Sis, Peter

Gives information about each state, including capital, motto, state tree, state bird, source of name, and date of statehood.

A young boy who loves dragons goes with his parents to the Indonesian island of Komodo in hopes of seeing a real dragon. Includes factual information about the Komodo dragon.

A whale sails new seas and, after several unsuccessful attempts, makes a friend.

A book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, pholosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei.

A retelling of Christopher Columbus' search for the New World.

Rhino's good friends, the rainbow birds, leave him for better places to live, but they soon discover that beautiful places can have secret dangers.

Rhino's good friends, the rainbow birds, leave him for better places to live, but they soon discover that beautiful places can have secret dangers.

Peter Sis finds the diary his father kept when he was lost in Tibet in the mid-1950's.