Linda Barr

When Sarath brings a white flower to show-and-tell, most of the kids are unimpressed. But her teacher takes the flower home, and his wife, a biologist, is intrigued by it. A school field trip to the place where Sarath found the flower confirms what...

The book is a biography of Guion Bluford, an aerospace engineer and the first African American astronaut in space. It tells about his love of airplanes as a boy and highlights his years as a pilot in the Air Force and as an astronaut and a space...

Ida Pfeiffer spent many years raising her two sons. Once they were grown, Pfeiffer decided to use the money she had saved up over many years to travel all over the world to places she had only read about. Despite the danger, hardships, and negative...

Jacques Cousteau was born in France in 1910. Though he didn't go to college, his love for the ocean and film led him to become a great ocean explorer. Cousteau won Academy Awards for his films, invented undersea machines and cameras, and created TV...

Highlights presents Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the American West written by Linda Barr. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were the first Americans to explore the land west of the Mississippi River all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Author - Linda...

In the 1841, five Japanese fisherman are rescued at sea by an American whaling ship. Prohibited by law from returning to Japan, the fisherman are taken to Hawaii. Manjiro, the youngest, decides to stay on the American whaling ship and live in America....

Born in 1844, Nellie Cashman's family moved to the United States from Ireland. At the age of 25, Cashman moved out West to mine for gold during the California Gold Rush of the late 1800s. She continued throughout her life to move from place to place...

Isabel is worried about her friend Derrick because his big brother, Andy, is a bully. He yells at Derrick and makes him do things that sometimes get Derrick hurt. One day, Andy tries to convince Isabel, Derrick, and their friend Grace to sneak into...

After Mr. Harada's wife passes away, Tony and Brandon, two boys who live in his apartment building, decide to cheer him up by ordering a Japanese vegetable that he misses being able to buy. Mr. Harada is so thrilled with the gift that it inspires the...

Ada has to share her home with her cousin Chika and her family, who are recent immigrants from Nigeria. While Ada has trouble sharing her space, belongings, and friends, Chika has trouble adjusting to life in a new place. Author - Linda Barr. Narrator...

Isabel's uncle, Arturo, flies into Cincinnati from Mexico City to play violin with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and to visit Isabel's family. Throughout the visit, Isabel works hard to teach her uncle English, however, it seems difficult for him....

Mercedes is the new kid in school. The first group of kids she sits with at lunch turn out to be mean girls. Mercedes doesn't like the way they act, so she starts sitting with a different group. Later she sees Jessica, one of the mean girls, crying....