Synopsis: A young African-American boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and to discover that things do not die, but become part of other things, brings the youngster new hope. William H. Armstrong was best known for his Newbery Medal-winning Sounder, but also authored nearly twenty other books, including a companion novel to Sounder called Sour…

Synopsis: A carpenter describes his experiences as an original Jamestown settler in a journal of the colony's grim first years

Synopsis: Mariah MacKenzie, a pioneer Florida girl, faces the dangers of life on the frontier in 1843 at the end of the Second Seminole War.

Synopsis: In COME LOOK WITH ME: EXPLORING LANDSCAPE ART WITH CHILDREN art educator Gladys S. Blizzard introduces boys and girls to 12 magnificent landscape paintings. Through these carefully selected works and a thought-provoking text, the author guides students toward an imaginative new way of looking at art.This book is suited both for family reading and for sharing with a small group. Each full-color reproduction is accompanied by a brief biological…

Synopsis: After receiving a magic set of markers for her 10th birthday, Maddie is transported to ancient Egypt and has an adventure with Cleopatra.

Synopsis: Ride Like an Indian continues the Maddie's Magic Marker series in which Maddie uses magic markers to take factual historical journeys. With her blue marker she goes back in time and faces a bear, crosses the Rockies, rides the rapids and participates in the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

Synopsis: Maddie goes back to the end of the Civil War, meets Harriet Tubman and attempts to stop the assasination of President Lincoln.

Synopsis: Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane.

Synopsis: A 2020 National Parenting Product Awards (NAPPA) Winner!An irresistible chapter book series from the New York Times bestselling author of A Dog's Purpose Puppy Tales featuring Lily, a rescue dog who rescues other animals!Lily lives with her girl, Maggie Rose. Once a stray, Lily was rescued by the kind people at the animal shelter run by Maggie Rose’s mom. Now she has a very important purpose: to rescue other animals in trouble.In Lily to the…

Synopsis: In 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina's Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner's young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past.

Synopsis: Mysteries abound as memory-erased Owen Conners, boy magician Kiel Gnomenfoot, and their half-fictional friend Bethany confront secrets, stolen memories, hidden clues, surprising twists and endings, and some very familiar faces.

Synopsis: "Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court--and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Born a slave in New York sometime around 1797, she was later sold and separated from her family. Even after she escaped from slavery, she knew her work was not yet done. She changed her name and traveled, inspiring everyone she…

Synopsis: This book features ten compelling stories about ordinary law enforcement officers who, powered by extraordinary courage or compassion or both, gave everything they had--and then some--in heroic efforts that saved lives, prevented tragedies or eased heartache in a time of despair.

Synopsis: Birdie Gaux's dog, Bowser, considers himself in charge of security at 19 Gentilly Lane, so when the house is broken into Bowser wants to find the man with the limeade aftershave (and the cat) responsible--but nobody seems to know what the culprits were looking for, or why a strange girl is asking questions about Birdie's father, a policeman who was killed in the line of duty years before Bowser was adopted.

Synopsis: "A witch called Old Auntie is lurking near Dan's family's new home. He doesn't believe in her at first, but is forced to accept that she is real and take action when his little sister, Erica, is 'took' to become Auntie's slave for the next fifty years"--Provided by publisher.