Tired of his mother's overprotectiveness and intrigued by the life of African American explorer Matthew Henson, twelve-year-old Alvin travels north and spends a season with a trapper near the Arctic Circle.

Through reenactment, witness Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone. Come to appreciate his prophetic vision of how the telephone would transform the world and get to know the man behind the invention, a man who spoke out against injustices and was highly respected, hard-working, and charitable. Then, leap forward through the decades to see the telephone connect a nation.

Inspired by a true story, describes the life of Ellen Lark, a deaf woman who became a favorite student of Alexander Graham Bell while he raced against Western Union to cast a human voice over wires.

Young readers can learn all about the incredible life of naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, whose explorations created the basis for modern ecology, in this adventure-filled picture book that will spark a passion for discovery and conservation in the youngest readers.

"What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world's greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial portrait. More than two millennia have passed, but Alexander the Great is still a household name. His life was an adventure story and took him to every corner of the ancient world. His memory and glamour persist, and his early death at thirty-three has kept...