Malam, John

This book offers short stories about Samuel Bellamy, Henry Morgan, Edward Teach, Anne Bonny, John Rackham, and Mary Read with tidbits of their pirate life in the Caribbean Sea from 1690 to 1730.

Simple text describes how T-shirts are created starting from where the cotton is grown to how they sewn together and then shipped to the stores.

Simple text describes how a glass of milk is created starting from milking dairy cows to the milk being sold.

"Takes a look at the journey of a book, and examines where the ideas come from, how the author writes a book, the role of a publisher, how a book is illustrated, how the book is printed and sold, and finally, how it is read"--Provided by publisher.

Simple text and photographs describe how toys are manufactured and distributed to consumers.

Relates events leading up to the Apollo missions, the successful Apollo 11 space flight to the moon, and the impact of this event on history.

An overview of World War I, from its beginning in 1914 to armistice in November 1918.

Relates the accomplishments of Christopher Columbus, whose voyages across the Atlantic revealed to fifteenth-century Europeans the riches of the Americas.

An exploration of buried treasures that describes the kinds of treasures entombed with rulers, buried cities, and various troves found on land and in the sea.

Examines the stories and legends about mythological dragons, including Fafnir, Rinjin, puk dragons, and others.