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From the first contact of Europeans with Native Americans in 1492 to the current events of the 21st century, this comprehensive volume makes the story of America interesting for today's visually oriented kids. Time lines, historic documents and speeches, a guide to historic sites, a list of Presidents, statehood dates, additional resources, and a detailed index further enhance this reference.

Combining the verses of a poem from Walt Whitman's collection "Leaves of Grass" with charming collage illustrations of a cat family, Roth shows young readers how much there is to celebrate in nature and in life. Full color.

Spearheaded by such luminaries as First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and influential preservationists Richard Moe, the groundbreaking Save America's Treasures campaign is showcased in this tribute to American's rich heritage. Items targeted by the campaign include Babe Ruth's scrapbooks and Louis Armstrong's archives. Photos.

Talk show host Katy Did, of KBUG Radio, interviews a special guest, Harry the Tarantula, who tells her listeners lots of wild things about spiders! This clever picture book will tickle kids' funny bones while imparting accurate science information in a fresh, imaginative way. Nosy Katy questions the hairy spider about his latest adventure-being captured in a bottle by an inquisitive child. Then she pries into Harry's personal life to get "the ...

By 1763, the people of England's American colonies were shaping their own lives apart from their royal rulers. Ties between the British and the colonists were becoming weak, and a new sense of being "American" was developing. Independence Now takes the reader from the colonial period when young men like George Washington were becoming leaders and the British oppression was growing, to the days of the fiery Revolutionary War. Topics covered in ...

In Moriarty's extraordinary first novel, a young girl tries to make sense of an unruly world spinning around her. Growing up with a single mother who is chronically out of work and dating a married man, ten-year old Evelyn Bucknow learns early how to fend for herself. Accelerated Reader: Reading Level 5, 18 Points.

When Dylan's father joins a Sasquatch-hunting team led by a top big-foot researcher, Dylan starts to think that his father may not be so crazy after all. Maybe, Sasquatch does exist.

Lou Boldt's life is ripped apart by the discovery of his wife's possible blackmail. To stop the blackmailer, he must skate a delicate line between his incompatible roles as determined detective and jealous husband.

The winner of the International Children's Book Award, this novel tells the funny and touching tale of classroom redemption. Sahara Jones is going into fifth grade--again. Although she won't be "Sahara Special" (special needs, that is) anymore, she soon learns to find a way to redefine special for herself.

Written by the ultimate Disney insiders, this "bible" of animation has become a legend in itself. This volume seeks to explain the process that makes Disney's animation unique--what sets the work of the Disney studios apart from other animation products. Here are original sketches of best-loved Disney characters, how memorable movie sequences were made, and anecdotes about working with Walt. Full-color throughout. National ads/media.

With beautifully detailed art and a lively, informative text, Cheryl Harness follows the life of young Teddy Roosevelt from his boyhood of ill health to his famed charge up San Juan Hill. Even in these early years, the fierce and lovable spirit of Teddy Roosevelt shines through.

Mr. Kang loves to paint Chinese poems, and he loves his hua-mei bird, which he takes in its cage to the park every Sunday. But his grandson doesn't think a free man should keep a caged bird. So begins this story of China and America, of cages and freedom, of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in New York City's Chinatown.

Sweeping across almost 60 years and jetting from New York to Paris, Los Angeles, and Greece, "Misfortune's Daughters" is an irresistible, page-turning tale that reveals the glittering life of show business and the grittiness of the journalistic profession.

A former NASA mission controller with firsthand knowledge of the space program combines a vivid description of humankind's race to the moon with a detailed vision of the moon as our next frontier. Full-color illustrations.

Two veteran cavers, accompanied by an IMAX film crew, guide children through subterranean adventures in three different kinds of caves: the ice caves of Greenland, underwater caves on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, and terrestrial caves in the United States.

Now in paperback, this #1 BookSense Pick follows the young orphan Peter and his mates as they are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King Zarboff in this fast-paced, impossible-to-put-down adventure.