Ronald Himler

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.

A Boy and his father come from far away to visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington and find the name of the boy's grandfather, who was killed in the conflict.

Describes the major plants used by the American Indian: strawberries, chestnuts, arrowroot, and others.

An introduction to the lives of Lewis and Clark and to the exploratory expedition they led from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean in the early nineteenth century.

Elviry decides that her family really needs to celebrate Christmas in their new home in the Michigan woods even though it will not be the same since her mother died.

A young boy deals with the loss of his beloved cat Charlie, eventually accepting the arrival of another, very different cat.

Alex has a hard time adjusting to his new first grade and tells wild stories to impress the other students.

When his big brother leaves to become a soldier, a boy does what he can to take his place in the family.

From the 1500s to the present, different voices and perspectives of men and women--Indian, Mexican, Spanish, Texan, and American--recount the history of the Alamo and its region.