Discusses the history of Native Americans in the Northeastern part of the United States, including the Mohicans, the Iroquois Confederacy, and the Powhatan Empire.
Looks at the ways in which pollution and trash are ruining the environment, from the decimated polar bear population to the great Pacific garbage patch.
Introduces the cuckoo birds, discussing their physical characteristics, habitats, and unusual habit of some cuckoos to lay their eggs in another bird's nest.
Every man and woman who steps forward to fight for the freedom and lives of others can be called a hero. Many members of the air force have exceeded even that high calling and have performed such cour
Beginning with the creation of the Continental army during the American Revolution, the US Army has always fought to protect the nation. Readers learn about individual heroes, such as Medal of Honor r
Introduces the American quarter horse--the result of English colonists breeding their horses with those of the Chickasaw Indians--and describes its physical characteristics, special abilities, and fam
Profiles the civil rights activist and politician, discussing his involvement in the civil rights movement, his presidential campaigns, and his role as freelance diplomat and world humanitarian.
A brief biography of Malcolm X outlines the many changes in his life, from the death of his father through his prison conversion to the Nation of Islam and his break with that organization to his assa
Presents the life of the woman whose years of working for civil rights led her to refuse to give up her seat to a white person, setting off the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and who became known as "the mot
Presents the life of the lawyer who helped win many civil rights cases, including the school segregation case Brown v. Board of Education, and later became the first African Amercan to be Solicitor Ge
Traces the history of slavery in early America, describing what life was like for slaves coming to the New World, life on plantations, the work they did, famous escapes, and their efforts to obtain fr
