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A grandmother tells her granddaughter the history of baskets, going all the way back to Africa. The circular history of a people and of families is suggested in gentle text and evocative watercolors.
From the architects' plans to the tower's completion, a New York skyscraper is created step by step. Clear text is presented on several layers of detail and is coupled with crisp, informative, full color photographs to document this fascinating process.
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Jackie loved to pitch baseball. Her long practices paid off when at 17-years old she pitched for the Chattanooga Lookouts in a demonstration game against the New York Yankees.
Twelve-year-old twins, Edward and Meg, have little in common beyond their birthday that is, until they attend separate schools.
In this Newbery Medal-winning novel, Crispin is falsely accused of murder and must flee his medieval town to save his life.
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A small mouse named Poppy overcomes a stronger adversary an owl named Ocax through determination and inner strength in this first installment of the popular Tales from Dimwood Forest series.
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Even though she has allergies, Emma wants a pet for her birthday. Not only does Emma find an acceptable and intriguing pet, she convinces her parents that her younger brother Max needs one, too.
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I'm awake! I'm awake! / I cannot shut my eyes. / I'm unable to sleep, / though I've made many tries
The insomniac in all of us will find plenty of company in this rollicking series of rhymes by the prolific and popular poet, Jack Prelutsky.
Ms. Brandt's class gets an assignment to write about all of the U.S. presidents. Basic information about who can be the president and what the job really entails is followed by a one-page overview of each president.
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The "beautiful 200-year-old mansion on 18 acres of land right in the heart of downtown Washington, D.C.," is better known as the White House. It's where most, though not all, U.S. presidents have lived.