When the thing from outer space visits earth, it is taken first for a trick-or-treater and then for a robot.

Introduces signs and symbols frequently seen along the street.

In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.

Kip the Cave Boy and Paleowolf each face hunger and danger on a journey in Paleolithic times; when they decide to join forces and help one another, Paleowolf becomes the first dog.

A seven-year old boy living in a village in Malawi finds enough scrap materials to make an imaginative toy.

Shortly after the Civil War a black family travels to Kansas to take advantage of the free land offered through the Homestead Act.

Muestra como las hormigas viven y trabajan juntas para manetner las ciudades vivas. [Explains how ants live and work together to build and maintain their cities.]

Although he doesn't feel like talking, a young boy responds to questions by drumming on various objects, including a bucket, hat boxes, and garbage cans, echoing the city sounds around him. It was a day when Max didn't feel like talking to anyone. He just sat on his front steps and watched the clouds gather in the sky. A strong breeze shook the tree in front of his house, and Max saw two heavy twigs fall to the ground. So begins this story of a young...