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Just in time for the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth comes this ingenious picture book. In the year 1816, seven-year-old Abe and his pal, 10-year-old Austin, journey down to Knob Creek. The water looks scary and deep, and neither boy knows how to swim. Full color.

For use in schools and libraries only. A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her to freedom in the North.

In this second volume in Deborah Hopkinson's saga of a family's first year in Bleeding Kansas, Papa is off in Lawrence defending the town from Missouri border ruffians, and it's up to Charlie to take care of his family in their remote cabin--with a violent prairie blizzard blowing in. Illustrations.

This sequel to the International Reading Association Children's Book Award winner "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt" captures all the drama and emotion of a girl's heartstopping escape from slavery on the Underground Railroad. Illustrations.

Marcia enjoys being her mother's helper, so she's hurt when Mother hires Fannie Farmer to prepare the meals. But Fannie's charm wins Marcia over in this delightful story based on the real turn-of-the-20th-century Boston cook who invented recipes with precise measurements. Full color.

When Marcia's mother decides to hire a mother's helper, Marcia is offended because she felt she had tried to help. But when Fannie Farmer steps into their kitchen, the biscuits are suddenly dainty, the griddle cakes are not mushy, and Marcia has a new friend who teaches her the importance of precise measurements in cooking. Full-color illustrations.

An inspiring tale of creativity and determination on the Underground Railroad from Coretta Scott King Award winner James Ransome and acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson.Clara, a slave and seamstress on Home Plantation, dreams of freedom-not just for herself, but for her family and friends. When she overhears a conversation about the Underground Railroad, she has a flash of inspiration. Using scraps of cloth from her work in the Big House and sc...

When her family moves to a tiny, desolate island off the coast of Maine, Birdie closely watches her father, the light-keeper, as he tends the lights. One stormy night, her father is taken ill, and only Birdie knows how to keep the lighthouse's strong beam running. Color illustrations.