Lowery, Linda

Presents information on the holiday Cinco De Mayo, and includes a description of its history, how Mexico won its independence from the French and the Spanish, and how it is celebrated. Includes glossary.

Expands on a popular Mexican folktale about a ghost that haunts riverbanks at night, crying as she searches for her lost children.

Explores the history, and present culture of Native Americans from the Southwest region, including the Pueblo, Hopi, and Navajo.

Explores the history, and present culture of Native Americans from the Southeast region, including the Caddo, Seminole, and Cherokee.

Explores the history, and present culture of Native Americans from the Great Plains region, including the Wichita, Omaha, Ponca, and Lakota.

Explores the history, and present culture of Native Americans from California, including the Miwok, Cahuilla, and Yurok.

A boy who has no use for Valentine's Day has a change of heart.

Presents a short biography about ex-slave Clara Brown who traveled to Colorado to begin a new life and look for her daughter who was sold as a small child, and describes how she became rich enough to help other freed slaves after the Civil War to also begin new lives.