Robert Burleigh

Told in rhyming text, a train speeds through the night, revealing the sights and colors along the way to its young and sleepy riders.

A young boy spends the day with Henry David Thoreau at Walden Pond.

From morning's joggers until night's last train, a boy notices and enjoys the many sounds made by people and things in a big city.

Traces the history of chocolate from a drink of the Olmec and Maya and later in Europe to its popularity around the world today.

For one reader, going through a book is an incredible adventure.

As autumn nears, flowers fade and insects become quiet, and Tiny Bird leaves his northern home for the long and perilous journey to lush southern forests. Includes facts about hummingbirds.

"The story of the legendary Shakespeare & Company bookstore and its owner Sylvia Beach and the many great writers who came to meet, read and share ideas"--

A father teaches his young son about death and remembrance as he buries their beloved dog.

Dramatic, lyrical, and beautifully illustrated, O Captain, My Captain tells the story of one of America's greatest poets and how he was inspired by one of America's greatest presidents. Whitman and Lincoln shared the national stage in Washington, DC, during the Civil War. Though the two men never met, Whitman would often see Lincoln's carriage on the road. The president was never far from the poet's mind, and Lincoln's 'grace under pressure' was something...

Evocative verse and powerful illustrations combine in this dramatic survival story where human divers attempt to free a humpback whale entangled in crab nets. Endnotes detail the real-life event that inspired the book and offer information about humpbacks and the danger of whale rescues.