Fiona MacDonald

Learn about the hard lives of slaves in ancient Greece.

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe the life and duties of a young Christian knight.

The world's myths are filled with characters, creatures, and stories that have fascinated people for thousands of years. This series mixes dramatic retellings and non-fiction information to give a full picture of a culture's myths. This book explores the gods, goddesses, heroes, villains, tricksters, and quests that make Egyptian myths and legends so compelling.

Step back in time to Central America before the Spanish conquest and discover fascinating facts about the people who lived there. Explore the culture and beliefs of the Mayas and Aztecs -- the cities they built, their astronomical knowledge and their insatiable need for human sacrifice.

A look at life on the high seas with Christopher Columbus as he discovers America in 1492.

Portrays all the various parts of the rain forest and its animal and human inhabitants.

Examines the everyday life of women in the United States during the 1800s, contrasting society's ideal view of women with their real lives.

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without the toilet and describes how people managed to dispose of their waste in the past.

"Explains to the reader how good it is to have libraries"-- "For 5,000 years and more, libraries have been gathering and preserving writings of all kinds. They're keepers of the world's memory. They're storehouses of knowledge, and imagination, and fun. Learn about how these places and their collections of written words allow us to check our facts, find important information, share stories, beliefs and ideas, build communities, make things, and learn...