Bøger af Jagger Youssef

While Anne Frank hid from the Nazis in secret rooms in the Netherlands during World War II, she confided in her diary about her life, providing the world with a primary source of what it was like to grow up fearing the wrath of Nazi Germany for simply being Jewish. This biography uses Anne Frank's most affecting writings to highlight the events of her short life. While the sidebars and fact boxes offer more information about this time period, Frank's diary is a formidable reminder of the unjust hate of the Holocaust. Sidebars and fact boxes offer more general information about Frank and this era.

Harriet Tubman's feats as a heroic conductor on the Underground Railroad led to her biblical nickname--Moses. She led a significant number of enslaved people to freedom and, remarkably, never lost a "passenger." Tubman's service in the Union army as a scout and spy during the Civil War is less known but further evidence of her truly extraordinary character. This captivating volume uses Tubman's own remembrances as well as other primary sources to provide a greater understanding of her life as well as the United States of the 1800s. Historical photographs, fact boxes, and sidebars add valuable information to the main text.

People add all the time in their heads; it's second nature to them. It turns out math is inescapable, even out of school. In this invaluable volume, young mathematicians will be guided through some fast facts of addition and learn how they can be applied to real-life situations. They'll find out about the associative, commutative, and distributive properties, as well as about special terms used for numbers in equations. Math Mania! boxes allow them to solve problems themselves and assess their understanding of each concept. They'll love adding to their math knowledge, thanks to the beneficial, and curricular, information.