Learn all about Mary Washington in this story by best-selling author, Jean Fritz! Everyone has a mother. Even George Washington. But Mary Washington is nothing like you'd think! She hates to dress up. And she always thinks she knows what's best for George. After all, she's his mother! The first 13 years of my life I lived in China. My parents were missionaries there, and I was an only child. Often I felt lonely and out of place. Writing for me became...

William becomes a better baseball player when he concentrates more on the game and less on his joke telling.

Provides a look at the private side of Abraham Lincoln and at the circumstances surrounding his short, but memorable speech at the dedication of the cemetery at the Gettysburg battlefield. Includes text of the speech.

Three stories featuring the Kitten Kids sleeping at their grandparents' house, riding bikes, and playing with a bully.

A young boy, bothered by his size, thinks that the super squirt gun he buys will transform him from "Squirt" into "Splat Master."

Simple words, rebus pictures, and flash cards make learning to read easy in this tale of a little boy in a haunted house.

Relates the bedtime activities of a little bug in a big house.