Questions and answers describe the voyage of the Mayflower and the Pilgrim's first year in the New World.

Illustrations and brief text present various types of boats: ferries, rowboats, sailing ships, oil tankers, and more.

In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.

Monty is mighty enough to take karate in a funny, true-to-life sequel with surefire appeal for early chapter-book readers. (Ages 5-7)
Monty Gerald Morris may be small and shy, but he's a mighty smart kid and an A+ reader. In an endearing follow-up to Mostly Monty, the quiet first-grader continues to come into his own — playing the part of a tree in a comically miscued school play, sharing his enthusiasm for ants at an outdoor birthday

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A song in which an ant pleads with the kid who is tempted to squish it.

You know the Super Soaker. It's one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the iconic toy. A love for rockets, robots, inventions, and a mind for creativity began early in Lonnie Johnson's life. Growing up in a house full of brothers and sisters, persistence and a passion...

A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.

Presents poems starring familiar nursery rhyme characters set in three columns with color-coded type as a script for two voices to read separately and together.

The story of an awkward and scrawny mountain sheep with oversized horns who escapes the hunters to become the sensation of a ski resort.