1998 | 4-8 | Paperback Animal Dads takes a refreshing look at the natural world with fathers cast in the caregiver role. Fish, birds, and mammals demonstrate a wide array of parenting skills as the male of the species protects, feeds, and teaches.

1998 | 9-14 | Hardback The poor, industrious descendant of a slave, Philip Simmons was captivated by the men who fired up iron and bashed it into form. He started to work with Charleston's premier blacksmith at the age of 13 and grew into one of the country's 'national treasures' of esteemed artists.

1998 | 9-12 | Hardback What catastrophe caused hundreds of small dinosaurs to perish 225 million years ago? Hypotheses are carefully considered and illustrated in this analytical look at how scientists explore the past.

1998 | 9-12 | Paperback Needing defense against the Mongols whose empire encompassed most of the known world, the Chinese built the Great Wall of China over 200 years. Thousands of miles long, the Wall was guarded by over a million soldiers manning thousands of forts and towers.

1998 | 7-12 | Paperback Five years old at the time, Hiroki Sugihara tells the poignant story of how his father saved the lives of 10,000 Jews while he was serving as a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania in 1940.

1998 | 9-12 | Paperback This is one man's story, but one that was shared by thousands of African Americans across the United States before, during, and after the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.