Barbara Brenner

Shortly after the Civil War a black family travels to Kansas to take advantage of the free land offered through the Homestead Act.

Follows the adventures of two best friends, Lion and Lamb.

As the news of Canada Goose's newly laid eggs spreads from animal to animal, the facts become monstrously distorted.

A moonbeam comes to life one night and visits a young boy.

In three episodes, Lion and Lamb start their own club, go on a picnic, and see their friendship threatened by Lion's forced move with his family.

Demonstrates how the concepts and principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence were drawn from the experiences of living in America in the late eighteenth century, with emphasis given to how children lived on a New England farm, a Southern plantation, and the frontier.

After Will and his sister plant lots of seeds in hopes of winning a prize at the 4-H fair, they are suprised to see the appearance of a giant tomato plant that will not stop growing.

When his friends decline to come over for a beef stew dinner, Nicky feels bad until a surprise visitor shows up.

Presents information about different kinds of insects. The reader is invited to find insects hidden in the illustrations.

More than two hundred years ago, two thousand people lived in the town of Williamsburg, Virginia. This book tells you what it was like to grow up in colonial days, before there was a United States of America.