Describes the man and the story behind the creation of America's national anthem, profiling Francis Scott Key as a busy and respected political advisor who was inspired to write his famous poem after witnessing the Battle of Fort McHenry.

Describes the physical characteristics, hunting and feeding behavior, habitat, life cycle, methods of communication, and endangered status of alligators.

Alexander Graham Bell invents a talking machine he calls the telephone and demonstrates it at the World's Fair in Philadelphia in 1876.

A Hawaiian girl's new dog is actually an alien, and two strange creatures have come to earth to catch him and take him to jail.

"Inspired by the life of artist Grant Wood, this is [an] ... imagined story of the great American painter and a cow named Tillie. ... Mixing fact with fiction, Monica Kulling's text explores the making of an artist, while Sydney Smith's illustrations echo Grant Wood's own techniques"--Dust jacket flap.

Surveys the life of Harriet Tubman, including her childhood in slavery and her later work in helping other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad.

Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.

Provides an account of the life and accomplishments of the efficiency expert, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering, and the first female psychologist to have a postage stamp issued in her honor.

During the Great Depression, seven-year-old Ruby's family leaves their Oklahoma home to seek work in California, where Ruby meets Dorothea Lange, who takes a photograph that becomes known as "Migrant mother." Includes historical note.