Henry Carter Hull

Numbers from ten to one are part of this lullaby which observes the room of a little girl going to bed.

Relates how the slaves in New Orleans, Louisiana, awaited every week the half of a Sunday when they were free to meet in Congo Square.

It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and families are traveling together, riding America's brand new transcontinental railroad. The story comes alive with the details of the trip and the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives; the work that keeps them moving; and the thrill of travel from plains to mountain to ocean. Come hear the hiss of the steam, feel the heat of the engine, watch the landscape race by. Come ride the rails,...

Based on a real-life partnership, the heartening story of the love and teamwork between a girl and her service dog will illuminate and inspire. Rescue thought he'd grow up to be a Seeing Eye dog - it's the family business, after all. When he gets the news that he's better suited to being a service dog, he's worried that he's not up to the task. Then he meets Jessica, a girl whose life is turning out differently than the way she'd imagined it, too....

A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.