Featuring fact boxes, social studies content, and graphic organizers, this book describes what life was really like in the Wild West, from cattle drives to the truth about "lawmen."

Many American celebrate the fourth Thursday in November by watching football and eating a big meal with their family. This is the national holiday of Thanksgiving, a tradition linked to the Pilgrims and their early days in the New World. But pictures showing the Pilgrims sitting down for a feast with their Native American friends are only partly right. Stories about this day often make it sound much nicer that it was. So, what was the first Thanksgiving...

Describes the history of the first permanent English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607.

Featuring fact boxes, social studies content, and graphic organizers, this book, focusing on pioneer life once they claimed their land, describes their sod houses, gardening, and weather conditions.