Anne F. Rockwell

A boy and his parents prepare breakfast at their truck stop for drivers of eighteen-wheelers, tankers, moving vans, and other vehicles, while Uncle Marty checks tires and makes repairs.

A child experiences an enjoyable day at the beach

Mrs. Madoff's preschool class learns about President's Day and puts on a play about the men who inspired the holiday, particularly those featured on Mount Rushmore.

Despite all the signs of spring--sprouting ferns, a frog, and flowers--a little girl searches for the robin that means that spring has finally come.

A little girl notices all the sights, smells, and sounds along the way when her family takes a ferryboat to their summer island.

Describes how an African slave, Toussaint L'Ouverture, lead his fellow slaves on the island of St. Domingue (now Haiti) to revolt against the white plantation owners to gain their freedom and influence the course of world history.

Each child in Mrs. Madoff's class brings a visitor who tells the group about his or her job.

A collection of short stories featuring little girls and little boys as alternating main characters.

A simple introduction to geography which explains such things as how the earth was shaped, how islands are born from volcanoes, and how gushing springs affect rivers.

John can do nothing well until a snail gives him one hundred fabulous stories to tell, but when even they wear thin, he goes in search of the snail again.