Moskin, Marietta D

Discusses unusual sky phenomena and how they affected our earliest ancestors, giving rise to superstitions and myths.

Rosie trades many things until she finally gets the right gift for her mother's birthday.

A Jewish girl from the Netherlands manages to live through the horrors that befall her family following the Nazi occupation in 1940.

Left in charge of the house, nineyear-old Lysbet nearly burns it down when she leaves the fireplace unattended to participate in New Amsterdam's First Skating Day.

Eager to accomplish an errand for her sick mother, Katie braves one of New York City's severest snowstorms in history, the blizzard of 1888.