Greg Nickles

Presents information about pirates in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries including their names, ships, crews, clothing, flags, weapons, and life at sea. Suggests games and activities.

Text and photos show how Russians celebrate holidays and festivals, using art, music, and dance.

Explains the daily lives of the French people, including school, work, family activities, and everyday life both in the city and the country.

Introduces the geography, people, weather, natural resources, transportation, and economy of the Philippines.

Describes city and rural life, family customs, traditional dress, food, pastimes, schools, and problems created by the struggling economy in this vast federation.

Introduces the geography, weather, people, plants and animals, and industry of France.

Describes mission life during the Spanish colonial period in the southwestern United States, the plight of Native Americans and Roman Catholic missionaries, and Spanish missions today.