Robert Andrew Parker

Tells the life story of history-making physicist Albert Einstein, describing his beginnings as a scientist, his experiences in Nazi Germany, his arrival in the U.S., and his major accomplishments, and includes a chronology.

Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them.

Imagines Jackson Pollock at work during the creation of one of his paint-swirled and splattered canvasses.

Realizing that her father's lack of work has endangered her family, nine-year-old Juice decides that she must return to school and learn to read in order to help their chances of surviving and keeping their house.

Discusses the hauntings of various houses throughout the United States including the White House.

A woman reminisces about her neighbor's son who was the object of a letter writing campaign by some fourth-graders when he went away to war in 1943.

Henry complains to the royal governor, General Gage, after his plan to sled down the steep hill at Boston Common is thwarted by the masses of British troops camped there.

A tale shared by the different native peoples of California tells how Coyote and other animals created the world and the people who came to live in it.