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Explains the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, including its chronology, causes, and lasting effects.

A country cricket, accidently transported to Times Square in a wicker picnic basket, finds friends and happiness in the big city.

Uses simple language to explain the events of September 11, 2001, helping children understand what happened and how it affected the country.

The author, founder and leader of the Frederick Douglass Academy in New York's Harlem, explains her approach to leadership through rules, observations, and true stories.

Trouble ensues when Papa gets Miguel a turkey to fatten up for Thanksgiving and Miguel develops an attachment to it.

Contains six stories that follow the adventures of Rebecca Rubin, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants in early twentieth-century New York, who aspires to be an actress.

The author describes his boyhood summers spent at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem where she introduced him to the sounds of the merenque and the conga and told him stories of Puerto Rico.

Memoirs of the author's childhood and youth in Puerto Rico and New York City.