Describes how Chipmunk gathers and stores food to prepare for winter.

A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.

Skunk comes out at night to search the backyard for his dinner.

Discusses various topics connected to the production of the atom bomb, including the development of nuclear energy, work on atomic weapons at the Los Alamos and other sites, and the decision to use the first atomic bomb during World War II.

Describes the events surrounding the discovery of gold in California, the huge migration it brought to the area, and the lifestyles of miners and mining towns.

Presents an overview of non-Jews throughout Europe who tried to save Jews from persecution and extermination by the Nazis.

Describes the tribal roots, ways of life, rituals, and history of several Indian tribes of the Plateau and Great Basin, including the Paiute, Shoshoni, Ute, and Flathead.

Using primary source material along with historical narrative, explores the unique aspects and events in the period of the Holocaust between January 1939 and December 1941.

Presents the history and culture of the Hopis, from their earliest years on the North American continent to the present day.

The life of the woman who, although a slave, gained renown throughout the colonies as the first important black American poet.