An award-winning author and illustrator join forces for a stirring and emotional retelling of Henry Box Brown's famed escape from slavery--a feat he achieved by mailing…
In 1778, as British soldiers approach their farm, Letty Wright and her family must flee, leaving everything behind--even Letty's beloved goose, Solomon. Letty scribbles a desperate…
When Timothy D. Walker started teaching fifth graders at a Helsinki public school, he began a search for the secrets behind the successes of Finland's schools. Walker wrote about several of those discoveries, and his Atlantic articles on this subject …
Maria Edgeworth's sparkling satire about the Anglo-Irish family of an absentee landlord is also a landmark novel of morality and social realism. The Absentee centres around…
Just the core concepts you need to score high in your biology course "Biology Essentials For Dummies" focuses on just the core concepts you need to succeed in an introductory biology course. From identifying the structures and functions of plants and…