"Jackie Kennedy loved the arts. And America loved Jackie. The first lady knew she had the country's attention and she wanted to encourage Americans to appreciate art. This is the little-known story about how Jackie Kennedy brought the world's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa, to the United States"-- Provided by publisher.

This book takes readers inside the public displays as well as private cabinets, storerooms, and vaults to learn the stories of its most fascinating and significant pieces. Curators from thirteen Smithsonian museums and archives crafted this immersive exploration to illuminate the full scope of the political, military, social, and cultural climate of the era. In 150 entries to honor the 150th anniversary of the war, each curator tells a truly unique...

Mean Mrs. Green says that everyone has to invent something for the school science fair. But everyone would rather invent a way to get out of it! Hubie can't decide on what he's going to do. He thinks all the good inventions have been done already. And all of his friends have figured out what they are going to do. He tries to decide between cloning himself or building a laugh machine. After a bad dream about cloning, he decides to build a laugh machine....

When all the second grade students must enter the science fair, which has global warming as its theme, best friends Ivy and Bean team up to create an unusual project.

After winning the science fair with the giant robot she has built, a little girl realizes that there is a major problem.

"No one expected the automobile to last 100 years, so there was no reason to suspect the Chicago Auto Show would thrive and survive 100 edition over a 107-year span, either. But it has, and those 100 shows have introduced the horseless carriage and its numerous derivatives to the masses. Crank start to push button start. Gasoline, batteries and soon hydrogen. And always the cars have been the stars."--from cover, p. [4]

In this fully illustrated work, the great-grandson of Camille Pissarro illuminates the process of painting as Pissarro engaged in it, describes his work on innovative projects with Degas and Cézanne, and chronicles the events of his life. -- From product description.