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Everyday signs serve as captions for this pictorial tale of what happens after a man tosses a banana peel into the garbage can and misses.

Relates the story of how the Second Assistant Rotisserie Turner at the court of King Louis XIV of France becomes the First Assistant Bearer of the King's Dog.

A small snowball gets bumped by a skier and rolls down the hill growing in size and picking up people as it goes.

Contains 100 short stories about real people and events in American history, arranged chronologically from 1565 to 2000, including the lost colony of Roanoke, Pocahontas, the Chicago fire, and the 2000 presidential election.

Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.

An account of the disastrous 1914 expedition to Antarctica and how its members managed to survive.

Presents twelve short stories about the experiences of young children and teenagers in war, showing a variety of perspectives, and provides factual notes on each conflict dramatized.

Presents an account of the Civil War using photographs taken under the direction of Mathew B.

An overview of American history from 1901 through 1936 presenting eyewitness accounts of the major events of the period including World War I and the Great Depression.

Nine-year-old Patrick promises his buddies that his baseball hero will come to their playground in Hell's Kitchen, bat for him, and chase the Copperheads out.

Contains eyewitness accounts of historical events that took place throughout the twentieth century, including the Wright brothers first flight, the first radio broadcast, the landing on Normandy beach, watching the Challenger shuttle explode, and other major events.

In rhyming text, the sun and moon shine on a young boy's day as he explores the beach, goes sailing, and plays in his yard.

Mom blames Eleanor and Mark for making a mess of the house until she finally sees that the real culprit is the baby.

Twelve stories describe the power of music in young people's lives, from forming a community of individuals in a high school band to helping a young man connect to his Indian heritage through ancient songs.

Through her friendship with a ginger cat, a haughty Chinese widow learns to be humble and to provide for herself.