Holub, Joan

Young Elizabeth I gets valuable advice from her father the king when she tries to teach her pony to jump over a wall.

Young Cleopatra, not believing herself to be as beautiful as her sisters, decides to concentrate on her studies instead--a decision that proves valuable when her ability to understand the Egyptian language allows her to uncover a plot against her father, the king.

In autumn, the little friends from Ant Hill find and plant some seeds, then patiently wait until spring to enjoy the plants that appear.

The kids of Ant Hill do a play about their ancestors' first Thanksgiving when they hopped on the "Mayflower" and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and made many new six-legged friends around a big harvest spread.

After giving Athena a makeover Aphrodite becomes jealous of her friend, but she focuses on figuring out how to help a mortal win a race against Atalanta, which will result in either their marriage or his death.

Provides brief facts about the lives of significant women, such as Florence Nightingale, Maria Tallchief, Ruby Bridges, and Malala Yousafzai.

An easy-to-read retelling of the Greek myth of Pandora, whose curiosity leads her to open a box marked "Do Not Open!" and let loose all kinds of trouble.

When Groundhog realizes he needs helpers all over the country to accurately forecast the weather, he establishes a school to teach young groundhogs how to determine when spring will arrive.

"The terrible Titans are merciless giants who rule the earth, led by Cronus, the biggest, baddest Titan of them all. Cronus and his cronies have put the world into chaos-but the Titans' rule is about to be challenged by a group of young Olympians, led by ten-year-old Zeus, as they discover their powers and try to claim their rightful place as rulers in various realms of the universe"--Amazon.

When Miss Blue's class visits Farmer Mixenmatch's Pumpkin Patch, the students find many ways to have fun, and a lot of thing to count.