Benjamin Banneker

Ginger Wadsworth

• Paperback | Engels | On My Own Biographies (Hardcover)
• Gazing up at the stars, Benjamin Banneker longed to understand how and why things worked as they did. In a time when most black Americans were slaves,... Lees meer

Hot Pursuit

Rhody Cohon, Stacia Deutsch

• Paperback | Engels
• It was the Freedom Summer of 1964. Civil rights workers Mickey Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney were driving through rural Mississippi. Whe... Lees meer

Starring Steven Spielberg

Gene Barretta

• Hardcover | Engels
• ★ "Inspiring text and illustrations evoke the journey of an iconic filmmaker. Recommended for all collections." -- School Library Journal , starred re... Lees meer

Nathan Hale

Shannon Zemlicka

• Paperback | Engels | On My Own Biographies (Hardcover)
• As the Revolutionary War began, Nathan Hale immediately joined up on the side of the Patriots. When General Washington needed a spy, Hale was the only... Lees meer

Washington Is Burning

Marty Rhodes Figley

• Paperback | Engels | On My Own History
• Fifteen-year-old Paul Jennings looked out the window of the President's House. America was at war with Britain, and British soldiers were marching tow... Lees meer

Get the H*ll Out of My House

Alan Katz

• Hardcover | Engels
• Just when you thought they'd moved out for good... Being a mommy is great. So is being a daddy. But do you know what's even better? Being an empty nes... Lees meer

Gifts from the Enemy

Trudy Ludwig

• Paperback | Engels
• "I am an ordinary person with an extraordinary past." In this true and moving story, Alter Wiener, a teen Holocaust survivor of five Nazi prison camps... Lees meer

Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express

Marlene Targ Brill

• Paperback | Engels | On My Own History
• Bronco Charlie longs for a life of adventure. By the time he turned eleven, he'd been a sailor, a cowboy, and could tame wild bucking broncos. But Cha... Lees meer

Prisoner for Liberty

Marty Rhodes Figley

• Paperback | Engels | On My Own History
• James Forten knew how important freedom was. He was a free African American born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When the American Revolution started i... Lees meer

John Adams Speaks for Freedom

Deborah Hopkinson

• Paperback | Engels | Ready-To-Read Stories of Famous Americans
• John Adams didn't enjoy traveling. He much preferred to stay home with his wife and children. But John Adams also had a dream: He wanted to see the th... Lees meer

Mystery of the Vanishing Forest

Gertrude Chandler Warner

• Paperback | Engels | The Boxcar Children Endangered Animals
• The Aldens travel to Sumatra to learn about saving the rain forest and its animals. The Aldens travel to Sumatra to learn about saving the rain forest... Lees meer

Adventurous People

Kelly Birdsong, Tim Birdsong

• Hardcover | Engels
• "...go out and play-adventure awaits with each new day." From rock ledges to ocean swells, follow along as brave adventurers do what they love in the ... Lees meer

The Can Man

Laura E Williams

• Paperback | Engels
• To earn money, a young boy decides to collect and redeem empty soft drink cans, but ends up giving away his money to help a local homeless man. Tim's ... Lees meer

BORN TO DRAW COMICS STORY CHARLES SCHULZ HC

Ginger Wadsworth

• Hardcover | Engels
• A mixed-panel format picture book biography of Charles 'Sparky' Schulz, creator of the beloved comic strip Peanuts. Lees meer

The Big Spill Rescue

• Paperback | Engels | The Boxcar Children Endangered Animals
• A beach cleanup leads Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny on a new set of adventures. When an oil spill takes place off the coast of Connecticut, the Ald... Lees meer

Boys Camp: Zack's Story

Cameron Dokey

• Paperback | Engels | Boys Camp
• So , Zack Wilson thought, almost laughing at himself. I've been at Camp Wolf Trail, what? Ten minutes? And already I'm having an adventure. At last! B... Lees meer

Boys Camp: Nate's Story

Kitson Jazynka

• Hardcover | Engels | Boys Camp | nr. 2
• Nate has returned to Camp Wolf Trail, his own personal heaven for the past two summers, with a secret: He doesn't want his cabinmates to know that he'... Lees meer

Boys Camp: Nate's Story

Kitson Jazynka

• Paperback | Engels
• Nate has returned to Camp Wolf Trail, his own personal heaven for the past two summers, with a secret: he's a Bird Nerd. At least, that's what the kid... Lees meer

Teachers of Santa Fe

Rita M Rogers

• Hardcover | Engels
• The year was 1852 and the Territory of New Mexico, which included present day Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado, needed teachers. Bishop Lamy prepared... Lees meer

The Great Reef Rebuild

Gertrude Chandler Warner

• Paperback | Engels | The Boxcar Children Endangered Animals
• The Aldens travel to Australia to learn about protecting the Great Barrier Reef and the animals that live there. The Aldens travel to Australia to lea... Lees meer

Paul Bunyan

Stephen Krensky

• Paperback | Engels | On My Own Folklore
• Growing up, Paul Bunyan was always too big. Too big for the furniture. Too big for regular clothes. Too big to play with the other kids. But out among... Lees meer

Keeping the Promise

Tami Lehman-Wilzig

• Paperback | Engels
• Follow the incredible journey of a small Torah scroll from a Dutch rabbi to a Bar Mitzvah boy during the Holocaust and finally to Ilan Ramon, the firs... Lees meer

Gifts from the Enemy

Trudy Ludwig

• Hardcover | Humankind Project
• "Based on From a Name to a Number: A Holocaust Survivor's Autobiography by Alter Wiener." Lees meer