Crowley County Combined Library

"Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In...

"Rhymes invite the reader to find hidden objects in photographs of Christmas items."--Provided by publisher.

Presents an assortment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U. S. presidents, from George Washington to Bill Clinton.

Fascinating stories about thirty-four events that helped make Colorado what it is today. Read about Kit Carson, silver mines, Native Americans, Jesse James, and many more - including little-known episodes that shaped Colorado's colorful history.

Gives information about each state, including capital, motto, state tree, state bird, source of name, and date of statehood. The train of states is rolling by -- rush to the window and watch it go! The very first car? The very first state: Delaware, of course, followed by Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia ... fifty in all. The caboose? Washington, D.C.! Look closely! What do you see? State birds, state flowers, state trees ... forty-three presidents!...

"Fun, factual information about sharks. from the Truth Or Lie series."--

The magic school bus changes into a hot-air balloon and then an airplane as Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a field trip into the eye of a hurricane for a lesson in meteorology

"From Columbus through to the twenty-first century, Don't Know Much About History takes readers on a tour through more than 500 years of American life. Drawing on the latest scholarship and new archaeological discoveries, Davis presents a thorough overview of American history that is exciting, interesting and fun to learn." --

Presents a photographic guide to the human body, examining the skeleton and bones, muscles, heart and lungs, and other systems and senses, including the brain.