Jim Murphy

In the mid-1800s. with both her father and her uncle in jail on an assault charge, Maggie, her brother, and her ailing mother rush their barge along the Erie Canal to deliver their heavy cargo or lose everything.

Sequel to: Weird and Wacky Inventions. Describes forty-five unusual but actual inventions, some of which worked, some of which failed. Invites the reader to guess their purposes from pictures.

Presents a series of unusual inventions, along with description of how they worked including such items as a transparent travelling sphere, a machanical dance partner, talking watch, and portable sleeping cushion.

Depicts what life might have been like for the last dinosaurs on earth.

Presents a history based on personal accounts and newspaper articles of the massive snowstorm that hit theNortheast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

After developers encroach upon its forest home, a young black bear wanders into a neighborhood and creates chaos in the middle of a peaceful summer night.

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