juvenile literature

Rhyming text presents the dandelion, not as a weed, but as a flower of great beauty. Includes information about the flower, a recipe, and science activities.

Presents the life of George Washington, focusing on the Revolutionary War years and his presidency.

Jack and Annie explain about all the different types of dinosaurs.

A simple description of the duties, responsibilities, and traditions of the office of president.

Describes the daily activities and life cycle of a pill bug or wood louse.

Discusses the work of Bob Mason and his efforts to study and protect snakes, particularly red-sided garter snakes.

Narrates the preparations and activities that culminated in man's first landing on the moon in July, 1969.

Reconstructs a possible mission of the fourteen-year-old spy who carried messages to George Washington's camp in the buttons of his coat during the Revolutionary War.

A retelling of the old Russian fairy tale in which beautiful Vasilisa uses the help of her doll to escape from the clutches of the witch Baba Yaga, who sets in motion the events that lead to the marriage of Vasilisa to the tzar.

A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who, having been blinded himself at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and write.