In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself....

What is Japan's most famous mountain called? When do the Japanese add one year to their age? What is Japan's national sport? Learn answers to these questions and more when you read this newly revised and updated book. See the famous sites. Travel over the

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I am pleading for the mothers, Who gaze in wild despair, Upon the hated auction-block, And see their children there.With these words Sojourner Truth sang about the pain that women slaves felt when their children were sold away from them. Sojourner Truth was born a slave in New York. Her son Peter was taken away from her and she went to extraordinary lengths to get him back. Through hard work and the help of her friends, Sojourner freed herself and her children from slavery. As a free woman, she traveled across the country speaking against slavery and in favor of women's rights.
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TALES OF FAMOUS AMERICANS profiles the lives and major accomplishments of seventeen fascinating men and women, including Pocahontas, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Davy Crockett, Abraham Lincoln. Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Tubman, Sitting Bull, Thomas Edison, Madam C. J. Walker, the Wright Brothers, Helen Keller, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr., Dolores Huerta, Yo-Yo Ma, and Mia Hamm. And the innovative design and kid-friendly text makes this a must-have for any elementary school student!

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The third title in a series about Native American people, this book reveals what it was like to grow up in a Cherokee family long ago. Full-color illustrations by a Cherokee artist complement facts about Cherokee games, language, dwellings, medicine, names, and more....

Reconstructs a possible mission of the fourteen-year-old spy who carried messages to George Washington's camp in the buttons of his coat during the Revolutionary War....

I am pleading for the mothers, Who gaze in wild despair, Upon the hated auction-block, And see their children there.With these words Sojourner Truth sang about the pain that women slaves felt when their children were sold away from them. Sojourner Truth was born a slave in New York. Her son Peter was taken away from her and she went to extraordinary lengths to get him back. Through hard work and the help of her friends, Sojourner freed herself and her children from slavery. As a free woman, she traveled across the country speaking against slavery and in favor of women's rights.
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Where will you find the highest mountain in the world? How long is the Great Wall of China? How many different languages are spoken in China? Learn answers to these questions and more when you read this newly revised and updated book. See the famous sites.

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