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Young Hans Christian knew how life should be—just like a fairy tale. But, while he was growing up in Odense, Denmark, his life didn’t seem much like a fairy tale. Although everyone was telling him to stop daydreaming and find a job in a trade, he found fame writing fairy tales like “The Little Mermaid,” “Princess on the Pea,” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” A Fairy-Tale Life tells the story of Hands Christian Andersen, the world’s best-loved teller of tales.Sku: 9780876146422
A Fairy-Tale Life: A Story about Hans Christian Anderson
By: Johann Johansen Burch$13.99 -
See how examining the author of The Pilgrim's Progress will glorify Jesus and encourage your Christian walk.Sku: 9781783972135
A Pilgrim Path: John Bunyan’s Journey
By: Faith Cook$17.95 -
There wasn't anything that George Washington Carver couldn't grow. He took the common goober--today's peanut--and created hundreds of useful products from it, turning goobers into a very profitable staple for the South. At the same time, this very special man passed on to everyone who knew him the importance of following one's own dreams.Sku: 9780876144749
A Pocketful of Goobers: A Story about George Washington Carver
By: Barbara Mitchell$13.99 -
Abigail Adams's independent spirit, her sense of humor, and her remarkable intellect, as shown in her letters, open a wide window on a crucial period in our nation's history, and bring Abigail Adams and her time to life.Sku: 9780689819162
Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution
By: Natalie S. Bober$16.00 -
Alaska Bush Pilot is the true story of Ben Eielson's exciting life as a pioneer flier in the cold, stormy, and always treacherous Land of the Midnight Sun.Sku: 9798888180761
Alaska Bush Pilot
By: Charles Coombs$17.95 -
America's Famous Spies: Notable Lives from History is a fun and engaging reader for students or anyone with a love for American history. Explore the lives and accomplishments of 10 famous spies from history.3 GradesSku: 9781683443636
America’s Famous Spies
By: Marilyn Boyer$17.95 -
Uncover the lives of thirteen African-Americans who fought during the Revolutionary War. Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the thousands of enslaved and free African Americans living in this country. But African Americans took up their own fight for freedom by joining the British and American armies; preaching, speaking out, and writing about the evils of slavery; and establishing settlements in Nova Scotia and Africa. The thirteen stories featured in this collection spotlight charismatic individuals who answered the cry for freedom, focusing on the choices they made and how they changed America both then and now. These individuals include: Boston King, Agrippa Hull, James Armistead Lafayette, Phillis Wheatley, Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, Prince Hall, Mary Perth, Ona Judge, Sally Hemings, Paul Cuffe, John Kizell, Richard Allen, and Jarena Lee.Sku: 9781629793061
Answering the Cry for Freedom
By: Gretchen Woelfle$25.99 -
Most of the things you know about science would have dazzled and bewildered Archimedes. But many of the things you know about science began with him. The curious, logical, wonderful, exploring mind of Archimedes founded several branches of science, discovered many scientific laws and principles, and so very much more.Sku: 9781948959773
Archimedes and the Door of Science
By: Jeanne Bendick$14.95 -
From the Publisher: In Augustus Caesar's World, Foster traces the seven major civilizations—Rome, Greece, Israel, Egypt, China, India, and Persia—from 4500 B.C. to the time of Augustus Caesar in 44 B.C. and culminating in 14 A.D. Within this timeframe readers will learn not only the stories of Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, and Marc Antony, but also the historian Livy and how Virgil came to write the Aeneid.Sku: 9780964380325
Augustus Caesar’s World
By: Genevieve Foster$30.50 -
This book is about the fascinating life of Bass Reeves, who escaped slavery to become the first African American Deputy US Marshal west of the Mississippi.Sku: 9780822567646
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves
By: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson$27.50 -
From the Publisher: "Benjamin Franklin was one of the busiest men in the American colonies. He was a printer, a postmaster, an inventor, a writer, and a diplomat. When the Revolutionary War began, Ben supported America in the Continental Congress. Like the clever adages from his Poor Richard’s Almanac, Ben Franklin still sets an example for Americans today."Sku: 9780394849287
Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia
By: Margaret Cousins$9.50 -
With only a guide book to show them the way, the Todd family sets out from their Arkansas home on a two thousand mile trek to claim unchartered Oregon Territory. Crossing rough terrain and encountering hostile people, the Todds show their true pioneering spirit. But as winter draws near, will the Todds have the strength to complete their journey? And if they make it, will Oregon fulfill their dreams?Sku: 9780140383195
Bound for Oregon
By: Jean Van Leeuwen$10.99 -
Buffalo Bird Girl (ca. 1839-1932) was a member of the Hidatsa, a Native American community that lived in permanent villages along the Missouri River on the Great Plains. Like other girls her age, Buffalo Bird Girl learned the ways of her people through watching and listening, and then by doing.Sku: 9781419718380
Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story
By: S. D. Nelson$12.95 -
Casimir Pulaski is most remembered as the dashing Polish cavalry officer who aids the United States’ fight for independence with daring feats of courage and strategy. As a child, already a gifted horseman, he learns from his father Joseph Pulaski, a statesman and landowner, what it means to stand for justice.Sku: 9781932350746
Cavalry Hero: Casimir Pulaski
By: Dorothy Adams$21.95 -
These eighteenth and nineteenth century women worked in partnership with men to shape the evangelical church. Let their stories challenge you and fuel your faith today.Sku: 9781913896539
Clothed with Strength
By: Sarah Allen$20.50 -
Here are the stories of the courageous young women who served at Pearl Harbor, Corregidor, Anzio, the Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima, and other fighting fronts of World War II.Sku: 9781948959568
Combat Nurses of World War II
By: Wyatt Blassingame$18.95