Surveys the history of the sport of football, discussing its somewhat unclear origins, the evolution of its rules and popularity, and some of the key players and games.
Surveys the history of basketball, from its beginnings in a Massachusetts YMCA through its evolution into a professional sport to the modern era of highly paid superstars.
Introduces the different kinds of bombers used during World War II, their capabilities, the kinds of missions on which they were sent, and any special characteristics.
true stories told by children who escaped the Holocaust on the Kindertransport
Fox, Anne L.
1999
Tells the true stories of children who escaped Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport, a rescue mission led by concerned British to save Jewish children from the Holocaust.
Presents photographs of the Civil War along with profiles of the major photographers and descriptions of the difficulties they faced while recording the reality of the conflict.
As the Roman army marches inexorably across the Judean desert towards the fortress of Masada, Simon and his family and friends prepare, along with the rest of the Jewish Zealots, to fight and never surrender.
A biography which discusses the discrimination faced by Jackie Robinson, the baseball legend who became the first African-American to play Major League baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
