history

Discusses the life of Ferris wheel inventor George Ferris, explains what inspired him to create the wheel and how it was built, and describes its debut.

This book describes how airplanes work highlighting their history and construction.

A young white girl rides the bus with her father to the March on Washington in 1963--at which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would give his "I Have a Dream" speech--and comes to see that Dr. King's dream belongs not just to African-Americans but to all Americans.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Highlights the players, coaches, playing strategies, and memorable games in the history of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team.

Describes the background and history of the Los Angeles Clippers pro basketball team.

Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of continuity and change in homes and home life in the United States, including such topics as types of homes, house work, playing, bathing, sleeping, and more.

Presents a history of the women's suffrage movement, and examines the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, suffrage leaders including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and others, and the nineteenth amendment which gave women the right to vote.

Traces the history of medicine from early surgery and the discovery of radioactivity to progress in modern medicines and genetic engineering. Includes some simple activities.

Recounts events in the life of George Washington which focus on his fondness for animals.