Describes the history, government, people, culture, aspects of daily life, and enduring legacy of Ancient Rome.
"IN THE FUTURE EVERYBODY will be world famous for 15 minutes." The Campbell's Soup Cans. The Marilyns. The Electric Chairs. The Flowers. The work created by Andy Warhol elevated everyday...
Babe Ruth is still regarded as perhaps the greatest baseball player ever to step on a diamond. Born into a poor family in Baltimore, George Herman Ruth Jr. was sent to a Catholic reform school at...
Describes different types of bats and their physical characteristics, methods of motion, feeding habits, and life cycles.
An introduction to different kinds of bulldozers and the work they do.
Cartier
Jacques Cartier in Search of the Northwest Passage
by Jean F. Blashfield
A biography on Jacques Cartier, an explorer who claimed much of what is now eastern Canada for France.
Introduces the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and endangered status of the cheetah, the fast-moving member of the cat family.
All about the history of the Chinese New Year, and how the holiday is celebrated today.
Innovative, exciting and inspirational
Be an eyewitness to the lives of the prehistoric masters of the earth and find out how ancient fossils and footprints can reveal their awesome...
Earth
by Dana Meachen Rau
Describes the orbit, surface and internal composition, exploration, and future study of earth.