Lorenzo, son of the Duke's master armorer, longs to experience battle for himself, and thrusts himself into conflict when he learns of a planned attack against the Duke.

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

True account of the training and early work experiences of the German shepherd which became the first seeing eye dog in America.

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).

In Wyoming in the 1880s, a young boy fulfills his dream of finding a dinosaur skeleton on his father's ranch, outwits a man who would cheat him, and sells his find to a team of fossil hunters.

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.

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.

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.

As a brother and sister follow the directions in a rebus letter they discover in their father's shop, they are led to help people in various places throughout eighteenth-century Williamsburg.

Having befriended a young girl who is unable to walk, Lad risks his life to save her from a poisonous snake.