Easy-to-understand maps, plus lively and informative text make this an essential atlas for younger readers. Pictograms show where to find animals and places of interest. The Kingfisher First Picture Atlas is a fun and attractive reference book for use at home and at school

This Rookie Biography teaches young readers about Henry Ford, the inventor of the first modern car and the assembly line. Young readers will learn how he grew up on a farm, liked to build machines, and made cars

This brochure is about Sweden's most famous natural scientist. He set out to list and order the whole of Creation. His impotance, however, is not confined to the international history of science

Provides step-by-step instructions for craft projects based on traditional crafts of the Pomo, Zuni, Pueblo, Navajo, and other Native Americans of the Western and Southwestern United States

Gives some historical background on Indian tribes of the Plains and Plateau and provides instructions for craft projects derived from their handicrafts, such as corncob dolls, headbands, and a handmade book

He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works, including more than a dozen Broadway shows, in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed music for both Broadway and the classical concert hall, as well as popular songs that brought his work to an even wider public. His compositions have been used in numerous films and on television, and many became jazz standards recorded in numerous variations. Countless singers and musicians have recorded Gershwin songs

Photographs and poetic text celebrate the beauty and diversity of African American children

Briefly discusses some of the explorers of the North and South Poles, including Robert Peary, Ernest Shackleton, Matthew Henson, and Donald Macmillan

Read about 5 famous writers: J. Hughes, R. Wright, G. Brooks, V. Hamilton, W. Myers

Over a thousand years ago, the tribes of the Iroquiois pushed into the forests of what is now New York State. They settled in large dwellings called longhouses in this land of streams and lakes between the Adirondack Mountains and Niagara Falls