Lawson, Robert

Scheherazade, Paul Revere's horse, tells how she advised and led the hero of the American Revolution to fame.

Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.

Points up important events in American history through quotations from famous people beginning with William Bradford's and ending with Franklin Roosevelt's.

Robbut the rabbit learns to be thankful for what nature gave him after his bad experiences with wishing to be and have something he is not.

A mouse relates his role in the achievements of Benjamin Franklin. It's Amos who holds the kite together, uncovers the spiciest news for the Philadelphia Gazette, and ghostwrites the Declaration of Independence.

Eighteen-year-old Conn leaves Ireland and sails to America, where he helps build the first Ferris wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.