juvenile literature

History of the exploration of Saturn from ancient astronomers to latest NASA findings. Includes website resources, and location guide for backyard observations.

Young Josh, Emma, and Libby Binkerton try to travel into the future but end up in ancient Greece instead, learning about Greek culture, and soon their temporal trip turns chaotic when Libby takes a chariot for a ride.

Describes many familiar inventions, foods, customs, tools, toys and games, fasions, and more that originated in ancient Egypt.

Describes the samplers stitched by girls in colonial America and explains what these samplers tell about the lives of their makers. Includes simple projects.

Discusses colonial life in America, depicts a year in the life of a fictional colonial family, and presents projects and activities, such as butter churning, candle dipping, baking bread, and playing colonial games.

Describes the role cats played in Egyptian religious beliefs and practices.

Includes diary entries, personal letters, and archival photographs to describe the experiences of boys, sixteen years old or younger, who fought in the Civil War.

Chronicles the history of the Colonial Wars, also called the French and Indian Wars, which gave the British control of North America.

Introduces, through text and photographs, the characteristics of the seventh planet in the solar system.

Explores the frozen beauty of the polar regions and the remarkable flora and fauna that survive in the hostile conditions.