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Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aka Pope Francis, from Argentina, is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere. Since being elected pope he has shown a humbler, less formal approach to his office than his predecessors: a warm style that has been referred to as “no frills.”.
Stephanie Spinner has written many highly praised children’s books, including Alex the Parrot, Aliens for Breakfast (with Jonathan Etra), It’s a Miracle! A Hanukkah Storybook, and the novels Quiver, Quicksilver, and Damosel. She lives in Sherman, Connecticut. To learn more about Stephanie and her books, please visit stephaniespinner.com.
Stephanie Spinner has written many highly praised children's books, including Alex the Parrot, Aliens for Breakfast (with Jonathan Etra), It's a Miracle! A Hanukkah Storybook, and the novels Quiver, Quicksilver, and Damosel. She lives in Sherman, Connecticut. To learn more about Stephanie and her books, please visit stephaniespinner.com.
- Stephanie Spinner, Jonathan Etra
Dec 4, 2014 · By Stephanie Spinner and illustrated by Jim Eldridge is a biography of Sitting Bull a famous Chief of the Lakota Sioux American Indians who led the Sioux Nation against the United States during The Great Sioux War of 1876. The few ink illustrations throughout the chapters depict aspects of Indian life at the time, maps, and diagrams.
Jul 10, 2014 · Clarissa "Clara" Barton was a shy girl who grew up to become a teacher, nurse, and humanitarian. At a time when few women worked outside the home, she became the first woman to hold a government job, as a patent clerk in Washington, DC. In 1864, she was appointed "lady in charge" of the hospitals at the front lines of the Union Army, where she ...
Apr 12, 2005 · 3.68. 742ratings103reviews. Hermes—also known as Mercury, Wayfinder, and Prince of Thieves—has many talents. Wearing his famed winged sandals, he does the bidding of his father Zeus, leads the dead down to Hades, and practices his favorite arts of trickery and theft. He also sees the future, travels invisibly, loves jokes, and abhors violence.
May 24, 2005 · Stephanie Spinner, Jim Spence, Bram Stoker (Original Author) Tales of vampires have long haunted folklore and literature, but none has had the same impact as Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. Since the book's publication in the late 19th century, the blood-sucking Count has been seized on as the ultimate vampire, encountered by children of all ages in ...
