Benoit, Peter

Summary: Describes the crash of the Hindenburg airship in 1937, relaying the history of international airship flight and the events leading to the disaster, and explains what measures have been taken to make airship travel safer.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.12 BEN

DeAngelis, Gina.

Summary: Describes the development and early flights of airships and the disastrous explosion of the passenger airship, Hindenberg, at a New Jersey airfield on May 6, 1937, in which thirty-six people were killed.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Pub. 2001

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.1246 DEA

Griffith, Victoria.

Summary: Profiles Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who made great strides in the invention of flight.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2011

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.13 GRI

Brown, Monica

Summary: A powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights "the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens." Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables. Then Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up. Together they...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BRO

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BRO

Reynoso, Naibe

Summary: Brief biographies in rhyme of 11 notable Latinos.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Con Todo Press 2020

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REY
Call number: J SPANISH 920 REY

Pascal, Janet B.

Summary: At 800-feet long, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built--just slightly smaller than the Titanic! Also of a disastrous end, the zeppelin burst into flame as spectators watched it attempt to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. In under a minute, the Hindenburg was gone, people jumping from windows to escape. However, only 62 of the 97 crew members and passengers onboard...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 387.7 PAS

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHA BASKET

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT World What Pascal

Rusch, Elizabeth

Summary: "Una historia real sobre un científico contemporáneo que salvó la capa de ozono y el planeta, evitando un desastre en el medioambiente. Mario Molina es un científico mexicoamericano y un héroe de nuestros días que ayudó a resolver la crisis de la capa de ozono de la década de 1980. Se crió en la Ciudad de México y desde niño sintió curiosidad por los mundos ocultos que estudiaba a través de un...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2019

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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 921 MOL

Cooke, Tim

Summary: "Reporters gathered in the rain to watch in awe as the Hindenburg was scheduled to touch down on May 6, 1937. Their awe quickly turned to horror as the airship burst into flames and plunged to the ground. Follow along with the true story of a doomed airship that changed the course of aviation. Then, review what you've learned with a recap timeline and a quick quiz to check how much doomed...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2023

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.12 COO