Mary Dodson Wade

This book introduces different types of maps and how they are used, including those that show you how to get to a place and those that show what you find when you arrive.

Looks at the life and accomplishments of Matthew Henson, an Arctic explorer who became the first African-American to reach the North Pole in 1909 as part of Robert Peary's expedition.

Presents a brief introduction to the life and accomplishments of Rachel Carson, who wrote about why we need to protect the environment; and includes a time line.

A biography of the famous woman pilot who set many records before she was mysteriously lost over the Pacific Ocean in 1937, emphasizing her belief that women could and should do anything they set their minds to.

Presents an overview of Presidents' Day, describing its origin and highlighting the achievements of such presidents as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

Long ago, the emperor of China, seeking a way to help recall the year in which certain events occur, calls upon the animals to race one another and the first twelve to finish will have a year named after them.

Quotes from the writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder and paintings by one of her relatives accompany accounts of pioneer life in the Midwest during the second half of the 1800s.

This book, in graphic novel format, tells the story of Christopher Columbus and his discovery of the Americas.

Traces the life of HenriettaChamberlain King, the daughter of a Missouri preacher, who married the owner of the vast King Ranch in Texas, which she ran after his death for forty years.