Brill, Marlene Targ

A guide to chronic illnesses, syndromes, and rare disorders, covering celiac disease, hemophilia, multiple sclerosis, and more.

Describes a garbage truck used to dump garbage in a landfill as well as a truck that carries garbage that can be recycled.

Describes women's role in history, focusing on women's effort in maintaining world peace.

Provides a resource for teens dealing with speech and language problems, explaining how speech originally develops, issues that can occur, and new technologies being used in communication.

Presents the story of eleven-year-old Julius Miller, aka Bronco Charlie, and how he became the youngest rider on the Pony Express.

Allen Jay, a young Quaker boy, helps a passenger on the Underground Railroad escape from slavery in 1842.

Text and color photos introduce different kinds of nurses, including school nurses, military nurses, home health nurses, and nurses in doctors' offices, and present many of the duties nurses perform in hospitals.