Patricia Lantier-Sampon

Discusses the land and climate, economy, government, and history of the Bluegrass State. Includes Internet links to Web sites related to Kentucky.

Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of Tennessee.

A look at the life of a twelve-year-old Mayan Indian girl and her family living in the lakeside village of Santiago Atitlán. Includes a section with information on Guatemala.

Text and photographs introduce that misunderstood creature of northern habitats, the wolf.

Text and photographs introduce the shy water bird famous for its mournful call.

Text and photographs introduce a North American forest animal, the whitetail deer.

Photographs, drawings, and text trace the life of the famous doctor whose dedicated service to suffering humanity in French Equatorial Africa made him a living symbol of his own philosophy of reverence for life.

Examines the life of the South African bishop and civil rights worker who has worked extensively to improve conditions for his fellow citizens.

The life of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who originated the raised dot system of reading and writing used by the blind throughout the world.

Quarles presents Douglass's own words, the views of his contemporaries, and analyses in retrospect by leading historians and political scientists to create a three-fold perspective.