Armstrong, Jennifer

Jailed by an evil foe, a king receives invaluable help from a crow that regularly brings him the latest news.

Mairhe, who lives in the Irish slum in Washington, D.C., in the 1860s, struggles to come to grips with the impact of the Civil War on her family.

An Irish immigrant girl and her family struggle to find their place in a country at war with itself.

In 1855 two thirteen-year-old girls, one white and one black, run away from a southern farm and make the difficult journey north to freedom, living to recount their story forty-one years later to two similar young girls.

Presents twelve short stories about the experiences of young children and teenagers in war, showing a variety of perspectives, and provides factual notes on each conflict dramatized.

Contains 100 short stories about real people and events in American history, arranged chronologically from 1565 to 2000, including the lost colony of Roanoke, Pocahontas, the Chicago fire, and the 2000 presidential election.

When the Broadway Fire House acquires a motorized fire engine, Magnus the fire horse is not ready to retire.

In rhyming text, the sun and moon shine on a young boy's day as he explores the beach, goes sailing, and plays in his yard.

Presents twelve short stories about the experiences of young children and teenagers in war, showing a variety of perspectives, and provides factual notes on each conflict dramatized.