Emily Arnold McCully

A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.

"Born in 1857 and raised in oil country, Ida M. Tarbell was one of the first investigative journalists and probably the most influential in her time. Her series of articles on the Standard Oil Trust, a complicated business empire run by John D. Rockefeller, revealed to readers the underhanded, even illegal practices that had led to Rockefeller's success. Rejecting the term 'muckracker' to describe her profession, she went on to achieve remarkable...

When a new bridge is built over the river, the happiest person in the town must be the first to cross it.

A little mouse gets lost on the way to a family picnic.

Pip's two grandmothers, who cannot agree on anything, take over coaching her baseball team and create chaos.

After the Great Bellini teaches young Mirette to walk the high wire, she uses her talent to free him from prison, and both resolve to help others become free.

When a little mouse's treasured Christmas gift is broken, Grandpa consoles her with a toy train from his own childhood.

A curious little mouse decides to find out what school is all about.

Monk the little mouse learns from his parents that practice is the way to succeed--whether it is in playing baseball or in playing music.