Maestro, Betsy

A collection of haiku depicting a variety of scenes from nature.

Describes the varieties, habitats, behavior, and physical characteristics of sharks.

Discusses the year 2000 as a milestone marking two thousand years of human achievement, as a threshold leading into a new millennium, and as an important anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Describes the varieties, habitats, behavior, and physical characteristics of snakes.

Text and illustrations introduce words with opposite meanings such as over and under, big and little, and front and back.

A basic guide to voting and the election process in the United States.

The reader is introduced to such typical city words as "theater," "museum," "office building," and "train station" as a taxi travels through a hectic workday in and around the city.

Presents a picture book discussing the struggles during the early days of the newly established United States of America.

Presents a short history of the American Revolution, and examines key events and battles, patriots such as Sam Adams and Patrick Henry, loyalists, British and French soldiers, and George Washington.

Discusses both hypothetical and historical voyages of discovery to America by the Phoenicians, Saint Brendan of Ireland, the Vikings, and such later European navigators as Columbus, Cabot, and Magellan.