This retelling of a Navajo folktale explains how First Woman tried to write the laws of the land using stars in the sky, only to be thwarted by the trickster Coyote.
Photobiography of early twentieth-century photographer and schoolteacher Lewis Hine, using his own work as illustrations. Hines's photographs of children at work were so devastating that they convinc
Something is calling Alphonso back to Dormia! Ever since he returned from Dormia, Alfonso Perplexon has enjoyed sleeping like a normal person. No dropping off to sleep in the middle of school. No wak
Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.
"A voice like yours," celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini told contralto Marian Anderson, "is heard once in a hundred years." This insightful account of the great African American vocalist consider
Baseball Heroes is the first book in the new middle grade nonfiction series Good Sports, aboutthe inspiring life stories of major league athletes who have overcome obstacles in the course of th
As he did for frontier children in his enormously popular Children of the Wild West, Russell Freedman illuminates the lives of the American children affected by the economic and social changes of the
Terri Roth trudges through the thick, dark Sumatran jungle. She’s looking for a rhinoceros that’s been seen in the area. It’s a rare Sumatran rhino, the world’s smallest rhino
Music and the alphabet have always gone together. Don't kids learn their letters by singing the ABCs? But you've never seen--or heard--a musical alphabet like this one. Beloved tunes. Unusual instrume
It is the mid-eighteenth century, and young British subject Anson Granville Staplyton has traveled to Ireland, where his regiment has been sent to keep the king's peace. Anson has waited all his life
Historian Meltzer has compiled a moving collection of Lincoln's speeches, letters, and writings that convey the highest ideals of freedom, democracy, and equality in simple yet eloquent language. Illu
Provides information about the size of different types of dinosaurs, why dinosaurs disappeared, and what the world would be like if dinosaurs returned.
Will Rogers loved people—and adventure—from the time he was a young boy. As a man, he traveledaround the world as a trick roperin a Wild West show andbecame a favorite r
Think of all the rocks there are: skipping rocks, splashing rocks, climbing rocks, and wishing rocks. Children can’t help collecting them. With joyful, poetic text and luminous photographs, If You Fin
Traces the origins of more than 100 eponymous words--words derived from the names of people or places, in a volume divided into such categories as food, days and months, and transportation.
Rachel Carson was always curious about the world around her. As a girl, she loved being outside, exploring and learning more about the universe. As an adult, Rachel wrote books, including Silent Sprin
For children on school trips or traveling with their families, here is kid-friendly information about popular monuments, museums, exhibits, shopping, sporting events--and even day trips outside the im
A collection of more than one hundred humorous poems by the author of Insectlopedia showcases his outrageously entertaining verse on such topics as ogres, pizza, fear, school, dragons, trees, and hair
Digger Pig finds the most beautiful turnip in the garden--one that's perfect for baking. Who will help Digger Pig make her turnip pie, and who will help her eat it?
A readable, perceptive account of the lives of fourteen gifted innovators who have played important roles in scientific and industrial progress. The achievements of Benjamin Banneker, Granville T. Woo
What can you find in an autumn garden? A harvest of bright colors, and lots to explore! Inviting rhymes and the antics of a boy and his pets promise a full day
Crispus Attucks is known asthe escaped slave whose freedom ended when he died in the Boston Massacre, but thereare many otherlesser-knownblack men and women who made enormous
An experienced Iditarod racer, Gary Paulsen celebrates his lead dog and longtime companion, Cookie, in this intimate essay. Paulsen takes readers inside the kennel as Cookie’s last litter of pups grow
These clever riddle-rhymescover everything from dinosaurs to gravity. The illustrations incorporate clues about the riddles, and the answers themselves are subtly included for anyone who needs
Meet Genny Glubber, who’s fat like blubber, and Mr. Giles, who has seven smiles, and Little-Naughty-Nasty Ned, who glued his brother to a bed. Come along and join the fun--this book has a poem
Celebrate childhood and the Mexican American experience with this lively collection of poems accompanied by beautiful woodcutillustrations. This touchingand humorousvolume is a vibr
These eighteen zany rhyming riddles involve addition, subtraction, and simple multiplication to calculate everything from poodle weights to travel time. And for anyone who's stumped, the answers are i
Houston made his first journey to the Canadian Arctic in 1948 in search of a new land to paint. Four of his exciting Inuit folk tales--"Akavak," "Tiktaliktak," "The White Archer," and "Wolf Run"--are
The biblical story of the Nativity is one about faith, love--and a miracle. With illustrations that are enchanting and unexpected, Julie Vivas reveals the human side to Mary's story, beautifully imagi
Every day all over the world, children are laughing and crying, playing and learning, eating and sleeping. They may not look the same or speak the same language. Their lives may be quite differen
Every year Don Pedro and his family make papier-mache skeletons, or calaveras, for Mexico's Day of the Dead fiesta. From the Angel and Doctor to the Mariachi and Unicornio, there's a special calavera
Paul Bunyan was never "stumped," and no job was ever too big for him and his blue ox to handle. From Michigan to Minnesota, from North Dakota to the Pacific Northwest, wherever Paul went, he liked to
Exploring the wonders of childhood, an amusing collection of poetry encompasses an array of topics, from rhyming observations of centipedes to verse celebrations of birthdays, and comes complete with
Jabuti's shell was smooth and shiny, and the songs he played on his flute were sweet. But his music was a reminder, too, of the mischievous pranks Jabuti sometimes played. When a concert takes place i
Pa Lia's first day at her new school, Jackson Magnet, isn't going so well. She doesn't know anyone there. She can't find her second-grade classroom. And worst of all, she accidentally gets the only ki
