John has been practicing a magic trick instead of the piano and is worried about disappointing his musician father, but then he gets to be a hero

With the help of a young immigrant boy they meet on their crossing to America, two famous tightrope walkers manage to survive the treachery of a

In hopes of a better life, a young orphan girl disguises herself as a boy and goes to work for the cruel Professor Malefetta and his flea circus.

Pete the pig does not want to eat his slop, but cannot go out to play with his brother and sisters until he does.

Always late Nate who likes to go slow surprises everyone at the race.

Pip's two grandmothers, who cannot agree on anything, take Pip and her friends trick-or-treating on Halloween.

In the early 1900s, a wild little girl nicknamed Squirrel meets John Muir, later to become a famous naturalist, when he arrives at her parents' h

Tarbell was the catalyst for exposing the truth behind corruption and unfair business practices. She investigated and published works about the S

Distracted by his friends, Pete the pig forgets to give Gert an invitation to Rose's party.

Told she cannot step over the line to play school with the older girls, Min builds a catapult and flies over it, instead.

"Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet and the first woman to be paid as a scientist."--

"A picture book biography about Lizzie Murphy, the first woman to play in a major league exhibition game and the first person to play on both the