"Impossible!" At first folks didn't believe that the Erie Canal would ever be built. But when it was completed in 1825, people proclaimed it, "Amazing!" Cheryl Harness celebrates America's first superhighway using "words, maps, and pictures to explain the history and commerce of the canal. . . . Full of action and details of human drama, many of the colorful double-page spreads show scenes of jubi ...
This Coretta Scott King Honor Book about the Negro National Baseball League in the 1940s is now available in paperback. Reginald loves to play his violin, but his father needs him to be the bat boy for his baseball team, the Dukes. Who would think that Reginald's music is just the inspiration needed to lead the Dukes to victory? Full color.
The author shares the story of the quilt that her great-great-grandmother and her immigrant neighbors created in long-ago New York, which has been passed down through four generations of the author's family. Full-color illustrations.
Patricia's freckled-faced older brother is always showing her up. Then he rubs it in with that extra-rotten, weasel-eyed, greeny-toothed grin of his. But one day, after Patricia finds something at which she can beat Richard, she becomes one of his biggest fans. Full color.
When the Allerton family first steps from the Mayflower after 60 days at sea, they never dream that life in the New World will be so hard. Richly detailed paintings show how the Pilgrims lived through the dark winter and into the busy days of spring, summer, and fall, culminating with the excitement of the original Thanksgiving feast. Full color.
In the segregated South of the 1920s, Uncle Jed was the only black barber in a county of sharecroppers. He always dreamed of owning his own barbershop, but his generous heart and some bad luck during the Depression forced him to defer that dream for years. Finally, on his 79th birthday, Uncle Jed opened the doors of his new shop. A Coretta Scott King Honor Book. An ALA Notable Children's Book.
