It was 1964 and black men didn't fly commercial jets. But David Harris was about to change that...
National Geographic presents the individuals who have led the U.S., plus America's newest commander-in-chief, in this up-to-date, authoritative, and lavishly illustrated family, school, and library reference.
In 1963, young American Dian Fossey spent all her savings and took out a loan to realize her dream-to go to Africa. It soon became her life's mission to study and protect the few mountain gorillas left on Earth.
I've come on orders from Berlin to fetch the three children. -Gestapo agent, August 24, 1944 With those chilling words Christa von Hofacker and her younger siblings found themselves ensnared in a web of family punishment designed to please one man-Adolf Hitler.
The S.M.A.R.T. Squad is back to tackle more middle school mayhem with science, technology, engineering, math, and friendship!
Explore the Costa Rican rainforest with Destiny, a rescued orphan baby sloth who must learn to return to the wild, in this heartwarming true story from Newbery Honor winner Margarita Engle.