A story based on real events of a community that works together to gain civil rights.

Ederle, known as Trudy, became an international superstar in 1926 when she was the first woman to swim across the English Channel. This book shows the successes and failures and hard work Trudy faced on her quest to swim the Channel. But it also paints a beautiful portrait of the friendship betwe

Accounts of African-American's civil rights struggle from the Civil War to present.

Historic illustrated story of Francis Scott Key's creation of what would become the U.S. National Anthem.

Children's biography of Louise Smith, race car driver and first woman elected to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

A children's story illustrating what happens when a southern black school gains a young white teacher from the north during the Civil Rights era.

Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on 9 October, 2012, she nearly lost her life for the cause. She was shot point-blank on her way home from school. No one expected

Lasky's picture-book sketch of naturalist's John Muir focuses on Muir's special love of California's snowy Sierras and Yosemite Valley and his successes in founding Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Club.

A humorous and poignant fictional story, this book is also an eye-opening view of the women's suffrage movement.