Loqueleo Catalog 2019

Tui T. Sutherland ¿Quién fue Harry Houdini? ILLUSTRATIONS John O’Brien GR P Achieving Goals / Performing Arts / Creativity 9781631138522 5½" x 7½" / 112 pp $10.99/ PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography / History Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs, jail cells, and locked trunks. But do they know that the ever-ambitious and adventurous Houdini was also a famous movie star and the first pilot to fly a plane in Australia? This well-told biography is full of the details of Houdini’s life that kids will really want to know about and illustrated throughout with beautiful black-and-white line drawings. Yona Zeldis McDonough ¿Quién fue Harriet Tubman? Who Was Harriet Tubman? ILLUSTRATIONS Nancy Harrison GR Q American Civil War / Humanitarians / Social Activists 9781631138508 5½" x 7½" / 112 pp $10.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography / History Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first- hand what it meant to be someone’s property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad, which she traveled by herself north to Philadelphia. Throughout her long life, and long after the Civil War brought an end to slavery, this amazing woman was proof of what just one person can do. Who Was Harry Houdini? Megan Stine ¿Quién fue Marie Curie? Who Was Marie Curie? ILLUSTRATIONS Ted Hammond GR R Scientists / Radioactivity / History of Science 9781631134241 5½" x 7½"/ 112 pp $10.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography / History / Science Born in Poland in 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 Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. They discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. Marie won another Nobel in 1911. She died in 1934, a victim of years of exposure to radiation. 130 MIDDLE GRADE READERS WWW.LOQUELEO.COM/US 3-5 Middle Grade Readers