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The 1918 flu pandemic

2008
Examines the 1918 outbreak of influenza written in graphic novel format.

The United States Constitution

a graphic adaptation
2008
An introduction to the United States Constitution, presented in graphic form, detailing important people and events in the creation of the founding document, its Preamble, and twenty-seven amendments.

Journey into Mohawk Country

2006
An illustrated children's version of the journal of a young Dutch trader, Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert, who journeyed into the land of the Iroquois Indians, a Mohawk tribe that controlled the trade routes in the area, in 1634, seeking to bolster the Dutch trade in what is now New York State.

The 9

a graphic adaptation
2006
Presents the story of 9/11 in graphic novel format based on the study of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States. Addresses the causes of 9/11 and offers recommendations to prevent another such attack.

Mendel's daughter

2006
A graphic novel in which Martin Lemelman recounts his mother's childhood in 1930s Poland and her escape from Nazi persecution.

Trick or treat!

a Peanuts Halloween
2004
A collection of over one hundred Halloween Peanuts comic strips, as well as Halloween recipes, costumes, projects, and facts.

Matthew Henson

Arctic adventurer
2006
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.

The voyage of the Mayflower

2006
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.

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