Liz Sonneborn

The Brooklyn Nets boast some of basketball's best players, and they play exciting, high-energy games. Read about the team's history and highlights, and find out why Nets fans are excited for their team's future.

Long before the United States existed as a nation, the Northeast region was home to more than thirty independent American Indian groups. Each group had its own language, political system, and culture. Their ways of life depended on the climate, landscape, and natural resources of the areas where they lived. The Lenape carved tulip tree trunks into canoes that held as many as fifty people. The Huron used moose hair to stitch delicate patterns on clothing...

"Domestic robots come in many varieties, from robots that clean homes to fun robot dogs! Readers learn all about them and how they can clean, take care of people, and even be pets"--

"Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice to the US Supreme Court, is known for her straightforward approach and efforts toward equality. Learn about her road to the Supreme Court and over ten years of work"--

With its famously authoritarian government, struggling economy, and massive military, North Korea has been a major source of conflict throughout the 20th century and continuing today. Readers will learn about the controversial nation's history, from its founding in the aftermath of World War II to its role in global politics today. They will also learn what life is like for the country's people and discover why foreigners are so rarely able to set...

Readers will learn about the area's entire history, from its earliest civilizations to its place in the modern world. They will also discover the rich cultural heritage of Pakistan's people and the varied landscapes and wildlife of its natural environments.

"Engaging images accompany information about the Shawnee. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--

This timely book provides the fundamentals about plagiarism-what it is, why should anyone care about it, how a person can avoid it, what will happen if a person gets caught plagiarizing, and how attitudes about plagiarizing are changing. Readers learn abo