rescue work

In this cumulative, rhyming story, a little chick needs help from all his farmyard friends to get out of the mud.

Traveling west with her pioneer family in a wagon train, Rose meets Minnow, who lives in a native American village along the banks of a river.

Colorful photographs and simple text describe what rescue boats do and introduce the people who operate them.

Ten-year-old Arly places himself in great danger when he joins in the rescue operation to free his friend Floyd Collins who has become trapped in a cave in Kentucky in 1925.

Colorful photographs and simple text describe what helicopters do and introduce the people who operate them.

Describes how ships are used to send aid in response to such disasters as tsunamis and hurricanes.

Presents a brief description of various first responders to local, national, and international disasters including the Civil Air Patrol, Medevac, and FEMA.

Contains seventeen essays that offer different perspectives on issues related to Hurricane Katrina, discussing the government response, improvements being made in New Orleans, the Mississippi coast, mental health services, school reform, global warming, and related topics.

A collection of photographs taken in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001, with commentary by the photographers.

Recounts the events surrounding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon, focusing on the actions of heroic men and women who risked their lives in the rescue and recovery mission that took place in the days following the attacks, and the deadly fire that threatened to destroy the United States military.