juvenile fiction

After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a D?rer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Concerned that the increasing influence of Americans will make her island's traditional ways disappear, seven-year-old Princess Lydia Liliuokalani commits traditional stories of the Hawaiian people to paper and presents them to King Kamehameha on Restoration Day in 1846.

Squanto recounts how in 1614 he was captured by the British, sold into slavery in Spain, and ultimately returned to the New World to become a guide and friend for the colonists.

While helping his family make ends meet during the Depression by selling newspapers, a boy meets Babe Ruth.

Julie loves living in Paris, but wishes she could walk in a country garden, so when her mother takes her to visit a friend, she is happy to discover one of the most beautiful gardens she has ever seen, owned by Claude Monet.

Anholt recalls memorable and sometimes amusing moments when the lives of the artists were touched by children. His fine illustrations appear on every page and include reproductions of works by the artists.

The son of a sharecropper dreams of leaving Mississippi on a train with the legendary engineer Casey Jones.

Luke is not very good at baseball, but his grandmother and sports star Jackie Robinson encourage him to keep trying.

As a young girl, budding astronomer Maria Mitchell dreams of searching the night sky and some day finding a new comet.

Sylvette gradually begins to gain self-confidence during the summer she models for the renowned artist Pablo Picasso in the French village of Vallauris.