Henry the duck tries all sorts of methods to rid his kitchen of an ant before his guest comes to supper.

A small boy wonders what first grade will be like, but is not sure that he wants to find out.

Thinking that a lost mouse might hide in a hole, Sherlock Chick interviews many animals living in holes as he searches for the missing baby mouse.

A chance encounter with General George Washington in upstate New York during the Revolutionary War leads a young woman to volunteer for a dangerous mission involving the retrieval of valuable papers.

A biography of the American physicist responsible for many of the underlying principles of modern rocketry. Includes instructions for a model multistage rocket and an explanation of rocket flight.

Lonely without his friend Clara who is vacationing out West, Henry the Duck decides to pay her a surprise visit.

A biography of the African-American tennis champion who used his success to work against the racial prejudice he had faced.

A biography of the developer of the first lightweight, inexpensive automobile.

The life of the famous humorist whose numerous occupations included printer's apprentice, steamboat pilot, gold miner, frontiersman, and reporter.