Gail Gibbons

24 p. : 24 cm

In 1722, after arriving with her brother at the family's Jamaican plantation where she is to be married off, sixteen-year-old Nancy Kington escapes with her slave friend, Minerva Sharpe, and together they become pirates traveling the world in search of treasure.

Surveys the history, cultivation, and uses of apples and describes the different kinds.

This fantastic collection portrays every aspect of farm life, from chores such as cooking, plowing, and tending the livestock to fun and frolic on the farm!

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, infancy, and future of the polar bear.

Describes some of the external and internal workings of such craft as an airship, a helicopter, a jumbo jet, and a microlight plane.

In both city and country the effects of a snowstorm on people and animals are depicted.

A history of the Boston Post Road from its early days as a series of Indian trails to the present.

Briefly describes the operation of all the working parts of an automobile.

"This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells the story of group of beavers making a dam, building a lodge, and hiding from a predator"--

Describes the work of a veterinarian and some of the procedures and instruments he uses to treat animals in his office and on farms. Also tells how to take good care of pets.

Mrs. Madoff's preschool class learns about Thanksgiving and puts on a play about the origins of the holiday.