Full of information and activities for kids of all ages, this celebration of all things Minnesota highlights the people we live with, the parks and waterways we play in, the animals we observe, the places we love to visit--and the history that made it all possible. The book offers activities to help readers aged seven and up engage with Minnesota's history, people, and places--by making their own illustrations and drawings, maps, lists of favorite...

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the tour of countries around the world in these fascinating alphabet books.

"Mississippi. 1966. On a hot June afternoon an African-American man named James Meredith set out to walk through his home state, intending to fight racism and fear with his feet. A seemingly simple plan, but one teeming with risk. Just one day later Meredith was shot and wounded in a roadside ambush. Within twenty-four hours, Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and other civil rights leaders had taken up Meredith's cause, determined to overcome...

Includes easy-to-read instructions and illustrations of strategy for 101 card games.

An introduction to baseball, describing the equipment, playing field, rules, players, and process of the game.

A first-person account of the 1986 dogsled expedition to the North Pole, the first to reach the North Pole without resupply since Robert E. Peary in 1909.

Stories of the lives and times of nine African-American children and adults whose contributions to Minnesota's history span nearly two centuries, from the early 1800s to the present day.