philadelphia (pa.)

Photographs and simple text take emergent readers to the site of the Liberty Bell. Includes picture glossary and index.

It is President Washington's birthday, and Hercules, Washington's slave and head chef, is planning to bake a special cake, provided he and his daughter can find a substitute for sugar.

When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy, a former slave, discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she escaped from only two years earlier.

Presents a photographic exploration of the history of organized crime in Philadelphia in the 1920s and 1930s, the Prohibition Era. Discusses the lives of Mickey Duffy, known as "Prohibition's Mr. Big;" Max "Boo Boo" Hoff, who was called king of the bootleggers; the violent Lanzetti brothers; and the arsenic widows poison ring.

The Liberty Bell, which resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that's over 260 years old can be traced back to William Penn. Created to commemorate Penn's visionary work. It now stands as one of our nation's most valued symbols of peace, liberty, and freedom for all! Read all about the facts about this old, cracked bell that doesn't ring anymore!.

It's 1778 and France has declared war on Great Britain. The British are in Philadelphia and George Washington's troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from a presumed grave to discover that his best friend has married Claire. All is in disarray as an illegitimate son discovers who his father is, a nephew wants to marry a Quaker, and Claire and Jenny, Jamie's sister, try to pick up the pieces. Jamie and Claire can only be grateful that their daughter, Brianna, and her family, are safe in twentieth-century Scotland. Or not. In fact, Brianna is searching for her own kidnapped son. Her husband, Roger, has gone into the past searching for his son (who has, unbeknownst to Brianna and Roger, never left the twentieth century.) Now with Roger out of the way, the kidnapper can focus on his true target: Brianna.

Eight stories trace the lives of two young people who have managed to find love despite the profound losses they have suffered.

When an army of zombies rise in Philadelphia, Eleanor Fitt soon learns that whoever is controlling the undead has also taken her brother. Now, she must race to stop these supernatural forces before it's too late.

Addy and her parents are together in Philadelphia, but Addy misses her brother and sister and her Auntie Lula and Uncle Solomon and wants desperately for her family to be reunited.