O'Neill, Alexis

Chronicles the life and career of newspaper photographer Jacob Riis, who was determined to change the fate of those living in the tenement houses of New York.

When Melvil Dewey realized every library organized their books differently, he wondered if he could invent a system all libraries could use to organize them efficiently. Melvil was a persistent (and noisy) advocate for free public libraries. And while he made enemies along the way as he pushed for changes--like his battle to establish the first library school with women as students, through it all he was efficient, inventive, and often annoying as he made big changes in the world of public libraries--changes still found in the libraries of today.

A young Mexican American girl accompanies her father to a swap meet, where she hopes to sell her music box and get money for dancing lessons.

When a new boy named Victor arrives at school, Conrad temporarily forgets about his best friend Mike, but when Victor's desire to win makes him not want Conrad on his team, Mike and Conrad discover that they are still best friends after all.

A young Mexican American girl accompanies her father to a swap meet, where she hopes to sell her music box for money for dancing lessons.

Presents a picture book on the true story of Homan Walsh, a young man who loved to fly kites and became the first man to fly a kite across Niagra Falls and connected by kite-string the United States and Canada.

A little girl with a big voice who lives in a nineteenth-century whaling town finds a way to be useful and happy aboard a sailing ship.

A little girl with a big voice who lives in a nineteenth-century whaling town finds a way to be useful and happy aboard a sailing ship.