Kulling, Monica

Provides a brief account of the life of Francis Scott Key and describes the events that led to his composition of national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner.".

Simple text and illustrations explore the life of African Canadian inventor Elijah McCoy.

A simple retelling of the adventures of Tom and his friends, who witness a murder by the villainous Injun Joe and sail the Mississippi River pretending to be pirates.

In 1815 in Scotland, having realized that the corpses he and his peers examine in anatomy class are stolen from fresh graves, a young medical student finds that he must procure the next specimen.

Explorer Sir Henry Shackleton leads an expedition to the Antarctic and is marooned there.

A Hawaiian girl's new dog is actually an alien, and two strange creatures have come to earth to catch him and take him to jail.

Anxious to enter a contest for turning a messy room into a clean one, Jon and Lucas work hard to clean Jon's very messy room but lose the contest form in the process.

A short illustrated biography about the woman who invented the paper bag.

An introduction to the life of Harry Houdini, one of the most famous magicians of all time.

Describes how the young Hungarian immigrant Ehrich Weiss worked to become the great magician, Harry Houdini.