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  • 100 Days of School

    Trudy Harris, Beth Griffis Johnson

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions TM, Aug. 1, 1999)
    How many ways are there to count to 100? Lots! The funny rhymes in this book will show you some different ways to count to 100 using a clown's nose, piggy toes, and other groups of things. It all adds up to a fun way to learn about 100!
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  • The White House

    Jill Braithwaite

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions â„¢, Aug. 1, 2003)
    Did you know that the president doesn't just work in the White House, he also lives there? Or that the first White House was burned down by the British in the War of 1812? Take a tour through this beautiful house and discover how it has changed over the past two hundred years in The White House.
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  • Here's Looking at Me: How Artists See Themselves

    Bob Raczka

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions, Nov. 30, 2006)
    Fourteen famous artists' self-portraits illustrating their different styles and views of themselves.
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  • Squanto and the First Thanksgiving

    Joyce K. Kessel, Lisa Donze

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions TM, Aug. 1, 2003)
    When the Pilgrims landed near Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620 they were unprepared for the challenges they would face. Many Pilgrims died until Squanto, a Patuxet Indian, taught them how to survive. To give thanks for a good year, the Pilgrims threw a huge feast, later called Thanksgiving.
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  • A Year in the World of Dinosaurs

    Elizabeth Havercroft

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions TM, Jan. 1, 2009)
    Look out for the Allosaurus! Would you like to see what happens during a year in the world of dinosaurs? Then come spend the next twelve months in the Jurassic period. Check out eight action-packed scenes for a bird’s-eye view of babies hatching, plesiosaurs swimming, and dinosaurs escaping from a forest fire. Keep your eye on the calendar too. By spending a whole year in the world of dinosaurs, you can watch events unfold as the seasons change.
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  • John Henry

    Stephen Krensky, Mark Oldroyd

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions TM, Aug. 1, 2007)
    Some folks say John Henry was born with a hammer in his hand. He sure loved to pound things and his muscles were harder than rocks. At work, John laid down tracks for the railroad company. The earth shook when he swung down his heavy hammers. John was stronger than the strongest worker, but was he stronger than a machine? Find out in this powerful tale.
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  • Mammolina: A Story About Maria Montessori

    Barbara O'Connor, Sara Campitelli

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children

  • Ininatig's Gift of Sugar: Traditional Native Sugarmaking

    Laura Waterman Wittstock, Dale Kakkak, Dale Kakkah

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions, Sept. 1, 1993)
    Describes how Indians have relied on the sugar maple tree for food and tells how an Anishinabe Indian in Minnesota continues his people's traditions by teaching students to tap the trees and make maple sugar.
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  • 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet

    Dennis Denenberg, Lorraine Roscoe

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions, Sept. 1, 2005)
    Presents alphabetically arranged biographies highlighting the accomplishments of fifty Americans, from Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass to John Glenn and Yo-Yo Ma.
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  • The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering

    Gordon Regguinti, Dale Kakkak

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions, Sept. 1, 1992)
    Glen Jackson, Jr., an eleven-year-old Ojibway Indian in northern Minnesota, goes with his father to harvest wild rice, the sacred food of his people.
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  • Children of Clay: A Family of Pueblo Potters

    Rina Swentzell, Bill Steen

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions TM, Aug. 1, 1992)
    Like their Pueblo ancestors, Gia Rose and her family treat the clay with respect. They believe that Clay-Old-Woman, the spirit of clay, watches over their work and that she lives and breathes within each piece of pottery. Many things have changed at Santa Clara Pueblo, but the making of pottery remains the same. It is still done completely by hand, using clay taken from the earth and other natural materials. Follow one family as they carry on the age-old Pueblo tradition of pottery-making.
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  • Clouds of Terror

    Catherine A. Welch, Laurie K. Johnson

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions TM, Jan. 1, 1994)
    Helga and Erik could not believe their eyes. There were grasshoppers everywhere, and they were eating the crops! In the 1870s, when grasshoppers destroyed farms in Minnesota and other Midwestern states, many families gave up and moved away. This is the story of how two Swedish immigrant children help their parents save their home on the prairie.
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