Illinois Authors

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1995.

This book answers questions about meteors, commonly known as falling stars.

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1992.

Discusses in question and answer format the planets in our solar system and explains which planets and stars can be seen from Earth in the night sky.

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1993.

Answers a variety of questions about comets including what they are, where they come from, and where they go.

Academy Chicago Publishers, Chicago : 2000.

Academy Chicago Publishers, Chicago : 1998.

"It's the Depression, and young widow Belle Appleman is grateful for her new job tacking belt loops on men's pants in a Boston factory. Then she discovers a co-worker's body in the Charles River and, feeling personally involved, begins trading theories with the detective in charge of the case. In the midst of her sleuthing, she's elected shop steward and becomes involved with union politics, as well as with a dashing union leader on whom she tries out her Bette Davis voice and Garbo look. But when one of the factory owners is also murdered and a friend is accused, Belle must make serious efforts to find the killer, for her heart's sake as well as for her friend's."--goodreads.com.

Open Road Media Young Readers, New York : 2014.

Sixteenth century Italy produced a genius who marked the world with his studies and hypotheses about mathematical, physical and astronomical truths. His father, musician Vincenzio Galilei said, Truth is not found behind a man's reputation. Truth appears only when the answers to questions are searched out by a free mind. This is not the easy path in life but it is the most rewarding. Galileo challenged divine law and the physics of Aristotle, and questioned everything in search of truths. And it was through this quest for truth that he was able to establish a structure for modern science.

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1992.

Explains the vast distances in space and describes different types of stars in the universe using a question-and-answer format.

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1994.

In the year 800, fifteen-year-old Alan travels from the Frankish kingdom to Baghdad and back again, seeking to escape the murderous intentions of his evil cousin and secure his birthright.

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1994.

In 1264, Jean of Toulouse, a young French student and friar accused of heresy by the Inquisition, is sent to Oxford to spy on the scholarly monk, Roger Bacon, who is suspected of being a heretic for his advanced scientific ideas.

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1992.

Follows the moon through its twenty-eight-day trip around the Earth and identifies its different phases.

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1995.

A question and answer format teaches readers about the constellations, how they were named, and how they are used to tell time and direction, and provides instructions for locating various constellations.

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1992.

Questions and answers introduce the Milky Way and other kinds of galaxies in the universe.