Weiss, Ellen

Follows the lifecycle of a peach from pit to ripe fruit, and includes a word hunt, definitions, and a look at other fruits with pits.

Follows the lifecycle of a daffodil, from bulb to blossom, and includes a word hunt, definitions, and a look at other plants that grow from bulbs.

Over half a million U.S. soldiers were sent to fight in Vietnam. Viwtnam was undergoing a long civil war. The North was fighting the South. Did Americans belong there?.

Eloise discovers the Plaza Hotel's Lost and Found and decides to make it her secret play room.

Jimmy Carter is the world's peacemaker. He promotes human rights, social and economic justice, and works tirelessly with Habitat for Humanity to build housing for the poor.

On Christmas eve, a young boy joins some other children on a magical train ride to the North Pole.

Splurge becomes attached to the fuzzy blue "friend" he finds floating in the water and is unhappy when he cannot find it one morning.