Rosalyn Schanzer

John Smith, is most often associated with being rescued by Pocahontas. He was a swashbuckling Englishman who won battles against impossible odds, a daring world explorer, a president, a mapmaker, a peacekeeper and something else...he was probably the greatest escape artist on the planet! He escaped from dangers over and over again, not only from indians but from angry mobs, slave drivers, French pirates, and even the deep blue sea.

Explores how the characters and lives of King George III of England and George Washington affected the progress and outcome of the American Revolution.

The story of Charles Darwin's voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle, told in a combination of his own words and the author's illustrations.

Tells how the author's family left difficult conditions in Poland to make a better life for themselves in America early in the twentieth century.