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Meet Henrietta Leavitt, a 19th-century scientific pioneer. From careful observations, Leavitt discovered that the brightness of a star determines its distance from Earth, helping us better understand the vastness of the universe.
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Here's the true story of how Anne Carroll Moore created the first children's room at the New York Public Library — a bright, welcoming room filled with art, reading nooks, and (most importantly) borrowing privileges to the world's best children's books.
When Clementine Brown gets and a first-aid kit for her birthday, she takes her medical role quite seriously. Nothing is too small for Clementine to handle including helping her little brother.
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Mr. and Mrs. Rogers leave their new maid, Amelia Bedelia, a list of things to do on her first day of work. For anyone else, changing the towels or dusting the furniture would have been quite straightforward — but not for Amelia Bedelia!
Learning to ride a bike requires lots of practice and perhaps even more encouragement as the girl and her father (or grandfather?) demonstrates.
"Giant Steps," the music piece written by John Coltrane is performed by "a box, a snowflake, some raindrops and a kitten." Color and line bring the sounds of music to paper in a sophisticated, jazzy, and intriguing visualization of music, mood, and a jazz
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The symphonic story of a boy who captures a wolf and saves his fowl friend is told as a stage play.
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Soon after Mrs. Rogers borrows Amelia Bedelia's umbrella in case it rains cats and dogs, the literal maid finds a real kitten in the garden.
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Young Amelia Bedelia literally and figuratively hits the trail while on a nature hike with her class.
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A kindhearted Amelia Bedelia with pigtails works as only she can to earn enough money to buy a new bicycle. Laughs follow the chaos of Amelia Bedelia's literal-mindedness in this first novel about her youthful entrepreneurial efforts.