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A Fairy-Tale Life: A Story about Hans Christian Anderson
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
Young Hans Christian knew how life should be--just like a fairy tale. But, while he was growing up in Odense, Denmark, his life didn't seem much like a fairy tale. Although everyone was… Read More →
Clouds of Terror
From the Series On My Own History
Helga and Erik could not believe their eyes. There were grasshoppers everywhere, and they were eating the crops! In the 1870s, when grasshoppers destroyed farms in Minnesota and other… Read More →
Sammy Spider's First Passover
When Sammy Spider's web gets swept away during the Shapiro family's Passover cleaning, his mother decides spring is a perfect time to make a new web. As Sammy learns to spin, he gets… Read More →
Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad
From the Series On My Own History
Allen Jay's family farm is a stop on the Underground Railroad. Allen's parents give food and shelter to slaves escaping from the South. One day in 1842, Allen's father asks him to help a… Read More →
Mark T-W-A-I-N!: A Story about Samuel Clemens
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
Samuel Clemens grew up in a child's paradise--Hannibal, Missouri. There, mischief added humor to everyday events as Sam encountered the folks who would one day reappear as Huck Finn, Aunt… Read More →
Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah
Sammy Spider watches longingly as Josh Shapiro lights another candle and receives another brightly-colored dreidel each night of Hanukkah. Read More →
Listening to Crickets: A Story about Rachel Carson
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
From the time she was a very young girl, Rachel Carson felt a bond with nature. Growing up in Pennsylvania, she spent hours exploring meadows and woods, dreaming of seeing the ocean. As… Read More →
An American Army of Two
From the Series On My Own History
The war of 1812 is raging, and from the lighthouse where their father works, Rebecca Bates and her sister Abigail can see a British ship coming. But the American troops are nowhere near!… Read More →
Wonderful Worms
From the Series Linda Glaser's Classic Creatures
"A celebration and natural history of the helpful 'underground gardeners'."—Kirkus Reviews Wonderful Worms encourages an appreciation for the small creatures of the earth by explaining the… Read More →
Everybody Cooks Rice
"Nifty neighborhood. Nifty book"—The New York Times Book Review In this multicultural picture book, Carrie goes from one neighbor's house to the next looking for her brother, who is late for… Read More →
Fine Print: A Story about Johann Gutenberg
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
Although he is credited with changing history through his invention of printing, Johann Gutenberg remains mysterious. In Fine Print, author Joann Johansen Burch pieces together Gutenberg's… Read More →
Fire at the Triangle Factory
From the Series On My Own History
Six days a week Minnie and Tessa sit, shoulder to shoulder, bent over sewing machines in a big room overflowing with piles of fabric, patterns, and lace. There is no fresh air, the light is… Read More →
Will and Orv
From the Series On My Own History
Johnny Moore watched as the amazing airplane moved along the track. He wondered if the Flyer would make it off the ground and if the pilot would be able to stay in control. then suddenly it… Read More →
How Do Bears Sleep?
Artist and storyteller E. J. Bird describes the habits of hibernating bears in this endearing rhymed picture book. Children will wonder along with the author if bears dream, how bears stay… Read More →
Go Free or Die: A Story about Harriet Tubman
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
For the first twenty-eight years of her life. Harriet Tubman lived as a slave on a southern plantation. Finally, with the help of a Quaker woman, she was able to escape to Philadelphia by way Read More →
Walking the Road to Freedom: A Story about Sojourner Truth
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
Sojourner Truth was born into slavery in New York in 1797 or 1798. She never knew for sure which year she was born or even whether it was summer or winter. By the time she was a young woman,… Read More →
What Are You Figuring Now?: A Story about Benjamin Banneker
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
In 1791 plans for the new capital city, Washington, DC, were in the works, but someone was needed to help with the surveying. Thomas Jefferson recommended Benjamin Banneker for the job.… Read More →
Count Your Way through China
From the Series Count Your Way
According to a Chinese myth, four animals helped create the universe. This ancient story joins nine other descriptions of Chinese life and culture—from the five tones of the Chinese musical… Read More →
A Pocketful of Goobers: A Story about George Washington Carver
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
There wasn't anything that George Washington Carver couldn't grow. He took the common goober--today's peanut--and created hundreds of useful products from it, turning goobers into a very… Read More →
Buttons for General Washington
From the Series On My Own History
Fourteen-year-old John Darragh was a spy. But British-occupied Philadelphia in 1777 was not a safe place for an American spy. If he were captured, John knew he would be hanged. In this… Read More →