Robert Lawson

The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.

The master illustrator of Mr. Popper's Penguins and The Story of Ferdinand brings new life to a bevy of traditional tales. More than 40 of the artist's enchanting pen-and-ink drawings grace 13 fairy tales and poems of wizards, dragons, and princes in disguise by Padraic Colum, Beatrice Curtis Brown, Eunice Tietjens, and other distinguished authors.

President Lincoln's final resting place is more than just a cemetery. Oak Ridge is the second most visited cemetery in the United States, only Arlington has more visitors each year. It is a place of histories and stories. It is the final resting place of politicians, generals, and heroes. Even some of the private citizens have some interesting stories. This work will take you from the Black Hawk War to the corruption of some early governors. In addition,...

Here, straight from the horse's mouth is the real story of Paul Revere's midnight ride. Told by Scheherezade, the brave, beautiful mare who carried Mr. Revere that fateful night, this charming tale gives children a delightfully different perspective on the American Revolution.

The adventures of eleven-year-old Adam as he travels the open roads of thirteenth-century England searching for his missing father, a minstrel, and his stolen red spaniel, Nick.

This book contains a panacea of ideas relevant to engage both young and adult learners in a classroom, workshop or course setting. Teaching strategies, classroom management strategies and motivational empowerment tools are all shared in one book designed to captivate the reader, inform the reader and suggest creative ways to enable participants not only to enjoy the subject matter but to utilize what they learn to specifically apply it to their own...

Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.

Eighteen-year-old Conn leaves Ireland and sails to America, where he helps build the first Ferris wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.

Wee Gillis can not decide whether he wants to be a Highlander and stalk stags, like his father, or a Lowlander like his mother, and raise long-haired cows.