Traces the life and accomplishments of the professional baseball player, from his heroics on the field to his humanitarian efforts and his untimely death.

"As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton's incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times. His courage in the face of dangerous conditions and unforeseeable tragedies reveal the great leader that he was. His historic 1914 journey aboard the Endurance has all the drama of an action movie"--...

Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.

Presents young readers with a variety of facts about modes of transportation including trucks, cars, boats, trains, and planes.

Presents facts about the moon, discussing its origin, myths, composition, effect on Earth, and role in the space program.

Introduces the four teams that since 2002 are the American Football North Conference of the National Football League.