McCully, Emily Arnold

Monk the little mouse learns from his parents that practice is the way to succeed--whether it is in playing baseball or in playing music.

Describes the history of the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, and the invention of American Sign Language, and includes biographical information on the school's founder, Thomas Gallaudet, and Alice Cogswell, the young girl who inspired the creation.

A young mouse decides to spend the night camping out alone in his backyard, but his parents have other ideas.

When a little mouse's treasured Christmas gift is broken, Grandpa consoles her with a toy train from his own childhood.

In the mid-1800's Maisie Ferris and her father travel to England to introduce the American phenomenon of popcorn.

With the help of a young immigrant boy they meet on their crossing to America, two famous tightrope walkers manage to survive the treachery of a rival showman.

Pip's two grandmothers, who cannot agree on anything, take over coaching her baseball team and create chaos.

Cordelia learns a lesson about the rights and abilities of girls and women when she spends time taking care of Jules, a horse belonging to nineteenth century feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Irish Grania O'Malley is born with the light of the sea in her eye and grows to become a courageous pirate, even braving the wrath of England's Queen Elizabeth I to defend her life and lands.

Pip's two grandmothers, who cannot agree on anything, take Pip and her friends trick-or-treating on Halloween.