Megan Stine is an editor and the author of over one hundred books for young readers. Her work spans etiquette books for teenagers, series based on popular television shows, and contributions to highly successful book series. She has also written for television, developing comedy and drama pilots, and has crafted comedy material for radio. Beyond her writing, she is also a portrait and fine art photographer.
Born into a close knit family in Chicago, Michelle Robinson was a star student who graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law. Then in 1992, she married another promising young lawyer and the rest, as they say, is history. This compelling, easy-to-read biography is illustrated by New Yorker artist John O'Brien.
Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. (Later Marie won another Nobel award for chemistry in 1911.) She died in Savoy, France, on July 4, 1934, a victim of many years of exposure to toxic radiation.
Discover what lives and grows in the Congo Basin in Central Africa, one of the planet's most remarkable regions.
Did you know that the Vatican is a country - the smallest in the world? Find out the amazing history of the headquarters of the Catholic Church.
Who doesn't love a great mystery? This book presents the eerie accidents and unexplained disappearances that have occurred in the region known as the Bermuda Triangle. Even before it was named, the Bermuda Triangle--roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico--had gained a mythic reputation. The Bermuda Triangle became famous for making boats and ships vanish, and for snatching planes right out of the sky. But are these stories true? And if they are true, is there a more sensible reason that refutes the bad karma of the region? With so many mystifying events to learn about, readers will love disappearing into this story.
Meet Mary-Kate and Ashley, the Tween Queen Twins! Your new best friends have just arrived... Ashley HATES school uniforms. But she wrote an article about dress codes for the school newspaper - and now everyone thinks she LIKES them. Students at White Oak Academy might have to wear uniforms - and they're blaming Ashley! Mary-Kate agrees to help Ashley ban uniforms forever. But they'll have to work fast - or face a fashionless future! By Megan Stine.From the series created by Robert Griffard and Howard Adler.
Learn more about Richard Nixon - one of America's most unpopular presidents and the only one to resign from the position.
"In 1936, the life of ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York changed forever. Although she was a member of the British royal family, she never expected to become queen. But when her uncle Edward gave up the throne, suddenly her father was the new king, which meant young Elizabeth was next in line! Queen Elizabeth has reigned since 1953, and while there are palaces galore, the crown jewels, and trips around the world, her life has been one of strict discipline and duty. This riveting chronicle follows the life of a woman who is a public figure and an intensely private person and explores how she has kept the monarchy together through good times and bad"-- Provided by publisher
Young armchair adventurers can travel to the topmost point on the globe and learn all about the vast region surrounding the North Pole.
Life is anything but boring for 14-year-old sisters, Riley and Chloe Carlson. Their parents are separated and the girls split their time between their mum's swanky beachfront pad and their dad's cosy, cluttered trailer. There are boys, clothes and rock star mates for a start!
