Neil Waldman

Nessa's ingenuity and bravery save from animal poachers the fish she and her grandmother caught to feed everyone in their Eskimo camp.

Underground railways, or subways, are an engineering marvel. But why were they built? How? Here is a high-speed tour of early subways from London to New York City to answer those questions and more.

An old and tired winter wind looks for a place to rest. An oak tree orders the wind away as does a mountain. In frustration the wind gathers into a storm and covers the earth with snow. How will a little girl finally offer the wind rest? Allegedly based on a Jewish tale from Soviet Russia. But the writer of the afterword couldn't find the source of the tale in the Soviet Union.

While hunting with his father, Wolf Cub encounters a horse for the first time.

Collects inspiring and memorable quotes from thirteen Americans who stood up for their beliefs of equality and justice, from Thomas Jefferson to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barack Obama.

Although taunted for his small size and bad leg, Eemook proves his worth by saving his tribe from an evil and powerful spirit that comes visiting one stormy night.

An illustrated version of Blake's well-known poem, viewing the "tyger, tyger, burning bright, in the forests of the night."

Presents accounts of unexplainable occurrences involving ghosts, poltergeists, and the Bermuda Triangle.

King Solomon learns a lesson from a little birde in this story based on Jewish and African tales.