Myra Weatherly

Relates the history of the colony of New Jersey from early Native Americans to the first settlers to statehood in 1787.

What makes so many people risk their lives to climb above the clouds? Young readers will learn how Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Mont Blanc, and Mount Everest came to be while they discover the beauty and allure of these mountain peaks. Geography of the World introduces students to the major geographic features of our planet. With original maps and brilliant photographs, each book answers basic questions about how each geographic area developed,...

Built by the seventeenth century Mogul emperor Shah Jahan as a tomb for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, the Taj Mahal combines Persian and Indian architectural styles. It took two decades and twenty thousand men to create the white marble monument of love, a surviving symbol of Mogul splendor and power.

Biography of the African-American man who, as a self-taught mathematician and astronomer, helped survey the site of the Nation's Capitol and published several popular almanacs.