New Releases by Laura Hamilton Waxman

Introduces the physical characteristics, habits, and life cycle of the monarch butterfly.

In December 1620, a group of English settlers stepped out of their boats and climbed up the shore to a point overlooking a small harbor. Known as the Pilgrims, they had traveled far on the Mayflower. Behind them was the vast Atlantic Ocean. Before them was the wilderness of North America. They called their new home the Plymouth Colony. But who were the Pilgrims? Why had they left England? And what lay ahead for them over the long winter in Plymouth? Discover the facts about the Pilgrims and their struggle to build a colony in the New World.

Introduces the sun, including information on its composition, the solar cycle, sunspots, and how it has been studied through history.

Presents an introduction to the solar system, describing the Sun, the eight planets, and its other bodies such as dwarf planets and asteroids, and the history of the study of the solar system.

Biography of the American president also known for his humanitarian work.

Traces the life of the thirty-second president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose years in office led the country through the Depression and the Second World War.

Thomas Paine believed that American liberty was not only possible but worth dying for. He was dissatisfied with his quiet life until he traveled to the American colonies. There, the cause of American freedom from English rule lit a fire within him. To inspire colonists to support and fight the war, he wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis. He was the first person to use the term the United States of America in print. He helped transform an entire nation with the power of his words.

"Lerner Classroom"--P. [4] of cover on pbk. version.

Describes physical characteristics of dolphins, how they swim, how they breathe, what they eat, and how they raise their young.