Don Brown
Author
Series
Big ideas that changed the world volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
GN 940L
Physical Desc
132 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" when the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it wasn't just one man who got us to the moon. The Moon Landing explores the people and technology that made the moon landing possible. Instead of examining one person's life, it focuses on the moon landing itself, showing the events leading up to it and how it changed the world. The book takes readers through the history...
Author
Series
Actual times volume 4
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
64 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Narrates the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, from the plane hijackings to the collapse of the World Trade Center.
Author
Publisher
Etch, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
121 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
This graphic novel chronicles the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City through moving individual stories that bear witness to history and the ways it shapes the future.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
190 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A . . . nonfiction graphic novel that follows the stories of Jewish children, separated from their parents, who escaped the horrors of the Holocaust"--Provided by publisher.
In the tightening grip of Hitler's power, towns, cities, and ghettoes were emptied of Jews. Unless they could escape, Jewish children would not be spared their deadly fate in the Holocaust, a tragedy of unfathomable depth. Only 11% of the Jewish children living in Europe before...
Author
Series
Actual times volume 5
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the manhunt that followed.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015].
Lexile measure
GN 920L
Physical Desc
96 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans, Louisiana. Eighty percent of the city flooded, in some places under twenty feet of water. Property damages across the Gulf Coast topped $100 billion. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three people lost their lives. The tale of this historic storm and the drowning of an American city is one of selflessness, heroism,...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
GN 730L
Physical Desc
104 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Conveys the history of the Earth in humorous graphic novel format, from the big bang through continent formation, discussing how weather events and climate change continue to shape the landscape.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
GN 1020L
Physical Desc
96 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"New Year's Day, 1918. America has declared war on Germany and is gathering troops to fight. But there's something coming that is deadlier than any war. When people begin to fall ill, most Americans don't suspect influenza. The flu is known to be dangerous to the very old, young, or frail. But the Spanish flu is exceptionally violent. Soon, thousands of people succumb. Then tens of thousands . . . hundreds of thousands and more. Graves can't be dug...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
124 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From phones to lightbulbs to electric cars, electricity is something we can't live without! Breaking down concepts like atoms, current, and magnetism, acclaimed author-illustrator Don Brown demonstrates how our world became connected by electricity. Brown highlights key inventors and scientific breakthroughs, including Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment using a kite as a lightning rod (don't try it at home!), the dramatic rivalry behind the creation...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
viii, 295 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"On August 6, 2011--three months after members of Navy SEAL Team Six killed Osama Bin Laden--Taliban forces took down a United States helicopter, call sign "Extortion 17." The attack killed the Air National guard crew, seven unidentified members of the Afghan military, and seventeen members of Navy SEAL Team Six--warrior brothers from the same Team that had killed Osama Bin Laden just ninety days prior. Don Brown, a former U.S. Navy JAG officer stationed...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
381 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a gruesome discovery escalates America's involvement in a naval war in the South China Sea, U.S. President Douglas Surber must choose to take a stand against evil or save the life of his daughter, who is stationed aboard a U.S. submarine tender.
Author
Series
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
330 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Lieutenant Commander 'Gunner' McCormick is assigned as an intelligence officer to Carrier Strike Force 10 -- deployed to the Yellow Sea at the invitation of South Korea for joint exercises with the US Navy. During his pre-deployment briefing, he discovers a TOP-SECRET MEMO revealing rumors that the North Koreans may still be holding a handful of elderly Americans from the Korean War in secret prison camps. As it happens, Gunner's grandfather, who...
Author
Series
Big ideas that changed the world volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
138 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A Shot in the Arm! explores the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious disease. Beginning with smallpox--perhaps humankind's greatest affliction to date--and concluding with an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown traces the evolution of vaccines and examines deadly diseases such as measles, polio, anthrax, rabies, cholera, and influenza. The book is narrated by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who historically popularized...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides an informative look at the events that lead up to this important day in history when American heroes took a stand against an oppressive monarch in order gain the freedom they deserved in the new land they worked hard to build.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile measure
NC 860L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
As a young boy, Theodore "Teedie" Roosevelt was small, had weak eyes, and frail muscles. But Teedie was also inquisitive, brave, and self-sufficient. Determined to overcome his childhood ailments, Teedie changed from a timid homebody into an adventurous man. He explored the Wild West, fought in the Spanish-American War, served as president of the United States, and helped build the Panama Canal.
Author
Publisher
Regnery History
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped the atomic bombs--on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9--the pilots continued to fly. Though Japan had suffered unimaginable devastation, the emperor still refused to surrender. New York Times bestselling author Don Brown (Treason) sits down...
Author
Series
Big ideas that changed the world volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
124 pages : color illustrations; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Machines That Think! explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines to guiding spaceships to the moon. Included are fascinating looks at the world's earliest calculators, the birth of computer programming, and the arrival of smartphones. Contributors discussed include Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Ada Lovelace, and Bill Gates. From the abacus...
19) We the people!
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
124 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This graphic novel tells the history of American democracy and how it evolved from other forms of government. Explains the fundamental ideas of democracy as liberty, equality, and justice for all.