In your posts about your awesome non-fiction books, be sure to put the title, author,Dewey number (it's on the spine label) and one interesting fact you learned in the book.

Friday, January 6, 2012

History and Geography 900-999

Books on foreign countries, the states, wars, the Mayans, the Aztecs, Native American tribes in Texas, US and Texas history are all found in this section.

45 comments:

Mrs. Hammond said...

The Terrible, Horrible Civil War 973.7 OLS

There were not enough uniforms so soldiers had to wear the same until it was so torn up it fell off. They didn't change or wash their underwear for months!! They only got new clothes when they took them off of dead soldiers.

Jacob Brock said...

The Apache 970.0 MCK
Apache girls were taught how to build wickiups when they were about thirteen. Wickiups are the family huts.

lakendriasmall said...

chasing lincoln's killer973.7swa


this was a good book even better it is true.All the charaters were alive during great manhunt of aprill1865.this book tallked about rivers,forest and filds of maryland that is what i learend.

jordan lenamon said...

In The Time of the Knights 942.03McM

I learned that it was about the real life story of history's greatest knights. It's a good book about the world's greatest knights. In the beginning of the book the king's son was kidnapped. The king sent knights with food, archers, and catapaults. They brought down the castle and the son survived.

Jordan Armstrong said...

Grand Canyon 917.91 fit

this book was very educational and i really liked it my favorite fact was that the first evidence of humans at the grand canyon was 4,000 years old:small twig figurenes found that resembledbighorn sheep and mule deer foung in the walls

Elizabeth Perez said...

Sunken Treasure 917.59 Gib Sunken treasure! People have dreamed of retrieving lost gold and gems. And in this awsome story it gives us facts on how people work to find it today. It tells us a bunch of facts

Tavin Dunavin said...

History's Greatest Warriors - Knights
940.1 HEL

It talks about armor and how they make armor, swords and how they joust and train.

What I learned from it was how to make swords.

kobee said...

can you survive ANTARCTICA?
919.8

Antarctica is wonderful but deadly from frost bite ,hypothermia,wet clothes, creasses,and snow stormes

dylantincher said...

aztec worriors 972 cli the aztec worriors would capture enimes and did human sacirfices. and tenochtitlan was the capital of the capital city of the aztec empire

angel castro said...

korean war 951.904 per

i love the war about korea because we almost lost the battle of pusan and there wasa batte called hamburger hill plus it told the war strategys of the war and the generals that were there and about president trueman when he was in office

Payton Jones said...

The French and Indian War
973.2 Fro
My book The French and Indian War is about a war. I learned that George Washington was in the war. The British got a bad start but the British won the war.

Ryan Panther said...

You Wouldn't Want to Be A Medieval Knight
940.1 Mac
My book You Wouldn't Want to Be a Medieval Knight is about knights. I learned that if you want to be a knight, you have to leave home to train.

Charlee Hickey said...

Acient Rome 937 raa
most Romans lived in huge houses with many servants. They had very large families,most kids were taught at home by there parents! Jupiter was the most important god to the romans. He was the god of the sky! Men called gladiators fought until someone died! This took place at the Colosseum!
I loved this book I learned lots of neat stuff!

Tavin Dunavin said...

The Bloody Romans
937 Cor
My book the Bloody Romans is about the history of Rome. I learned that they loved blood and gore. They were fierce fighters.

ryan goodwin said...

You wouldntwant to be a roman gladiator 900-999 is cool because it shows what they did for fun back then.

spencer stults said...

you wouldn't want to be a mideval knight.900-999,
This book is crazy and there is a lot of weid suff.

Cagan Blakeley said...

Aztec Warriors
972 Cli
My book Aztec Warriors is about Aztec Warriors long ago. I learned that they began fighting when they are fifteen.

Sajan Babu said...

Korean War jhon perritano
This book is very informetive because i learned a lot about the war

darian crawford said...

Korean War
951.904

The United Nation wanted to unite with Korea.The soviets refused.korea turned to the UnitedStates for help.

Emily Alday said...

of thee i sing 973 this book is about two little girls and they are walking there dog some kids paint a picture of a ground but it is shape into a mans face and all of the others painting i really love this book

jett adams said...

the bald eagil 929.2ben the bald eagil represints a bunch uf stuf if you ever saw the presidints room his rug has this eagel

Tristan Lake said...

