Skelton, Renee

Chronicles the life and times of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.

Profiles the life and career of climate scientist Inez Fung, and chronicles her childhood in Hong Kong, education and study in America, and her work on weather patterns.

Traces the life of the English naturalist from his early years through his expedition aboard the H.M.S. Beagle and the development of his theory of evolution by natural selection.

Examines the life of Harriet Tubman, who escaped to the North in 1849 from Maryland and who returned to the South several times to lead over three hundred slaves to freedom and discusses her work during the Civil War as a nurse, cook, scout, and spy for the Union army.