Illustrations and brief text portray the events of the 1963 march in Washington, D.C., where the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered an historic speech.

Trim is eager to be the best ship's cat ever. Everyone else on board seems so busy. Captain Flinders is at the helm, steering the ship. Cook is in the galley, making nice, warm biscuits. Will is high in the crow's nest, painting the sea and the sky. Trim wants to help too. Can he find the purr-fect way?

In eighteenth-century West Africa, a boy raised by his blacksmith father and the Mother Elements--Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth--is captured and taken to America as a slave.

"Kaya is a Nez Perce girl who takes pride in helping out and supporting the tribe--and also in her beloved horse, Steps High. But when she chooses racing her horse over family responsibilities, Kaya has to prove herself to earn her tribe's respect. Kaya's story of adventure in the wilderness is sure to engage today's readers as they learn what it was like to be a Native American girl in 1764 in this Step 3 Step into Reading leveled reader. Great for...

A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.

"In 1912, orphaned Irish street musician Jonathan Harker accidentally stows away on the Titanic, where he is befriended by Wallace Hartley, called 'the bravest man in the world' for playing violin with the band as the Titanic sank. Includes historical note"--Provided by publisher.