Loqueleo Catalog 2019

Janet Pascal ¿Qué fue la Gran Depresión? What Was the Great Depression? ILLUSTRATIONS Dede Putra GR U Politics and Government / Great Depression / Business and Economics 9781631134142 5½" x 7½" / 124 pp $11.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / History On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worse. The stock market plunged to a record low. But this event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of three people was not working. People lost their jobs, their houses—or both— and ended up in shantytowns. The Great Depression remains one of the hardest and most widespread tragedies in American history. Meg Belviso and Pam Pollack ¿Qué fue El Álamo? ILLUSTRATIONS David Groff GR R Symbols, Monuments, National Parks, etc. / Military and Wars / U.S. in the 19th Century 9781631134098 5½" x 7½" / 124 pp $11.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / History “Remember the Alamo!” is still a rallying cry more than 175 years after the siege in Texas, where a small band of men held off about two thousand Mexican Army soldiers for twelve days. The Alamo was a crucial turning point in the Texas Revolution, and led to the creation of the Republic of Texas. With eighty illustrations and a sixteen-page photo insert, young readers will relive this famous moment in Texas history. Judith St. George ¿Qué fue la expedición de Lewis y Clark? What Was the Lewis And Clark Expedition? ILLUSTRATIONS Tim Foley GR Q Exploration and Discovery / American West / Native Americans 9781631134159 5½" x 7½" / 124 pp $11.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / History When Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the “Corps of Discovery” left St. Louis, Missouri, on May 21, 1804, their mission was to explore the vast, unknown territory acquired a year earlier in the Louisiana Purchase. The travelers hoped to find a waterway that crossed the western half of the U.S. Young readers will love this true-life adventure tale of the two-year journey that finally brought the explorers to the Pacific Ocean. Yona Zeldis McDonough ¿Qué fue el Tren Clandestino? ILLUSTRATIONS Lauren Mortimer GR R American Civil War / Prejudice and Racism / Politics and Government 9781631134173 5½" x 7½" / 124 pp $11.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / History No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from—there were no trains or tracks, only “conductors” who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about “passengers” on the Railroad, this book chronicles slaves’ close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With eighty illustrations and a sixteen-page photo insert, the Underground Railroad comes alive! What Was the Alamo? What Was the Underground Railroad? 123 MIDDLE GRADE READERS AUTHENTIC TITLE AWARD-WINNER