Owens, L. L

Presents simplified adaptations of six stories by Charles Dickens.

A graphic novel featuring Black Beauty, who grows up in the fields and meadows of Victorian England and is then thrust into a world of cruelty and mistreatment.

Text and photographs describe the life cycle of a clown fish from egg to adulthood.

Introduces students to the ancient Mayan civilization, discussing their history, ruins, artifacts, culture, and mysteries.

Highlights six of the most-watched American trials of the twentieth century.

Stowed away in the bell tower of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Quasimodo is treated like a monster. After meeting Esmeralda, a kind gypsy girl, he becomes an unexpected hero when he saves her from an unjust sentence of death.

An introduction to Uranus that describes the planet's orbit, rotation, and atmosphere and discusses how scientists study it.

An introduction to Mercury that describes the planet's surface, orbit, rotation, weather, and atmosphere and discusses how scientists study it.

An introduction to Earth that describes the planet's moon, orbit, rotation, surface, and atmosphere.

An introduction to Mars that describes the planet's moons, surface, orbit, rotation, weather, and atmosphere and discusses how scientists study it.