The riddles that a pioneer family share explain the origin of such things in their lives as their log cabin, johnnycakes, the broom, a cloak, candles, and more.
Presents an illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel of a miser who learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.
An adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's story of D'Artagnan, a young man in seventeenth-century France who initially quarrels with, then befriends three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and queen.
Living in Indiana during World War I, ten-year-old Mallie longs to be seen as different from her identical twin and finds an example of individuality in the gypsies who moved into her community.
Twelve-year-old Hannah accepts the challenge of sneaking behind enemy lines to deliver a message to General Washington which will result in the British surrender at Yorktown.
Obi escapes from slavery during the Civil War, joins a black Union regiment and soon becomes involved in the bloody fighting at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
In 1836, on a cotton plantation in Alabama, twelve-year-old Elsy and her family endure the harsh realities of slavery and keep alive their family history by remembering their ancestors.
