The orangutan

By Ruth Ashby

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and life cycle of the orangutan, including information on why the species is threatened and what is being done to save it.

Sterling Biographies Rosa Parks

By Ruth Ashby

Sterling Biographies Rosa Parks

By Ruth Ashby

Anne Frank

By Ruth Ashby

The amazing Mr. Franklin, or, The boy who read everything

By Ruth Ashby

Introduces the life of inventor, statesman, and founding father Benjamin Franklin, whose love of books led him to establish the first public library in the American colonies.

Rocket man

By Ruth Ashby

"Astronaut John Glenn heard only silence as heat began to build up in his Mercury capsule. Just four feet behind him, the temperature rose to 9,500 degrees-almost as hot as the surface of the sun....

Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall

By Ruth Ashby

Examines the actions of Boss Tweed, the powerful, influential, and corrupt public works commissioner for New York City from 1863-1871, and of the political organization that he and his associates c...

The Underground Railroad

By Ruth Ashby

Discusses the history of the institution of slavery in the United States, abolitionism and other resistance movements, and the structure, as well as some outstanding people involved with, the Under...

Extra Ordinary People Ashby Ruth. Civil War.

By Ruth Ashby

Lincoln

By Ruth Ashby