Blashfield, Jean F

Provides an introduction to Yemen, with information on the country's geography, history, culture, landmarks, wildlife, the people who have shaped its past and present, its current environmental issues, and its cuisine, festivals, and traditions, and includes maps, graphs, foreign language phrases, flags, and a timeline.

Provides an introduction to Pakistan, with information on the country's geography, history, culture, landmarks, wildlife, the people who have shaped its past and present, its current environmental issues, and its cuisine, festivals, and traditions, and includes maps, graphs, foreign language phrases, flags, and a timeline.

Photographs, illustrations, and diagrams describe various types of plant life, what all plants have in common, and the life cycles of plants.

Photographs and simple text examines the characteristics, behaviors, and classifications of a variety of insects, amphibians, birds, fish, reptiles, and mammals.

Try your luck, and search for your fortune in California! Follow the joy and heartbreak of the '49ers during the California Gold Rush.

Take an exciting trip along with the Lewis and Clark Expedition! Readers will follow the daring explorers as they make their way across the uncharted American interior to the Pacific Northwest.

An examination of the history of slavery in the United States, covering the slave trade, the life of a slave, the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, and other topics.

Flanked on either side by two of the nation's mightiest rivers, Iowa's fertile rolling hills have made it one of the country's leading sources of agriculture. Readers will discover what grows in Iowa's vast, sprawling fields. They will also learn how the state was founded, what role it has played in U.S. history, and what life is like today in the Hawkeye State. This title will be shipping September 2014.

An introductory history of the Oregon Trail and its significance in opening the West to settlers, including information on the people who opened the Trail, their reasons for going West, modes of transportation, and a description of a typical day on the Trail.

Describes adventures and disasters in the lives of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explains how this event sparked the state's development.