cartoons and comics

Explains the type of work performed by engineers and the elements of science they use to perform their job. Showcase science and engineering in action in real-world situations and includes a glossary and further reading sources.

Max Axiom, super scientist, goes back in time to visit Thomas Edison to see how he went through the process of engineering, starting with a problem that needed to be solved. Then Max returns to the future to invent a new, slick skateboard.

Super scientist Max Axiom travels the world to see the work other super scientists are doing in a wide variety of areas, like engineering.

A graphic exploration of significant people and events in U.S. history between the years 1890 and 1930, including the Spanish-American War and World War I.

Contains brief profiles of seven individuals who exhibited the character trait of courage in the face of the unknown, including cancer victim Terry Fox, pilot Amelia Earhart, seventy-year-old student Alferd Williams, civil rights activist Rosa Parks, Polish social worker Irena Sendler, and founders of the pink shirt campaign Travis Price and David Shepherd.

Brief profiles of six individuals who exhibited the character trait of optimism in the face of illness, physical and mental limitations, hard times, racism, and other factors, including actor Michael J. Fox, football player Daniel Ruettiger, musician Jewel, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., jockey Red Pollard, and founder of the miracle project, Elaine Hall.

Shamu and her friend Sally, a marine biologist, describe how killer whales live in the wild, how Shamu and a male killer whale named Namu became the first killer whales to survive in captivity, and the role that the whales have had at Sea World in entertaining and educating people.

During an 1888 blizzard in the Bronx, New York, twelve-year-old Milton Daub makes a pair of snowshoes and braves the weather to take food and medicine to his neighbors.