Books by Series


	Discover The Amazon	What if you were lost in the Amazon? Could you survive? Could you find your way out? From navigating through the jungle to finding shelter, Discover the Amazon: The World's Largest Rainforest will show kids ages 8 to 12 how they could make it... Read More...
	Discover the Oceans	Discover the Oceans: The World's Largest Ecosystem leads kids ages 8 and up on an adventure to one of Earth's most mysterious places. Home to colorful reefs, strange and exotic creatures, deep canyons, and enormous mountain ranges, the... Read More...
	Discover National Monuments, National Parks: Natural Wonders	National Monuments, National Parks: Natural Wonders introduces readers ages 8–12 to the history and science behind some of the most amazing natural sites in our country that have been named national monuments. These natural phenomena have... Read More...
	Discover the Desert: The Driest Places On Earth	Ever wonder what it would be like to visit the desert? Is it as dry and barren as it seems, or are there exciting discoveries waiting to be found? And how would you survive the extremes of temperatures, the rough terrain, and the vast distances? Read More...

Conferences & Shows

Nomad will be exhibiting at the following shows, stop by and visit!

NMSA Annual Conference & Exhibit
November 4-6, 2010 Baltimore, MD

86th NCSS Annual Conference
November 12-14, 2010 Denver, Co

NSTA Annual Conference
March 10-13 2011 San Francisco CA

TLA Annual Conference
April 12-15 Austin, TX

ALA Annual Conference
June 23-28 New Orleans LA

AASL Annual Conference
October 26-30 Minneapolis, MN

This Day in History

1888:	George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"
1940:	CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB
1956:	The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer that used magnetic disk storage.

Dime novel: Swift-moving, thrilling novels, mainly about the American Revolution, the frontier period, and the Civil War. The books were first sold in 1860 for 10 cents.

— Word of the Day

An elephant's trunk has about 40,000 muscles! The entire human body only has 640.

— Did You Know?

Coming Soon

The Silk Road: Explore the World’s Most Famous Trade Route

PUB DATE JANUARY 2011— From Roman times until the Age of Exploration, the Silk Road carried goods and ideas between two major centers of civilization, the Mediterranean Sea and China.

Featured Author

Ethan Zohn

Book Titles by this Author:

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Soccer World South Africa

Soccer World Mexico

Featured Review

Amazing Africa Projects You Can Build Yourself

Review:

Booklist May 15, 2010— Casual and informative, this large, attractive, browsable paperback in the Build It Yourself series offers a view of contemporary African life that reaches far beyond the usual scenery-and-wildlife tourists’ perspective.

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