monuments

This picture book provides an overview of the significance, history, and current state of the Jefferson Memorial. Key words and more detailed facts are provided at the end of the book, to help adults round out young readers' knowledge on the topic.

Examines how America developed its memorial and sculptural traditions, and how these were applied to war remembrance through a series of short essays illustrated by over one hundred-forty photographs, and includes a descriptive catalog of one hundred fifty-nine memorials with maps that provide walking tours in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Discusses important events in African American history.

Provides information about the causes of the Vietnam War and the resulting division in America over it. Explains the healing purpose of the wall, the symbolism of its design, and the parts of the wall. Includes color photographs, a timeline, a glossary, an index, and sources for additional information.

A state-by-state tour of monuments, musemums, and sites important to African-American history.

Text and photographs introduce Mount Rushmore, the brave efforts of all who helped to create it, and the sculptor, Gutzon Borglum.

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima by the name of Sadako races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy. After her death, Sadako's classmates campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue in memory of Sadako and the other children who were victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Explores the influence and contributions of African Americans to the history of the United States through an examination of thirteen historic sites including Jamestown, Virginia, Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina,Harpers Ferry, and the USS Arizona Memorial.

A guidebook to the graves and libraries of American presidents, with facts about the post-White House years of this select group of men, their deaths, and their funerals.