Rosalyn Schanzer

Tackling the same twisted subject as Stacy Schiff's much-lauded book The Witches: Salem, 1692, this Sibert Honor book for young readers features unique scratchboard illustrations, chilling primary source material, and powerful narrative to tell the true tale. In the little colonial town of Salem Village, Massachusetts, two girls began to twitch, mumble, and contort their bodies into strange shapes. The doctor tried every remedy, but nothing cured...

Focuses on Benjamin Franklin's role as an inventor of whimsical gadgets and practical contraptions, with an emphasis on his experiment of flying a kite during a rainstorm.

Davy Crockett stops the evil Halley's Comet from destroying the world and wins the heart of Sally Sugartree in the process.

Explores how the characters and lives of King George III of England and George Washington affected the progress and outcome of the American Revolution.

Uses lighthearted illustrations and excerpts from letters, journals, and newspaper articles to relate the story of the California Gold Rush of 1848.

Discusses the truth behind such beliefs as "Cats can see in total darkness, " "Cats have nine lives, " and "A cat signals its feelings with its tail."

A little girl faces the anxieties of moving, trading old friends and familiar places for unfamiliar rooms and a new neighborhood.