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Teachers of Santa Fe: The Extraordinary Journey of Bishop Lamy and the Loretto Sisters
The year was 1852 and the Territory of New Mexico, which included present day Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado, needed teachers. Bishop Lamy prepared the wagon train to take the …
Benjamin Banneker
Gazing up at the stars, Benjamin Banneker longed to understand how and why things worked as they did. In a time when most black Americans were slaves, Banneker lived a life of …
Keeping the Promise
Follow the incredible journey of a small Torah scroll from a Dutch rabbi to a Bar Mitzvah boy during the Holocaust and finally to Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, who died …
Bronco Charlie y el Pony Express (Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express)
Bronco Charlie longs for a life of adventure. By the time he turned eleven, he’d been a sailor, a cowboy, and could tame wild bucking broncos. But Charlie was always itching for …
Nature's Paintbox
How would you capture winter's crispness, spring's softness, summer's freshness, and autumn's richness? In this inspiring title, poet Patricia Thomas imagines each season rendered …
Silver and Spot Find a Home
Silver and Spot sat all alone in the big woods above the bay. Tall trees and large bushes surrounded them, and below the forest the harbor glistened. It was a gorgeous sight.But …
Nathan Hale: Patriot Spy
As the Revolutionary War began, Nathan Hale immediately joined up on the side of the Patriots. When General Washington needed a spy, Hale was the only man to volunteer for the job. …
Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express
Bronco Charlie longs for a life of adventure. By the time he turned eleven, he'd been a sailor, a cowboy, and could tame wild bucking broncos. But Charlie was always itching for …
Boys Camp: Nate's Story
Nate has returned to Camp Wolf Trail, his own personal heaven for the past two summers, with a secret: hes a Bird Nerd. At least, thats what the kids at his school called him when …
Paul Bunyan
Growing up, Paul Bunyan was always too big. Too big for the furniture. Too big for regular clothes. Too big to play with the other kids. But out among the tall trees in the great …
Washington Is Burning
Fifteen-year-old Paul Jennings looked out the window of the President's House. America was at war with Britain, and British soldiers were marching toward Washington. Terrified …
Hot Pursuit
It was the Freedom Summer of 1964. Civil rights workers Mickey Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney were driving through rural Mississippi. When a police cruiser flashed its …