Discusses the history of the Mexican people, including the arrival of the Spanish, the migration of Mexicans to the United States, and various movements for equal rights.
Among the authors of this highly acclaimed series are Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer, Coretta Scott King Award winner James Haskins and noted author Raymond Bial. The series itself focuses on major population shifts in America and the driving forces behind them. The authors' vivid accounts are given additional immediacy with the inclusion of excerpts from diaries, newspaper articles and letters.
The strange and wonderful experiences of the 13th-century explorer are recounted in this book which highlights his journey to China from Venice and back and his 17 years at Kublai Khan's court
An account of the competition between explorers to reach the South Pole with emphasis on the events of the rival expeditions led by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen and the British Robert Scott between 1910 and 1913.
Describes the first flight over the Atlantic from Canada to Great Britain made in 1919 by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown and the first solo flight from New York to Paris made in 1927 by Charles Lindbergh.