Abrams Books imprint: 231 books
Come On In, America
The United States in World War I
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany and joined World War I. German submarine attacks on American ships in March 1917 were the overt motive for declaring war, but the underlying reasons were far more complex. Even after the United States officially joined, Americans were divided...
Alexander Hamilton
The Making of America #1
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
The America that Alexander Hamilton knew was largely agricultural and built on slave labor. He envisioned something else: a multi-racial, urbanized, capitalistic America with a strong central government. He believed that such an America would be a land of opportunity for the poor and the newcomers....
Funny Bones
Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Funny Bones tells the story of how the amusing calaveras—skeletons performing various everyday or festive activities—came to be. They are the creation of Mexican artist José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852–1913). In a country that was not known for freedom of speech, he first drew political cartoons,...
Ballots for Belva
The True Story of a Woman's Race for the Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
A timely true tale for the 2008 presidential election
In 1884, when men were the only people allowed to vote in national elections, Belva Lockwood took a bold but legal step: She ran for president! Women did not have the same rights as men, but Belva went on undeterred—and she got...
Ada's Ideas
The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Computer Programmer
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Ada Lovelace (1815–1852) was the daughter of Lord Byron, a poet, and Anna Isabella Milbanke, a mathematician. Her parents separated when she was young, and her mother insisted on a logic-focused education, rejecting Byron’s “mad” love of poetry. But Ada remained fascinated with her father...
A Woman in the House (and Senate)
How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
For the first 128 years of our country’s history, not a single woman served in the Senate or House of Representatives. All of that changed, however, in November 1916, when Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congresseven before the Nineteenth Amendment gave women across...
Barbed Wire Baseball
How One Man Brought Hope to the Japanese Internment Camps of WWII
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
A true story set in a Japanese-American internment camp in World War II. As a young boy, Kenichi Zenimura (Zeni) wanted to be a baseball player, even though everyone told him he was too small. He grew up to become a successful athlete, playing with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. But when the Japanese attacked...
by Andrea Beaty
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
New York Times Bestseller
Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she’s a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her great-great-aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal—to fly—Rosie...
by Tom Angleberger
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
McToad likes Thursdays. Why? Because on every other day of the week, McToad mows Big Island, but on Thursdays, McToad mows Tiny Island. To do so, he puts his mower on the back of a truck, which drives to a train, which goes to a helicopter, which flies to a boat, which uses a crane to put the lawn...
by Tom Angleberger
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Once upon a time there was a Princess . . .
. . . who made a pit stop.
While the Birds and Beasts changed her tires, her Fairy Godmother told her she was in last place! With just one lap left! She might as well give up!
Give up? Not THIS princess! Instead, she hit the gas!
Join Her Royal Highness...
Full Speed Ahead!
How Fast Things Go
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Did you know that a tornado travels faster than a race car? Or that a human and spider travel at the same speed? Full Speed Ahead! is the first picture book to directly compare the speeds of animals, modes of transport, and forces of nature in a clear and visually striking album format. Objects are...
by Daniel Duncan
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
When a lonely fisherman finds an injured bird on his boat, he nurtures it back to health and—since the bird can no longer migrate with its family—charts a course to head south for the winter. Together, the two form a special friendship and enjoy life at sea until both the healing process and the...
Milestones of Flight
From Hot-Air Balloons to SpaceShipOne
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Milestones of Flight takes readers soaring through the high points of American aviation: from the Wright brothers and their competitors to the military pilots who first circumnavigated the globe, from the initial space rocket to the moon walk, from the earliest manmade satellite to today’s spy drones....
First Flight Around the World
The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
A 2016 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist
In 1924 the U.S. Army sent eight young men on a bold attempt to be the first to circumnavigate the globe by flight. Men from five other countries—Great Britain, France, Portugal, Italy, and Argentina—had the same goal. The...