16th century

In 1535, thirteen-year-old Samuel de la Loire, who comes from a wealthy and aristocratic family in St. Malo, France, yearns for adventure, so he stows away aboard one of Jacques Cartier's ships, which are returning to the New World in search of gold, and the mythical Kingdom of Saguenay--what he finds is a struggle for survival, especially after he is left behind when the ships sail back to France.

While helping to clean up their local community theater, twelve-year-old Mason and his friend Aubrey suddenly find themselves in 1598 London where a discouraged William Shakespeare has just lost his lease on the Globe and is thinking about quitting writing, and it is up to the children to come up with a plan to recover the theater and convince Shakespeare that the best is yet to come.

Grandma Lupita tells her granddaughter Rose and Rose's friend Terry the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a miracle that occurred near Mexico City in 1531. Includes facts about the event and its influence.

The English colony on Roanoke Island vanished with only a single word, "CROATOAN" carved into a post. What happened? Readers can review the theories and decide for themselves.

Relates, in graphic novel format, the story of the settlement of Roanoke Island in 1587 by English colonists and the unexplained disappearance of the entire Roanoke Colony, including the first English child born in the colonies, which was discovered by supply ships returning from England three years later.

Presents an overview of the history of the lost colony of Roanoke, in simple text with illustrations, describing the arrival of the English in the new world.

"Florence, 1501-1505. Leonardo was a charming, handsome fifty year-old at the peak of his career. Michelangelo was a temperamental sculptor in his mid-twenties, desperate to make a name for himself. After winning the commission to carve what will become a sculpture of David, Michelangelo lives at the foot of his misshapen block of marble struggling until the stone finally begins to speak. Leonardo is obsessed with his ungainly flying machine and haunted by a merchant's wife, whom he is commissioned to paint. Her name is Lisa, and she becomes his muse. Their envy, ambition, and artistic genius create a rivalry such as Florence has never seen"--OCLC.

Looks at the life and career of William Shakespeare, discussing how the sixteenth century world he lived in influenced his plays and poems.

Living with her father in the Tower of London during the reign of Henry VIII, Moss is disgusted and revolted by both her father's job (executioner) and hers (collecting the freshly severed heads) and wants desperately to escape and find out more about her origins.

A history of the Renaissance, examining the economic, social, and technological undergirdings of the sudden outpouring of genius, and providing analyses of specific artists and their works of literature, painting, sculpture, and architecture.