Instructions for beginning sketches and following through to the finished drawing.

A collie undertakes a thousand-mile journey in order to once again meet her former master at the school gate.

Offers a guide to the history and art of ancient Egypt through the drawings and illustrations found on the Pharoahs' tombs, mummies, and sculptures of the time.

Sixteen-year-old Bill finds adventure when he becomes a rider for the Pony Express (though his letters home never hint at the dangers he encounters).

When the first mate of the freight boat Neptune falls ill, it is up to Abigail, the captain's daughter, to steer the ship up the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York City.

A view of the incidents at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, which were the start of the American Revolution, as seen from the eyes of George, a British drummer boy.

Provides information on everyday life in ancient Rome while showing how to draw sculpture, architecture, and people of the period.

Traces the journey of a mole cricket as he explores the world above his burrow.

Offers a guide to the history and art of ancient Greece through the drawings and illustrations found on decorated vases, tombs, palaces, temples, and sculptures of the time. Also gives instructions on how to draw like the ancient Greeks.

Having befriended a young girl who is unable to walk, Lad risks his life to save her from a poisonous snake.