Birch, Beverley

Examines the custom of celebrating on special days, describing certain festivals and holidays and the reasons why they are honored.

On t.p.: The inventor of a way to read and write that has helped millions of blind people communicate with the world.

Presents the stories of five of Shakespeare's plays: Antony and Cleopatra, Richard III, Henry IV, Henry V, and Julius Caesar.

Recounts the life of the Nobel Prize-winning civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King.

A biography of the nineteenth-century French scientist who discovered the process for destroying harmful bacteria with heat and opened the door to the new science of microbiology.

Describes the life and work of the Italian inventor, who was a pioneer in the development of the radio.