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A gingerbread boy runs away from the woman who made him and from several other creatures who wish to eat him, but a clever fox proves his undoing.

A cumulative tale about Henny Penny and her barnyard friends who were literally outfoxed on their journey to tell the king the sky was falling.

A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother.

When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.

An illustrated account of the life and accomplishments of fifteenth-century Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.

Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War Presidentsubjects: History, United States, Biography, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Newbery Award winner 1988.

A brief account of the life of George Washington, from his childhood in Virginia, to his years as first president of the United States, and his return to his home at Mount Vernon.

A summer in Tarrytown, New York, is a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila even though her friends make her face up to some self-truths she doesn't want to admit.

Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem.

Enjoy the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of another world.

After Marty Preston worked so hard to earn the dog Shiloh, he had hoped that his troubles with Judd Travers were over.

Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as San Nicolas Island.

Jesse Aarons is in the 5th grade and has trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school.

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

Follows a year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives and neighbors.