Describes the various kinds of pets, including grizzly bears and alligators, kept at the White House by various presidents from George Washington to George W. B

This inside look at the White House's animal residents features a rollicking, rhyming verse for each commander-in-chief's pets, accompanied by cool facts, presi

When her aunt and uncle take her from New Mexico to Lugano, Switzerland, to attend an international school, thirteen-year-old Dinnie discovers an expanding worl

As the first African-American editor of the "Harvard Law Review, " the first African-American presidential nominee of a major political party, and eventually th

Examines how the engineer George Ferris invented and constructed the amusement park ride that bears his name for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.