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Each book in this new series follows a major technological innovation from its first appearance in human history to its present-day development. The intuitive layout of each book underscores the remarkable history that is surveyed. Running text on the upper third of each page provides a concise narrative, while a continuous timeline on the bottom two-thirds of the page records the highlights and curious facts of the development of the technology. Text and timeline together provide the kind of challenging and multi-format reading experience recommended for 3rd-through-5th-graders in today’s standards-based curriculums.

Series Titles:

• Adobe Shelters to Steel Skyscrapers: A Timeline of Building
• Counting Pebbles to Writing Code: A Timeline of Mathematics and Computers
• Foraging to Supermarkets: A Timeline of Food
• Hieroglyphics to Hypertext: A Timeline of the Written Word
• Leeches to Lasers: A Timeline of Medicine
• Smoke Signals to Smartphones: A Timeline of Long-Distance Communication
• Stargazing to Space Travel: A Timeline of Space Exploration
• Wooden Spears to Military Drones: A Timeline of Warfare

Key Highlights:

• Provides a “Find Out More” section of age-appropriate additional resources.
• Dynamic layout enables the reader to follow the narrative or browse from fact to fact.
• Provides a visual presentation of the topic to help reinforce information from textbooks and classroom lectures.