Ray, Deborah Kogan

Relates the story of Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl's efforts to prove that Polynesians were of Incan descent by building and successfully sailing from Peru to French Polynesia a raft he made by using materials and processes available to the ancient Incas.

Mother and daughter gather blueberries in the misty morning quiet at the seashore.

Chronicles the experiences of John Wesley Powell, who led the first exploration down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon.

A biography of Sarah Winnemucca, Paiute Indian and Native American civil rights activists, discussing her childhood, her work as an advocate for all Native Americans, and the appeals to white America to treat her people with dignity.

While Daddy's away fighting in the Pacific, Jeannie plants a Victory garden, collects scrap, and sends letters to her father as she anxiously awaits his return.

A young girl in Maine and her grandmother in California exchange letters and packages which reflect cycles of planting and harvesting in their different climates.

Presents an illustrated biography of twentieth-century Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.

A young girl describes her experiences caring for her orphaned puppy Trip.

When two sisters have different ideas about what they want to see, a family day at the zoo turns out a little zany.

A little girl struggles to hike up a mountain with her mother in hopes of seeing a beautiful white cloud.