Describes the cause that enabled Houston to gather enough men and support to defeat Santa Anna and gain independence for Texas.

Children set out looking for insects and they find all kinds.

Story of the Constitution, nicknamed "Old Ironsides" because in battle with the English, cannons could not penetrate her sturdy hull.

A history of the American flag as it developed from the Union Jack into a totally different symbol of a new nation.

Addition Annie counts everything around her, from trees and knees to little peas.

Rhyming text presents examples of words that go together, such as "top goes with bottom, down goes with up," "fat goes with skinny, short goes with long," and "night goes with moon and day goes with sun."

This is an easy-to-read retelling of the well-known fable in which a little mouse saves the life of the King of Beasts. Este es un relato fácil de leer de la conocida fábula en la que un pequeño ratón salva la vida del rey de las bestias.

Describes the events of the Allied landing on the beaches of Normandy, June 6, 1944, the largest invasion ever attempted in history.

Recalls the events surrounding the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor during which the U.S.S. Arizona sank.

Relates the events surrounding the completion of the world's first transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah, in 1869.