Breaking Secret Codes by Jillian Gregory
Coded information may look confusing, but most codes provide hints that can help you break them. Learn how to find and interpret code patterns and repetitions. With your new super-sleuthing skills, you'll be cracking codes in no time!From secret treasure maps to Navajo code talkers to Cockney Rhyming Slang, these books cover the ins and outs of historic and modern-day codes. Have fun learning about famous historical codes, how to make and speak your own codes, and even how to crack other people's codes.
Sky Sailors: True Stories of the Balloon Era by David L. Bristow
This introduction to the history of ballooning introduces the pioneers of human flight and their contraptions which were used to cross large bodies of water, sail over enemy armies, and fly into storms, from 1783 until the early twentieth century.
Up We Grow! A Year in the life of a Small, Local Farm by Deborah Hodge
Meet the farmers who carefully tend their crops and animals, while also caring for the health of their soil. Follow them through the seasons as they plow, plant, compost, mulch, harvest and market their fruits and vegetables. Watch their chickens and goats wander freely over the farmland.
