Jim Whiting

Introduce middle-grade football fans to the extraordinary history of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons with a photo-laden narrative of the team's greatest successes. Beginning with the franchise's early years, readers get the highlights of the club's superstars and memorable seasons, as well as its playoff runs and two Super Bowl appearances. A colorful layout drives home the action, and sidebars deliver facts and stats about key players, such as Deion Sanders...

Introduce middle-grade football fans to the extraordinary history of the NFL's Tennessee Titans with a photo-laden narrative of the team's greatest successes. Beginning with the franchise's early years, readers get the highlights of the club's superstars and memorable seasons, as well as its playoff runs and one Super Bowl appearance. A colorful layout drives home the action, and sidebars deliver facts and stats about key players, such as Earl Campbell...

Introduce middle-grade football fans to the extraordinary history of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars with a photo-laden narrative of the team's greatest successes. Beginning with the franchise's early years, readers get the highlights of the club's superstars and memorable seasons, as well as its playoff runs. A colorful layout drives home the action, and sidebars deliver facts and stats about key players, such as Trevor Lawrence and Fred Taylor. Young...

Introduce middle-grade football fans to the extraordinary history of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a photo-laden narrative of the team's greatest successes. Beginning with the franchise's early years, readers get the highlights of the club's superstars and memorable seasons, as well as its playoff runs and two Super Bowl championships. A colorful layout drives home the action, and sidebars deliver facts and stats about key players, such as Warren...

Paul Revere was an expert silversmith. He became one of America's first industrialists. He was active in the movement that led to American independence. Yet Paul Revere's fame rests almost entirely on the few hours that he sped through the Massachusetts countryside in the early morning of April 19, 1775. He was warning the inhabitants that the British regulars were on their way. It marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Few people outside...

Presents a brief biography of Thucydides who wrote History of the Peloponnesian War and provides information on background and the importance of his book as the first work of scientific history.

Julius Caesar is one of the most famous figures in ancient Rome. He was born into a turbulent era, when different factions were trying to control the government. He survived and began a steady rise in importance. He became a very successful military commander who added more than 200,000 square miles to the territories under Rome s control. But his triumphs created powerful enemies in Rome. They wanted to strip him of his power. He defeated those enemies...

When Leonard Bernstein died in 1990 at the age of 72, one of his admirers said he was actually 288 because he led four separate lives: as a conductor, a composer, a pianist, and a teacher. No other American musician has ever had such a diverse career. A sickly boy, Bernstein discovered music when he was about 10 and pursued a musical career despite his father s objections. He became literally an overnight sensation when he was 25. With only a few...

Introduce middle-grade football fans to the extraordinary history of the NFL's Buffalo Bills with a photo-laden narrative of the team's greatest successes. Beginning with the franchise's early years, readers get the highlights of the club's superstars and memorable seasons, as well as its playoff runs and four Super Bowl appearances. A colorful layout drives home the action, and sidebars deliver facts and stats about key players, such as Thurman Thomas...

A king of a dog in a tiny body! This title includes narrative nonfiction, informational sidebars, Fun Facts, and more for readers to learn about the history of Pugs and how to take care of them today!