Sally Wern Comport

The twelve scientists who are profiled here are women from all sorts of backgrounds who are currently rocking science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Each of them has a different story to tell about how she got to where she is today, but the one thing they have in common is that they are truly wonder women of science. Around the world there are many more women doing incredible work and breaking new ground in STEM fields--not to mention...

Fourth-grader Zayd yearns to play basketball on the Gold Team, but when he skips orchestra rehearsal to practice, his parents forbid anything basketball-related, and tryouts are coming soon.

Abraham Lincoln faced a dangerous and uncertain future when he left Springfield, Illinois, for his inauguration in Washington, DC. Luckily for him, detective Kate Warne had his back, even if he didn't know it yet. Hired by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, Kate Warne used her exceptional acting and conversational skills to uncover the rebel plot to kill Lincoln in Baltimore, the only Southern city on his route to DC. Though men in this era were often...

Traces the life of Thomas Savage, a young Jamestown settler, who learned the language of the Algonquin Indians and served as an interpreter during many of the early conflicts between the Indians and the colonists.

A simple retelling of five stories by Mark Twain, in which he pokes fun at newspapers, Victorian manners, obedience to one's parents, the British, and perceptions of reality.

A prose retelling of Shakespeare's play about treachery and murder in the kingdom of Denmark. Includes background information, character summary, and commonly asked questions.