juvenile literature

Text and illustrations present information on the parts of the body and how they work.

Eighty-nine flags are illustrated and identified with accompanying text describing their significance in American history.

Examines the importance and meaning of numbers and how they are used in such areas as weights and measures, money, and signs and symbols.

A biography of the Canadian-born black American who studied engineering in Scotland and patented over fifty inventions despite the obstacles he faced because of his race.

This book takes the reader on a voyage through the history of boats, from the earliest Greek galleys to the modern ocean-going vessels of today.

This book surveys the development of land transportation in relations to the needs, skills, and technologies of people living at different periods of history.

Chronicles the experiences of the first Africans in the New World and the roles they played in the new societies.

Describes and illustrates the Native Americans of the West, from before the arrival of Europeans to the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890, through a variety of images created during that period.

Introduces different shapes in illustrations and appropriate descriptive words in English, French, Spanish, and Italian.