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Acclaimed author Hopkinson weaves together the contributions of not only D-Day's famous players, but African Americans, women, journalists, and service members in a masterful tapestry of official documents, personal narratives, and archival photos to bring this decisive battle to vivid, thrilling life.

A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her to freedomin the North along the Underground Railroad.

Sibert Award-winning author Hopkinson tells the incredible story of America's little known "war within a war, " the U.S. submarine warfare during World War II.

From an award-winning author of historical fiction comes a story of survival, crime, adventure, and horses in the streets of 19th century New York City.Eleven-year-old Rocco is an Italian immigrant who finds himself alone in New York City after he's sold to a padrone by his poverty-stricken parents. While working as a street musician, he meets the boys of the infamous Bandits' Roost, who teach him the art of pickpocketing. Rocco embraces his n...

This gorgeous picture book biography of one of the most beloved writers of all time pays tribute to an independent thinker who turned ordinary life into extraordinary stories and created a body of work that has delighted and inspired readers for generations. Full color.

This storybook is loosely based on the life of 19th century astronomer Maria Mitchell. Yearning for adventure, young Maria find it on the roof of her house when she peers into a telescope for the first time. Though in the 19th century girls are rarely scholars, Maria longs to be an astronomer like her father. Full color.

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This uproarious tall tale from the creators of "Fannie in the Kitchen" makes the perfect introduction to learning about apples and the Oregon Trail, and is loosely based on the true story of Henderson Luelling, a real fruiting pioneer. Full color.

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On April 15, 1912, the magnificent ocean liner the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank beneath the icy North Atlantic seas. Hopkinson weaves together archival photographs and the voices of real Titanic survivors and witnesses to the disaster to bring the horrors of that terrible night to life. There's nine-year-old Frankie Goldsmith, Violet Jessop, a young stewardess, Archibald Gracie, a well-to-do gentleman, Charlotte Collyer, a young moth...

Part medical mystery, part survival story, and part Dickensian adventure, this gripping novel, set during the 1854 London cholera epidemic, is a celebration of Dr. John Snow, a fascinating pioneer in public health considered as the father of modern epidemiology.

This reader chronicles the life of John Adams, the second president of the newly formed United States. Full color.

With simple but engaging text, paintings, and an illuminating author's note telling the true account of a young slave who joins the Union Army, this tale of a real person's role in the Civil War is ideal for beginning readers and burgeoning history buffs. Full color.

As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting "useless" experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures from the coasts of Africa, South America, and the Galapagos Islands, and expanded his groundbreaking ideas that would change people's understanding of the natural world...

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Susan B. Anthony was taught that girls and women could do anything boys and men could do--if only they were allowed. She fought for a woman's right to own property, hold down a job, and, more importantly, vote. Full color.

Critically acclaimed nonfiction author Deborah Hopkinson pieces together the story of the TITANIC and that fateful April night, drawing on the voices of survivors and archival photographs. Scheduled to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the tragic sinking of the TITANIC, a topic that continues to haunt and thrill readers to this day, this book by critically acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson weaves together the voices and stories of real T...

Published in time for the 150th anniversary of her birth, this story stars a young Beatrix Potter, creator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and many other classic children's books. Master of the historical fiction picture book, Hopkinson takes readers back to Victorian England and the home of budding young artist and animal lover Beatrix Potter. When Beatrix brings home her neighbor's pet guinea pig so that she can practice painting it, well . . . ...

In this stunning nonfiction volume, an award-winning author weaves together the stories of slaves, sharecroppers, and mill workers, illuminating the history of cotton in America. Illustrated with period photos.