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Explore the history of burial rituals, from famous gravestone carvings to cultural traditions, in this comprehensive and

Big Brown Rooster finds a family cookbook and recruits a turtle, iguana, and pig to help bake a strawberry shortcake in

Three primary colors argue over how to paint a gray world until they realize that blending their pigments creates the ul

Bustling crowds and colorful stalls fill the market where Adam learns that even when we look different, our families sha

Lyric poems and abstract collages capture the quiet wonder and big emotions of traveling through the world and the journ

A group of determined elementary students takes charge of a polluted local stream to transform it into a healthy sanctua

Artists use silk, velvet, and stone to tell stories through fashion; see how clothing has changed from ancient Greek sta

Giant umbrellas and orange gates in Central Park come to life as you learn how this artistic duo transformed entire land

Treated as an outcast by her family in 1940s China, Wu Mei struggles to find her own path and sense of worth in this poi

Jane Goodall recounts her groundbreaking years in Tanzania, sharing intimate stories and photographs of the chimpanzees

Young Paul takes us into the fascinating nineteenth-century world of his father, an entomologist who spends his days unc

Follow the historic voyage of the Beagle to see how a young naturalist transformed his observations of the wild into a t

Lyrical poems and folk-art illustrations trace the life and philosophy of labor activist Cesar Chavez and his fight for

Ten-year-old Ariana helps her cousin Cynthia prepare for a milestone fifteenth birthday, exploring the rich traditions a

Cats leap from the pages of history through ancient Egyptian bronze sculptures, delicate Chinese embroidery, and the bol

Ela Weissberger shares her childhood memory of playing a cat in an opera while imprisoned at Terezin, showing how art en

A young sculptor in Ancient Egypt is caught between his loyalty to the Pharaoh and his father’s dangerous plot for reven

The mechanical geologist Opportunity was only supposed to last ninety days, but it continues to send back incredible pho

Step behind the canvas to hear the true story of Kate Millet, the young girl who modeled for John Singer Sargent’s most

For children processing a serious medical diagnosis or seeking to understand the human side of the AIDS epidemic through

Told in a comic book format, this history follows the evolution of legendary heroes, villains, and the creators behind t

Classic characters like Cinderella and Pinocchio leap into brand new poetic adventures that give familiar fairy tales a

Medieval England comes to life through seven classic tales of clever tricks and life lessons, retold in modern prose wit

A secret mission to drop candy from the sky brings sweet relief and hope to the children of blockaded West Berlin throug