A family of mice celebrates the eight days of Hanukkah with friends in this illustrated version of the holiday song. Includes musical notation.

Tells the true story of a man who became lost and delirious after an unsuccessful trek to the top of K2, was saved by the locals of a remote Himalayan village, and kept his vow to return one day to build them a new school as a gesture of sincere appreciation and gratitude for what they did for him in his time of need.

A guinea pig tells her child the true story of giant guinea pigs that lived in Venezuela about eight million years ago.

Children prowl about the house at night in search of the origin of scary night noises.

A gerbil escapes from his cage and enjoys a day on his own before being happily returned.

Construction workers ask Kristen, a young apprentice, to bring them snacks and supplies. Provides information on the workers' jobs and equipment.

Documents the inspiring January 2011 story about how thousands of Egypt's students, library workers, and demonstrators joined hands around the great Library of Alexandria to protect the building and the freedom it represents from rioting demonstrators.

"A cumulative verse, alternating with additional narrative, describes the ecological and social transformation resulting from the work of Dr. Gordon Sato, a Japanese American cell biologist who made saltwater and desert land productive through the planting of mangrove trees in the tiny African country of Eritrea. Includes afterword, photographs, glossary, and author's sources"--Provided by publisher.

Two mice walk along comparing love to animals from one bear to ten lovebirds.

The son of a North Carolina sharecropper recalls the hard times faced by his family and other African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century and the changes that the civil rights movement helped bring about.