Wadsworth, Ginger

Presents information about the habits and habitats of twenty common animals, such as the robin, puppy, bee, and penguin, while counting from one to twenty.

A biography of the two inventors whose 1903 powered, controlled flight of an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, made history.

Seventeen-year-old Moses struggles to stay alive when he is left behind to keep watch over the belongings of his fellow travelers in a wagon train that has run into trouble with the onset of winter while journeying from Iowa to California in 1844.

A biography of the naturalist and explorer who helped found the Sierra Club and was influential in the development of our national park system.

Presents information about the habits and habitats of twenty common animals, such as the robin, puppy, bee, and penguin, while counting from one to twenty.

Introduces Benjamin Banneker, a free black man of the eighteenth century who loved to learn and used his knowledge and observations to build a wooden clock, write an almanac, and help survey the streets of Washington, D.C.

Examines Laura Ingalls Wilder's life as a pioneer girl and her work as a writer describing that life for others.

Explores the wildlife that depends on a river for food and shelter. Discussion questions follow each section of the text.

A brief biography of Annie Oakley, discussing her youth and family in Ohio, the development of her skills as a hunter, her marriage to Frank Butler and their work as a sharpshooting team, her travels with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, and her later life.

Briefly describes the behavior of and sounds made by various animals, from one growling tiger to twenty croaking frogs.