Suzanne Slade

When George Washington was president, there wasn't a White House. That's because he hadn't built it yet. This is the story of how George Washington designed and built the house American presidents have lived in ever since.

Dolly is a little girl with a BIG voice. Music fills Dolly's heart so plumb full she has to let it out! She'll even sing to her cornhusk dolls or a pen full of pigs. She makes her own drum from a pot and her own guitar from a broken mandolin. But what Dolly dreams of is performing for a real audience--people who would hear her sing, and applaud!

When Annie has a career day at her school, each member of her family wonders if she will choose their career path--her grandfather the news photographer, her father the mountain climber or her mother the basketball player--until she reveals a dream that is all her own.

Discusses and explains the traits and characteristics of the group of animals known as insects.

Travel through the zoo and learn about zoo animals through rhyme. Count up all of the animals you have seen. Includes section "For Creative Minds" with cards and activities.

Discusses the temperate forest ecosystem and the animals that live in them, and follows the chain reaction if one of the animal species is lost. Focuses on the importance of gray wolves.

Describes the friendship between the two inventors and how Thomas Edison's advice to the young Henry Ford inspired Ford to work on his automobiles until he came up with an inexpensive, reliable version which became the Model T.

Explains the life cycle of a snake.

Fish are one of the main groups of animals on Earth. This book describes what characteristics all fish have in common and what characteristics make fish different from other animals.