World War 1 940.4 PER

This firt wold war was the bloodies
conflicts in humen history and was
going to be the War to End all Wars

brei ruelas said...

so you want to be presedent i think it was cool and funny because it told me stuff i probaly would not have ever found out if i didnt read that book

Lane Tuggle said...

you wouldn't want to be a roman gladiater


This book was great, I learnd that gladiaters went to school just like us and it was good for people tha love school.

CJ Withers said...

Welcome to the USA, Texas
917.64 Hei
My book Welcome to the USA, Texas is about Texas. I learned that there is a city called Alto in Texas. Texas is one of the biggest states.

Ryan Panther said...

Top 10 Worst Creepy Egyptian Mummies You Don't Want to Meet
932 Ste
My book Top 10 Worst Creepy Egyptian Mummies You Don't Want to Meet is about mummies. I learned that mummies get ripped up a piece at a time and put in jars.

Bryan Hasting said...

Alps
914.54 Som
My book Alps is about the Alps. I learned about men who made it to the top.

Sebastian Gallegos said...

Cowboys
978San
My book Cowboys is about famous people who lived a long time ago and rode carriages with houses. I learned that Bill Pickett roped and held steers with his teeth.

terra newsom said...

aztec warrior
boys started trainig when they were just fifteen years old aztec boys had to wear their hair short until age 10 after that it depended on their warrior rank

Gabrielle solmon said...

My book was a book about gladiators
and the team that looses i think it said that the winning team keeps them as there slaves. Then they kind of raise them like the slaves are apart of there team now but at the very begining it said the winning team took the loosing team and auctioned them.

Zander Adams said...

You Wouldn't Want to Explore With Sir Francis Drake! 942.05 STE

This is a great book because Sir Fancis Drake is my ansester. He was a pirate who worked for the qween. I really liked it.

madisongibbs said...

the star spangled banner 929.9

this book was about how the star spangled was made and why it was made one reasons it was made because of the hard times of 911 and it was made for the many wars america had.

Mrs. Coley said...

Cowboys
978San
My book Cowboys is from the Library of Congress. It tells about different kinds of cowboys. I liked the old photographs of the cowboys best.

Brandi Sellers said...

September 11th, Then and Now
973 Ben
My book September 11th, Then and Now is about history. I don't remember anything about this book and Mrs. Coley gave me a zero on my book report.

Caleb Merrill said...

Civil War
973.7 Ols
My book the Civil War is about the Civil War. I learned that the soldiers ate hard tack for their meals. It was small.

Brandi Sellers said...

September 11th Then and Now
My book September 11th Then and Now is about when the Twin Towers. I learned that the twin towers were crashed in to my a plane.

Courtney Grazioli said...

Welcome to Hungary
943.9 Cha
My book Welcome to Hungary is about things that happened there. I learned that World War 1 started in 1914 and ended in 1918.

Lucille Howard said...

The Apache
970.004 McK
I picked this book because I thought that it would be a good book. My book The Apache is about Indians. I learned that every girl was given a faith day and they were white.

Chris Arredondo said...

The Terrible Awful War
973.7 Ols
This book was recommended by Caleb Merrill. I picked it to see if Caleb was right. My book is about people that fought in the war and what they did. I learned that the Civil War people had to sleep with hundreds of people on the ground.

alexahampton said...

iraq
the book iraq tells about a whole bunch of stuff. they said that the walls were made by thick brick or stucco. you might think its hot when your in the house but thats rong. its actully cool during the summer.

Dalton Potts said...

Gettysburg
973.73 Abn
I picked this book because I like wars. It is about the Civil War. The Civil War was the war between the north and south.

Mayra Narvaez said...

Welcome to Hungary
943.9 Cha
This book was recommended to me by Courtney Grazioli. I picked it because it looked like a good book. My books is about the country Hungary. I learned about the history, people, and lifestyle. The book has a glossary.

Gavin Pena said...

September 11, Then and Now
973.931 Ben
My book was recommended by Brandi Sellers. I picked it because I needed a 900 book. The book is about how the Twin Towers fell. I learned that underground fires burned for 69 days after the attack on the Twin Towers.

Gayla Bramlett said...

Off the Beaten Path
917.64 Nay
My mom told me to pick this book because there are a lot of facts in it. I learned that Dallas is in norht Texas and so is Lubbock.

Hanna montes said...

title: louisiana

976.3 HIn

I learned that they have little rocks that are shape like a niff. It has where you were born in louisiana.