Peter Roop

Describes, in illustrations and easy text, how gold was discovered in California, how miners traveled to the gold fields, how they sought gold or found riches other ways, and their impact on California.

Uncharted Territory In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from the French for $15,000,000. The purchase made President Jefferson's dream of extending the U.S. west of the Mississippi River come true. Now the much larger United States had difficult questions to answer: How would Louisiana be governed? How would it be divided into states? Would those states be free states or slave states? What would happen to the Native Americans?...

Rhyming text and illustrations guide readers through the numbers one to ten, while introducing Maine coastal and marine wildlife.

Describes the history and customs connected with Halloween and includes riddles, activities, and instructions for making some masks and costumes.

Presents some basic facts about Christmas, along with jokes and riddles, Christmas crafts, and brief explanations of Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.

"This book tells what it was like to grow up in a Cherokee family in the Great Smoky Mountains about 200 years ago"--Cover, P. [4].

A collection of jokes and riddles about insects, including "Whatdo you call a bug dance? A moth ball."

Recounts the life story of the noted explorer, including excerpts from his own writings.

An introductory biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped African Americans win many battles for equal rights.