Thomson, Sarah L

Simple text and photographs describe the habitats, characteristics, and behaviors of dolphins.

Mella, a young girl trained as a dragon keeper, learns that the legends of old are true when she is entrusted with carrying a dragon's egg to the fabled Hatching Grounds, a dangerous journey on which she is assisted by a knight's squire.

A photo-illustrated celebration of historic space explorers that presents facts on rocket scientists, animal astronauts, the "Challenger" disaster, and more than twenty individuals including Yuri Gagarin, John Glenn, James Lovell, Kalpana Chawla, and Yang Liwei.

Contains brief profiles of great athletes from a wide range of sports, providing information about each one's accomplishments, in simple text with illustrations.

When her father is imprisoned in 1592 England for being Catholic, fourteen-year-old Rosalind disguises herself as a boy and finds an ultimately dangerous job as servant to playwright Christopher Marlowe.

Chronicles the life of presidential candidate Barack Obama, discussing his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, schooling at Occidental College and Harvard Law School, political accomplishments, keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

Fourteen-year-old Haley is struggling to cope with her stepmom and baby brother, with her beloved cousin's terminal illness, and with dropping grades at school. When she digs deep into her family history for a school project, she uncovers a disturbing New England tradition and a ghostly past. Haley must overcome her doubts and confront a vampire in order to save herself and her family. Inspired by a true New England story.

An illustrated guide to problem solving for children that encourages the reader to break down intimidating jobs into smaller, simple tasks, using examples such as saving money or choosing a high school, and introducing logic trees, matrixes, and evaluation charts.