Best Selling Books by Peter Roop

Uses primary sources, photographs, and other information to detail the life and accomplishments of Sojourner Truth, a former slave from New York who became an abolitionist and women''s rights leader.

Recounts the life story of the noted explorer, including excerpts from his own writings.

Introduces the country of Japan, land, landmarks, homes, food, clothes, work, transportation, language, school, sports, free time, celebrations, and the arts.

A biography of the noted statesman and inventor, featuring excerpts from his letters, pamphlets, essays, scientific papers, and autobiography.

Fourteen essays on animals and their habitats, accompanied by cartoons, riddles, and jokes.

Describes the transportation, schools, housing, shopping, working, recreation, and other aspects of life in a typical American town, using Elkton, Maryland, as an example.

Text and pictures present the names of families of different kinds of animals.

As he practices for a competition, a Hawaiian boy unknowingly breaks a kapu, or taboo, invoked by an evil high priest, and as the traditional punishment is death, he must flee to safety.

Discusses several mysteries of the solar system, including its origin and the possibility of life on Mars, and incorporates the opposing views of experts.

Discusses possible reasons for the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of change and continuity in American schools, covering such topics as travel to school, subjects studied, and the nature of the classrooms.

The reader is one in a series of stories of the Blackfeet Indians which take place when the people were at the height of their power, hunting buffalo north to the North Saskatchewan River, south to the Yellowstone River, east to the Montana-North Dakota border, and west to the Rocky Mountains. The story is about Little Blaze, a young Blackfeet boy, who is jealous of his older brother, who has been chosen to be the ahwa waki (the buffalo runner). However, he overcomes his jealousy and shows great courage in saving his brother''s life as a herd of buffalo is stampeded over a cliff. (ERB)

Describes the transportation, schools, housing, shopping, working, recreation, and other aspects of life in a large city, using Chicago, Illinois, as an example.

Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of change and continuity in American farms during the past 150 years, covering such topics as types of farms, farm buildings, farm life, and the effects of weather on farming.

A selection of jokes about food, cooking, baking, and eating.

Follows a family of whooping cranes through a year, in a world increasingly hostile to their existence.

Describes the transportation, schools, housing, shopping, working, recreation, and other aspects of life in a typical American town, using Elkton, Maryland, as an example.