment to remove pollution stains? Or that hummingbirds are the only birds that fly backwards? From unbelievable space and nature facts, to mind-boggling inventions and technology trivia, children will be amazed and entertained with incredible information about the LEGO world and our own.