A little girl and her mother stay up late to watch a shower of shooting stars.

After losing part of his arm in the Civil War, John Wesley Powell's passion to explore the natural world would not be deterred and he kept his dream of exploring the vast Colorado River and all its wonders, including the Grand Canyon.

Account of the childhood of Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet.

Every Halloween, Hubknuckles pays a visit to Lee and her younger sisters and baby brother. The children watch the ghostly figure from the safety of their warm kitchen, experiencing delicious little tickles of fear. But this year, Lee has decided that Hubknuckles isnt real. "Hubknuckles is just a sheet and a flashlight," she tells her sisters. "Either Ma or Pa makes him dance." And she is determined to prove it. What Lee discovers after an...

Hearing about the invention of the ice cream cone at the 1904 World's Fair, an ice cream peddler hopes to be the first to introduce the idea in New York City.

In a warm and touching poem, e.e. cummings describes the wonder and excitement of a young brother and sister who find a little tree on a city sidewalk and carry it home, where they adorn it with Christmas finery.

A Vietnamese child remembers wartime and her relationship with her grandfather, the village herb doctor.

Describes a male African tawny eagle's quest to find food for its chick in the Serengeti.