Krebs, Laurie

Colorful text with an introduction to Spanish words describes a family's trip to Mexico where they swim in turquoise seas, admire grey whales and monarch butterflies, hike to native villages, and sing and dance to the music of Mariachi bands.

Arusha, Mosi, Tumpe and their friends embark on an exciting counting adventure through the grasslands of Tanzania, discovering all different kinds of African animals as they count from one to ten. Includes facts about Tanzania and information about each animal, the Masai people and the Swahili language.

Rhyming verse describes the activities of many of the creatures that inhabit the Amazon rainforest. Includes facts about the animals in the book and about the Amazon River and rainforest.

Describes a typical day in the life of Benjamin Rush, a physician in colonial Philadelphia, discussing his training, some of the diseases and other ailments he treated, his service as an army surgeon, and his work to improve conditions for women, slaves, and others.

Presents a children's ryhming text for early readers that introduces the sights and sounds of the Silk Road, and includes a history of the trade route.

Rhyming verse describes the activities of many of the creatures that inhabit the Amazon rainforest. Includes facts about the animals in the book and about the Amazon River and rainforest.

Describes a typical day in the life of James Forten, a man born in Philadelphia to free African-American parents, who learned to be a sailmaker, and later became a wealthy, respected businessman with his own shop.

Follows a day in the life of Benjamin Tuthill, a shipwright's apprentice in colonial New Hampshire, discussing what he learned in the course of building the "Ranger" in 1775, an eighteen-gun warship to be captained by John Paul Jones.

Follows a day in the life of Thomas Knox, keeper of the Boston Light on Little Brewster Island in the late eighteenth-century, describing the history of the lighthouse, and discussing the duties Knox performed.

Describes the life of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, and the Indigo plantation she began in South Carolina, includes vocabulary words with definitions.