Ellis Island, America’s most famous location in its history of immigration, was once a landfill in the upper bay of New York Harbor. Since its opening on January 1, 1892, Ellis Island has come to symb
Nearly 75 million dogs live with American families, where many sleep in our beds, walk us to school, and eat our unwanted broccoli. However, millions of dogs are born in America each year without a pl
Soil may not be alive, but amazingly, multitudes of microscopic creatures live there, battling it out in an eat-or-be-eaten world. These tiny creatures, invisible to our eyes, provide food for the in
Told with a sense of immediacy that helps kids relate to history, this brilliant full-color photo-essay takes readers on a journey over the back roads of Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana, to where Linc
Strong, lyrical photographs and sensitive text detail the life of the Amish, showing their homes, traditions, and handiworks, all of which display the strength and practical optimism by which they li
If there is any such thing as a "super" plant, that plant is the soybean. Used for an amazing variety of things-plastics, fuel, soap, and medicine-soybeans are also a healthy food source for animals
Life on the Lower East Side was bustling. Immigrants from many European countries had come to make a better life for themselves and their families in the United States. But the wages they earned were
Filled with examples of stations and images of the routes, lives, and hardships of both the passengers and conductors, a visual journey accompanied by elegant and moving text details the desperate sit