Stephen Krensky

Celebrates a toddler's growing comfort with such things as hearing loud noises and being left with a babysitter.

A young child learns to be independent.

A young Abe Lincoln stumbles across a pig in trouble and decides he must help, even though it will mean arriving late and muddy for the important speech he is scheduled to make.

For Lionel, fall means starting a new school year, raking leaves, and getting to dress up as a knight and chase a dragon from house to house on Halloween.

Lionel's many school-related adventures include a nervous Back-to-School night with his parents, the welcoming of a new classmate, a sister who doesn't seem to recognize him, and an experiment with time.

Lionel enjoys the longest day of summer, celebrates the Fourth of July, has a lemonade stand, and travels on vacation with his family.

Lionel and his friends have dinner, trade sandwiches at school, eavesdrop on Louise and Emily, and play baseball.

On April 15, 1947, Matt Romano and his father watch the Brooklyn Dodgers season-opener, during which Jackie Robinson, a twenty-eight-year-old rookie, breaks the "color line" that had kept black men out of Major League baseball. Includes facts about Jackie Robinson's life and career.

Discover the history and popular culture of the creatures of the deep in books, movies and comics.

Presents biographical information about President Barack Obama, covering his upbringing and early life in Hawaii and Indonesia, efforts in Chicago as a community organizer, and first several months in the Oval Office, with photographs and event timelines.