history

A brief biography of abolitionist Frederick Douglass that chronicles his childhood as a slave in Maryland, escape to freedom, and continuous work for emancipation.

Simple text and illustrations present several chores in the daily lives of Pilgrim children, such as churning butter and gathering firewood.

Simple text and photographs highlight the history and key players of the Houston Rockets.

Tells the story of the first car race in America, on Thanksgiving Day of 1895, in which Frank Duryea, Oscar Mueller, and Jerry O'Conner battled the elements across Chicago for eleven hours to prove the strength and speed of the horseless carriage.

Simple text and photographs highlight the history and key players and coaches of the Chicago Bulls.

The story of the Indian leader who tried but failed to get his people into Canada in 1877 so that they would not be sent to a reservation.

Captioned illustrations depict life in a fortified town in medieval times.

Simple text and photographs highlight the history and key players and coaches of the New York Knicks.

Briefly traces the history of the modern Olympic Games as they developed from a single 200-meter race run in Olympia, Greece, in 776 B.C.

Chronicles the early life of Henry Ford, the American automotive industrialist who founded the Ford Motor Company and pioneered in assembly-line methods of mass production.