Synopsis: Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Abigail Adams. Illustrated throughout.

Synopsis: "Hiscock uses a tree in his neighbor's backyard as the focal point for a discussion of a tree's life cycle. Using a nice combination of text and art, he follows the tree's growth over time--starting with its sprouting from a winged seed around the time of the American Revolution and ending with its evolution into a beautiful shade tree".--Booklist. Full color.

Synopsis: Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Amelia Earhart. Illustrated throughout.

Synopsis: Childhood of Famous AmericansOne of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies -- easily read by children of eight and up -- today's youngster is swept right into history.

Synopsis: It looks like Evaline Waters, a River Heights resident, is knee-deep in trouble. A huge corporation is suing her for her land; they want to tear down her house and put up a warehouse. And documentation of the zoning law that would protect Evaline's right to keep her land is missing. Figures! I've got to find that document, but it's hard to focus on the land when I'm cruising at ten thousand feet. See, Ned and I are taking flying lessons, him…

Synopsis: So I agreed to play the part of Esther Rackham in a film about the heist that gave River Heights its name, and there was all this trouble on the set, and I figured out who was behind it. Case closed, right? Wrong! Once the camera starts rolling, a huge fire breaks out on the set, setting back production again. We're running out of time and funds. At least the fire turns up a key clue about who started it, but I'll have to continue juggling…

Synopsis: Don't tell anyone -- the only safety is in secrecy.During the summer of 1894 the giant sequoia trees -- the oldest living things on earth -- are being felled for lumber in northern California. When fifteen-year-old Francie finds a note hidden in the stump of an old sequoia, she immediately recognizes her sister's handwriting. But Carrie died in an accident six years ago. Could Carrie's secret still be important?Francie's search for the truth…

Synopsis: WANTED: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders. Willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. When Colton Wescott sees this sign for the Pony Express, he thinks he has the solution to his problems. He's stuck with his ma and two younger sisters on the wrong side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, with no way to get across. They were on the wagon train heading to California when Pa accidentally shot Colton and then…

Synopsis: A basic introduction to glaciers intorduction to glaciers includes experiments for children who want to find out if a glacier once covered the land where they live and explains how they form, their characteristics, and their impact on the earth

Synopsis: A simple explanation of what happens to various plants in winter.

Synopsis: Describes the physical characteristics, natural habitat, diet and behavior of this branch of the woodpecker family.

Synopsis: In addition to being naughty and losing their company clothes to the passing Puddle-Duck family, Tom and his two sisters indulge in rowdy behavior when they are sent upstairs as punishment, while the barnyard collie and pups have to rescue Jemima Puddle-Duck from the fox's cooking pot.After losing their clothes to the Puddle-Ducks, Tom and his sisters are punished, while the collie rescues Jemima Puddle-Duck from a fox