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

Instructions for beginning sketches and following through to the finished drawing.

A twelve-year-old boy named Tom Tate meets Orville and Wilbur Wright and witnesses the invention of the airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.

Sixteen-year-old Bill finds adventure when he becomes a rider for the Pony Express (though his letters home never hint at the dangers he encounters).

When the first mate of the freight boat Neptune falls ill, it is up to Abigail, the captain's daughter, to steer the ship up the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York City.

Presents the story of the first Thanksgiving as celebrated by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. Includes a drawing activity section at the end of the book.

Offers a guide to the history and art of ancient Greece through the drawings and illustrations found on decorated vases, tombs, palaces, temples, and sculptures of the time. Also gives instructions on how to draw like the ancient Greeks.

In 2050 Noah, Sera, an Jiji experience both excitement and fear as they embark on their assignment aboard Starseeker, a space station designed to find and destroy large asteroids endangering the Earth.

A biography of the Indian princess who saved the life of John Smith, married an Englishman, and went to England where she met the Queen. Included are instructions for drawing characters in the story.

After being separated from his owners and lost in New York City, the beloved collie Lad endures such harrowing experiences as being chased by a police officer, nearly drowning, and being attacked by a vicious dog.