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Kids during the Great Depression

1999
Discusses the social and economic climate of the Great Depression as it related to the life and daily activities of children.

The assault on Fort Wagner

Black soldiers make a stand in South Carolina battle
2004
Provides an overview of the role of African American soldiers in the Civil War, focusing on the establishment of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and their role in the attack on Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina.

Spartacus

the life of a Roman gladiator
2005
Presents a graphic biography of Spartacus, and chronicles early Rome and the Roman Republic, Roman expansion, gladiators, and Spartacus's uprising which nearly brought down Rome.

Elizabeth I

the life of England's Renaissance queen
2005
Presents a graphic biography of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and chronicles her rise to power in 1558, the royal House of Tudor, and the passing of the English throne to the Stuarts in 1603.

Cleopatra

the life of an Egyptian queen
2005
Presents a graphic biography of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt,and chronicles her rise to power, the Ptolemaic dynasty, and relationship with Julius Caesar.

Alexander the Great

the life of a king and conqueror
2005
Presents a graphic biography of Alexander the Great that follows his conquests and rise to power after the death of his father Philip II, and provides a short history of his empire and the division of the land after his own death.

The St. Patrick's Day shillelagh

2002
On his way from Ireland to America to escape the potato famine, young Fergus carves a shillelagh from his favorite blackthorn tree, and each St. Patrick's Day for generations, his story is retold by one of his descendants.

The Plymouth Thanksgiving

1967
The Pilgrims' long and arduous voyage to the New World, their efforts to find a suitable harbor and place to settle, early encounters and peaceful coexistence with the Indians, and the abundant first year of farming and harvest thanksgiving are retold in a simple, researched text and accompanying illustrations.

Why Vietnamese immigrants came to America

2003
Explores Vietnamese immigration to the United States from the 1960s to the present, and looks at the contributions of Vietnamese Americans to the culture of the United States.

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