The author's previous collections focused on scary tales or folktales, many with trickster main characters and some violent action. Here are 20 tales for storytellers who want to avoid those themes, p
The book is a list of recommendations of essential nonfiction titles every public library should carry. The entries of more than 12,000 titles deal exclusively with adult material. The text is organiz
This resource provides 850 essays on key historical events in the US for each day of the year (including February 29) through their anniversaries or through the birthdays of specific individuals, incl
First published in 1937, this volume presents some 850 brief essays marking important legislative, historical, religious, cultural, and other anniversaries and the birthdays of significant individuals
Provides information and statistics about American immigration covering emigration from Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania, from the earliest days to the present time.
The authors of the New York Public Library Book of Answers series present a timeline of scientific progress and equally intriguing detours from the Stone Age to the Information Age. Within each year
In biographies ranging from one to five pages, this encyclopedia chronicles living performers (with the sad, unintentional exception of Robert Shaw) from many genres who have been influential with eit
Designed primarily as a collection of scary fare for adults to tell elementary-age children, the tales may be read and some even told by children. Also contains notes on the stories
Lists of selected works accompany two hundred and forty-two autobiographical and biographical sketches of authors and illustrators who have come to the forefront of juvenile literature
Six authors offer articles designed to provide the key facts about each of the 26 US military conflicts that the authors consider to be wars. For each conflict, the contributor lists the dates and alt
Biographical profiles discuss the work of the men and with just seven exceptions among the 250 entries, they all are men who brought us the information age, from the printing press to Napster. Editor
A collection of folktales for use in programs celebrating holidays around the world offers tales from China, Japan, the Middle East, West Africa, the United States, and other areas
Presents a history of the House and Senate from the 1st through the first session of the 104th Congress and includes a chronology of congressional actions and a listing of major bills passed
