What is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do? Nikolai knows that he wants to be the best person he can be, but often he is unsure if he is doing the right thing. So he goes to ask Leo, the wise turtle. When he arrives, the turtle is struggling to dig in his garden, and Nikolai rushes to help him. As he finishes work, a violent storm rolls in. Nikolai runs for Leo

Introducing readers to a pioneering African-American inventor from the mid-1800s, the story of his life recounts his successes with such everyday objects as rubber heels, lawn sprinklers, and locomotive oil cups

The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles

For thousands of years nomadic people from east Asia followed caribou walking east. Sometime around 20,000 BCE, they crossed the land bridge into North America. These waves of people are the ancestors to every culture on the continent

The right to vote is just one of the rights granted to citizens of most countries. Discover what other responsibilities you have as a citizen, and how you can contribute to your community and country

American history comes to life with these engaging, original songs that teach about the important events that shaped our country, including the arrival of European explorers, the American Revolution, westward expansion, the Civil War, immigration, and so more. Includes song sheets, background information, hands-on activities, and reproducible activity sheets. For use with Grades 3-6.

A bountful collection of ready-to-use activities, games, easy art projects, poems, mini-books, and more!

His collection was divided in 1976, with a bicentennial gift, it includees the 320 scientific incunables

Blast off with Mae Jemison and take a voyage into outer space