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A boy nicknamed Shipwreck is rescued by pirates and swept into a 1846 California adventure involving hidden emeralds, mu

Denied access to the pineapple fields she was hired to paint, Georgia O’Keeffe roams Hawaii to capture the vibrant tropi

The most fascinating thing you'll learn is how Galileo used his telescope to prove the Earth wasn't the center of the un

In 1831, Prudence Crandall sparked a firestorm in a Connecticut town by defying local outrage to open her school doors t

Detailed artwork captures the wild beauty of the Atlantic shoreline, from the smallest beach flowers to the many creatur

Determined to learn to read, eight-year-old Olemaun leaves her Arctic village for a residential school where she must pr

A group of forest animals tries to balance a seesaw for a fair game of tug-of-war, learning that equality is about more

Valentina and her brother tumble into a magical world of Colombian folklore, where they must uncover family secrets to f

Vivid photographs show exactly what it is like to live, eat, and play alongside a domesticated elephant in a small villa

Stark black-and-white photographs reveal the grit and resilience of American families surviving the nation's greatest ec

Henry Ford changed the world with the assembly line, but his life was a mix of innovation and deep prejudice. Real photo

Follow Roy Chapman Andrews into the Gobi Desert, where he braved the elements to prove dinosaurs were egg-layers and cha

With her father missing in Vietnam and her mother overwhelmed by grief, eleven-year-old Bobbie Lynn must guard a family

A German boy turned back during the Holocaust and a detained Japanese American girl are among the true stories highlight

Two brothers return from vacation with a car full of critters and start a nature club, but they must solve a mystery whe

Benjamin Franklin was more than just a printer; he was a scientific celebrity whose discoveries helped him win over Euro

Two high school seniors must decide whether to stay loyal to the streets or risk everything to pursue a life at college.

Vibrant folk art and Chinese characters illustrate 5,000 years of history through 23 essential words and cultural legend

Travel from 1000 B.C. to the present day to see how children across every continent have used corn husks, silk, and bone

Magnified photographs reveal a hidden world of mites, millipedes, and bacteria working tirelessly to turn garden scraps

A California teenager travels to post-Taliban Afghanistan for the summer, documenting the raw reality of a country strug

Beyond the traditional myths of discovery lies the true story of America, told through the vital and enduring perspectiv

Travel from millions and billions all the way to a googol to see how many atoms make up the universe and how long ago th

Sixteen-year-old Violet must survive high school mean girls and a murder investigation while an immortal ghost pushes he