Vivid paintings and words detail Amelia Earhart’s first solo flight across the Atlantic in 1932 from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland to Ireland. Amelia wants to make this crossing because “women must try to do things as men have tried”. Her skills, passion, courage and stamina are clearly seen as she struggles to navigate the red Vega through night thunderstorms, broken altimeter, icy wings, and natural human drowsiness as night passes. 

Read about the tragic sinking of the ocean liner Titanic in the words of the people who survived.  Read it with a couple of tissues.  Read it and let the words grab your attention and pull you into the experience.  Maybe read it with a life jacket on...

Thomas Jefferson and John Addams had very different personalities and opinions about how the United States should be governed, and these differences almost ended their friendship.

Learn fascinating facts about nine different kinds of birds, including the "tigers in the sky" and the "crybabies of the world."  Large illustrations depict the eggs, habitat, young and adults for each kind of bird.

Stauffacher tells the inspiring story of the first African American champion tennis player. In her childhood, Althea Gibson was a true tomboy and all-around athlete in Harlem. As an adult, she competed and won the Wimbledon Cup.