In the midst of his mother's struggle with cancer, fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold has the opportunity to take the trip of a lifetime. Accompanying his fearless grandmother, a magazine reporter for International Geographic, Alexander...

As the Revolutionary War begins, 13-year-old Isabel wages her own fight for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, Isabel and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City...

Read the full text of volume five of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology combines speeches and letters written by Abraham Lincoln during the beginning years of the Civil War.

Conversation skills are important for academic and social learning at all grade levels. This first-grade teacher teaches conversation skills very specifically, starting at the beginning of the year, and provides lots of structured...