Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Uses personal accounts unearthed from oral histories, congressional documents, and diaries, to unveil the creation of the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee, and its spread across the American South.

"What happens when a person's reputation has been forever damaged? With archival photographs and text among other primary sources, this riveting biography of Mary Mallon by the Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Bartoletti looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary's controversial life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a lesser-known story of human and constitutional rights, entangled with the science of pathology...

This is the story of the disaster that struck Ireland from 1845 to 1850. Overnight, a mysterious blight attacked the potato crops, destroying the staple food of the Irish people.

Finn Reardon, a thirteen-year-old Irish-American newspaper carrier who hopes to be a journalist someday, keeps a journal of his experiences living in New York City in 1899. Includes historical notes.

Describes what life was like, especially for children, in coal mines and mining towns in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Noah's wife settles the animals on the ark to sleep by singing a soothing lullaby.

Rhyming text describes the characteristics of a pet cat.

A companion to the ten-part documentary series outlines provocative arguments against official American historical records to reveal the origins of conservatism and the obstacles to progressive change.