Jeffrey, Gary

Presents a brief profile of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., written in graphic comic format, and describes his influence in improving the lives of African-Americans in the South.

In graphic novel format, retells part of "The Odyssey, " the epic poem by Homer that describes the journey home from the Trojan War by Odysseus. After Odysseus outsmarts the witch Circe, she gives Odysseus valuable information to help get him and his men home safe, including how to get past the Sirens and evade the monster Scylla.

Presents in graphic novel format three rebellions in medieval England.

Presents in graphic novel format three battles fought by knights in medieval history.

Presents in graphic novel format the arrival of the Vikings in early Britain to the Norman invasion.

Presents in graphic novel format three battles of the crusades.

Discusses how to survive in the jungle, with depictions, in graphic novel format, of three true survival stories, including two in the jungles of Bolivia and the case of crashed Navy pilot Dieter Dengler in the rainforest of Laos in 1966.

Discusses how to survive at sea, with depictions, in graphic novel format, of three true survival stories in the South Atlantic and South Pacific oceans.

In graphic novel format, relates the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

In graphic novel format, retells two of the ten labors of Hercules--defeating the powerful Nemean Lion and beheading the Lernean Hydra, which grew back two heads for every one he cut off.