As World War II threatens the United States in 1941, fourteen-year-old Junior Bledsoe fights his own battles at home. Junior struggles with school and with angerat his father, his insufferable grandda
Emerging from the Catskills, the Delaware River winds along the border between Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the Atlantic, offering hundreds of miles of magnificent scenery. Its sparkling waters supp
Everyone knows the story of Joan of Arc, a peasant girl who put Charles VII on the throne and spearheaded France's victory over Britain before being burned by the English as a heretic and witch. B
Biography of pioneering scientist and first Smithsonian secretary Joseph HenryBy the time of his death in 1878, Joseph Henry was America's most eminent physical scientist. His achievements in the stud
Beautiful, colorful illustrations tell the inspirational stories of ten black women and women's collectives from 1793 to the present.Included are leaders who were anti-slavery activists and organizers
