Since the market is closed, the reader is led around the world to gather the ingredients for making an apple pie.

The story of the historic first hot-air balloon flight in 1783, told from the point of view of the duck, sheep, and rooster who were the first passengers.

When Kate has to find a new home for her frog, Hilton, her advertisement in the newspaper brings some alarming responses.

An updated version of the familiar folk song about the courtship and wedding of Frog and Ms. Mouse, set in New York City.

An introduction to the life and achievements of the first American female doctor describes the limited career prospects available to women in the early nineteenth-century, the opposition Blackwell faced while pursuing a medical education, and her pioneering medical career that opened doors for future generations of women.

Lazlo, who has just moved to the United States from Hungary, is ostracized at school until two girls have the courage to befriend him.

Oliver Tolliver, who lives alone in his little house with just one of everything, discovers that it is more fun to have two of everything and share with a friend.

Young Emily Blair is unhappy with her straight hair, until she finds just the right style for it.

Describes how some of Paris's famous artists and writers, such as Pablo Picasso, Max Jacob, and Guillaume Apollinaire, spend their day before preparing to attend a party at Gertrude Stein's apartment.