Bains, Rae

Explains the importance of the contribution made by the Italian sailor and navigator Christopher Columbus, whose discovery of America in 1492 changed the geography of the known world.

Describes the differing life styles of the Indian tribes that lived in various parts of the West.

Rosy Rabbit has the hiccups and her firends are sure they can stop them.

A brief biography of George Herman Ruth, an unforgettable baseball player.

A biography of the nineteenth-century French scientist who discovered the process for destroying harmful bacteria with heat and opened the door to the new science of microbiology.

A brief discussion of what electricity is, where it comes from, and how it is used.

Briefly traces the history of the Pilgrims, a group of Puritans who fled England to escape religious persecution, sailed to Massachusetts on the Mayflower, and celebrated their first harvest there in 1621 with a great feast.

A biography of the sixteenth president, known as a wise and compassionate man and an eloquent speaker, whose determination helped preserve the Union during the Civil War.

Introduces some basic facts about the European continent.

Briefly traces the origins of modern western culture in Greek civilization as it developed during the thousand years before Christ.