Charles L. Dodgson was a mathematician and church deacon who taught at Oxford University during the Victorian era. Under the pen name Lewis Carroll, he wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland…

Describes the life of the South African president and revolutionary from his childhood and his work as a peaceful protestor to his twenty-seven-year imprisonment, his election as president, and his…

Filled with loads of interesting facts and bright, realistic illustrations, this reader shows what makes a pony a pony and how are they different from horses. Full color.

Presents the life of the comic actress, discussing her childhood, marriage to and divorce from Desi Arnaz, and her career on the successful television hit series I Love Lucy.

Introduces the siege at Alamo, in which two hundred Americans held off more than two thousand soldiers of the Mexican Army for twelve days before defeat.

J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure. He spent his childhood roaming the British countryside with his family and could…