Lowery, Linda

Presents a short biography about ex-slave Clara Brown who traveled to Colorado to begin a new life and look for her daughter who was sold as a small child, and describes how she became rich enough to help other freed slaves after the Civil War to also begin new lives.

Examines the history and tradition of the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo which celebrates the victory of Mexico over the French army in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

Expands on a popular Mexican folktale about a ghost that haunts riverbanks at night, crying as she searches for her lost children.

Chronicles the life of the woman called Aunt Clara Brown, who was born into slavery and became a pioneer and entrepreneur, earning money to bring other former slaves to a new start in Colorado.

In 1976, Barbie records in her diary the preparations she, her sisters, and their entire town are making to celebrate America's 200th birthday, including a disco dance, a parade, and a play, as well as other Bicentennial events they witness. Includes directions for making an apple-head doll and facts about life in 1976.

Her angels transport eleven-year-old Hannah to Ireland, where her special mission is to solve a mystery involving an old monastery, a freshly dug grave, and missing money.

The angels send Hannah on a mission to Athens to help save the Olympic prospects of a Greek gymnast.

Hannah is sent on an angel mission to Trinidad to help a young boy whose legs were badly injured in a swimming accident.