cartoons and comics

Presents a short biography of African-American explorer Matthew Henson written in graphic novel format, and focuses on his attempts to reach the North Pole with Robert Peary in the late nineteenth century.

Presents a comic book version of the story of thirteenth-century explorer Marco Polo's journey to China, describing some of the things he saw while in the service of Kublai Khan.

Presents a short history of the voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 written in graphic novel format, and focuses on the reasons why the Pilgrims came to the New World and how they started Plymouth Colony.

In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Isabel Soto as she discovers the secrets of Egypt's great pyramids.

A graphic novel account of the life of Abraham Lincoln, from his childhood in frontier Kentucky and Indiana to his assassination in 1865.

Describes, in graphic novel format, the everyday life of a family in Egypt in 2200 B.C., during the reign of Pepi II.

Describes, in graphic novel format, the everyday life of the people living in Rome, Italy, in 202 AD.

Describes, in graphic novel format, the everyday life of the people in Athens in ancient Greece.

In graphic novel format, presents Lee's surrender to Grant at the end of the Civil War, as he recalls some of the war's most significant battles.

Describes the events and circumstances leading to the June 6, 1944, invasion of Europe at Normandy by Allied forces, written in graphic novel format.