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Originally published more than a decade ago, this searing account of the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock—an ALA Nonfiction Book of the Year—is written by one of the black teenagers chosen to become warriors on the front... [ More...]
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Kids will read how Ben Carson, an African-American, was able to accomplish his dream through faith and determination. Includes photographs of Ben and his family growing up.
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To us it is just dirt, the ground we walk on... But to Dave it was clay, the plain and basic stuff upon which he formed a life as a slave nearly 200 years ago. Dave was an extraordinary artist, poet, and potter living in South... [ More...]
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From his boyhood in a log cabin to his famous presidency and untimely death, Abraham Lincoln's remarkable life is revealed in a fresh and exciting way. Full color.
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Filled with excitement, humor, and the unexpected, this entertaining collection of tales—inspired by Roald Dahl's remarkable childhood—are stories that are not easily forgotten.
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In a prose that is so beautiful it is poetry, we see the world of growing up and going somewhere through the dust and heat of Fresno's industrial side and beyond: It is a boy's coming of age in the barrio,... [ More...]
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"Hand in Hand" presents the stories of 10 men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day. Men profiled include Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Barack... [ More...]
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When China's Communist Party detains Ji-Li's father, the 12-year-old is facedwith a difficult choice. This is her story.
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