Recounts how Allen Jay, a young Quaker boy living in Ohio during the 1840s, helped a fleeing slave escape his master and make it to freedom through the Underground Railroad
In April 1607, twelve-year-old Sam Collier and a group of Englishmen landed in North America. Arriving as an assistant to the solider John Smith, Sam was excited to discover what adventures lay before
Relates how, in 1865, a boy named Willie McLean watched as General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War.
Through vivid, full-color photographs and easily understood sentences, see how children from around the world practice their religious beliefs. Looking at the rich diversity as well as the underlying
Here is an intimate look at a time when you could turn an idea into a successful publishing house and stay independent. Tenacity Well Directed is Harry Lerner's story, about a publishing generation we
Describes how coyote and five other animals, tired of winter, were able to steal summer from Old Woman, but when summer breaks out and they are finally caught, coyote and Old Woman agree to split summ
Ten-year-old Orry Jenkins is sick and tired of the dust. The year is 1935 and Kansas hasn’t gotten enough rain in years. Instead of rainstorms, they get dust storms. One day, Orry and his little steps
Introduces different movements in art, including naturalism, romanticism, pointillism, and photorealism, discussing when each movement was popular, its important characteristics, and famous painters w
Presents an overview of Chinese New Year, how people get ready for it and the celebration itself, which includes fireworks, parades, family gatherings, and the Festival of Lanterns.
Recounts how Ellen Craft and her husband, William, escaped from slavery disguised as "Mr. Johnson," a young white man with his arm in a sling, and his manservant.
Three handsome and clever brothers compete to find the world's most unusual gift, in a folktale that includes a note on doing good deeds, or mitzvah, and discusses the symbolism of the pomegranate in
Covers a variety of facts on lightning, including how it is formed, the different types of lightning, what thunder is and its relationship to lightning, safety measures, etc.
An introduction to the domesticated silkworm moth, raised on farms in Japan and elsewhere for the sake of the silk thread out of which its cocoons are constructed.
Monkeys! Seals! Tigers! Check out these eight action-packed scenes to see what happens during a full day at a busy zoo. In each picture, the zoo buzzes with activity. Visitors, zookeepers, and animals
A retelling of the day Jackie Mitchell, a seventeen-year-old female professional baseball player, struck out the New York Yankees' best hitters, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, in an exhibition game in 1931
Presents the life of the railroad engineer who was famous for always bringing his train in on time and whose brave actions during his last ride on the Cannonball Express saved the lives of all of the
