Why Didn'T I Think Of That?: From Alarm Clocks To Zippers

By Webb B. Garrison, Webb Garrison, Ray Abel

Cartoons and black-and-white diagrams illustrate a survey of products invented and developed by ordinary people who recognized and found solutions for the small daily needs of people

The Turnabout Year

By Ray Abel, Lucy Johnston Sypher

The Flea Market Mystery

By Virginia Besaw Evansen, Ray Abel, Virginia B. Evansen

A robbery at a senior citizens' co-op sends Nancy and Tomás Pérez from the Los Olivos flea market to a boardwalk arcade in a search for the thieves of their grandparents' handcrafted goods.

The Turnabout Year

By Ray Abel, Lucy Johnston Sypher

Lucy, her friends, and family all change in many ways during the turnabout year and Lucy's wish to go away to school in Minneapolis is realized.

Cabeza De Vaca, Defender Of The Indians

By Gertrude Lerner Kerman, Ray Abel, Gertrude Kerman

142, [2] p. : 23 cm A brief biography of the sixteenth-century explorer who traveled from Florida to Mexico and sought freedom and peace for the Indians Bibliography: p. [143]

Cabeza De Vaca, Defender Of The Indians

By Gertrude Lerner Kerman, Ray Abel, Gertrude Kerman

142, [2] p. : 23 cm A brief biography of the sixteenth-century explorer who traveled from Florida to Mexico and sought freedom and peace for the Indians Bibliography: p. [143]

The Celts

By Ray Abel

The Spell Of The Northern Lights

By Ray Abel, Lucy Johnston Sypher, Sypher, Lucy Johnston, Abel, Ray

Lucy has many fears - she is afraid her dog will disappear, she is fearful of fire, she worries about would happen if her parents weren't there any more. The Northern Lights were brilliant when she...

Indian Island Mystery

By Mary C. Jane, Ray Abel

The Edge Of Nowhere

By Ray Abel, Lucy Johnston Sypher

A young girl's complaint that nothing ever happens in her small North Dakota town is belied by the events of 1916.