History

Six-year old Susan helps her grandmother in the kitchen and begins to learn the role of w...

The chuck wagon was more than a mobile kitchen. It was the cowboy's home away from home.

History is dramatic-and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James...

Have you ever thought about being President of the United States? There are good things a...

Experience important moments in history with 20 young Americans-from the thrilling advent...

History is chock full of characters and events that could turn your hair white. From ramp...

A child listens to Koro (Track 1) and Grandma (Track 2) as they weave a tale about the li...

From the Silk Road to the Space Race and beyond, this audiobook for kids captures key tur...

Tells the story of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and the United States...

Tells the story of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, an inferno that forever changed the ci...

Tells the story of the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City on March ...

Tells the dramatic story of the rescue of the Apollo 13 astronauts. Written in graphic-no...

Tells the story of the Donner Party's struggle to reach California despite harsh weather ...

Describes the events of the Hindenburg airship disaster.

Tells the story of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton and his failed attempt to cross t...

From cramped quarters and salty, rotten food to bloody battles and deadly storms at sea, ...

You just tried out for the school play. Who wants the lead part more than anyone? YOU! Im...

You just tried out for the school play. Who wants the lead part more than anyone? YOU! Im...

From cramped quarters and salty, rotten food to bloody battles and deadly storms at sea, ...

Deadly plagues, pirates on the high seas, and shootouts in the Wild West. No matter when ...

Would you choose … to be a samurai warrior or a medieval knight? Both are exciting...

What happened to the people of the Roanoke Colony? Why did the crew of the Mary Celeste a...

When a spontaneous time leap sends Nickolas Flux back to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, ...

The past was disgusting. Sewage ran into the rivers people bathed in. Doctors drank their...

Highlights presents Justice for All written by Lynn Rymarz. Ida Wells stands up for her r...

Conductor Joseph Haydn and his musicians needed a rest, but Prince Nicholas wouldn't hear...

This article covers the history of chewing gum from the Stone Age to the 20th century.

Elizabeth Jennings stands up for her rights and goes on a whites-only trolley.

Long before there were furnaces or oil burners, colonial kids climbed under the covers an...

Highlights presents "12 O'Clock and All's Well!" written by David R. Smith. The jobs of p...

Benjamin Franklin's kitchen experiment showed that ants ask one another for help.

In the early 1900s, some students in Ontario, Canada, attended school on railroad cars th...

On Samoa, Robert Louis Stevenson happily lived out the final years of an illness-curtaile...

Crossing the Atlantic on the Mayflower was a difficult ordeal.

Highlights presents "Swat the Fly!" by Bob Rose: The invention of the fly swatter.

With a thunderous burst, two million gallons of molasses turned Boston into a sticky mess...

Highlights presents Pioneer Doctor of the Prairie by Karen Blumhagen. Helena Wink was a d...

At a ceremony in the desert, the United States was joined by rail.

Young teacher Prudence Crandall fights to provide education to free African-American wome...

Highlights presents Peale's Marvelous Parade by Barbara Kerley: The Peale Museum moved lo...

Leonardo da Vinci developed plans for an "aerial screw" four hundred years before it actu...

Lost, hungry, and near death, this pioneer family celebrated Christmas on their way west ...

In 1930, an eleven-year-old schoolgirl named the newly discovered ninth planet.

John Woodruff ran in the summer Olympics of 1936 with a goal of winning the gold medal.

When President Warren G. Harding passes away, officials have to find a way to reach Vice ...

Thomas Jefferson was sent to Philadelphia for a debate and is forced to leave his family ...

This world-class opera singer faced and fought racial discrimination.

Article about Thomas Jefferson's interest in mammoth fossils. Includes details about how ...

President George Washington checked out two library books 225 years ago and never returne...

Highlights presents A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves written by Peggy Reiff Miller. This artic...