Giulio Maestro

Sixty-one original riddles created and illustrated by the author.

Birds and animals joining and leaving the group introduce basic principles of adding and subtracting.

Discusses both hypothetical and historical voyages of discovery to America by the Phoenicians, Saint Brendan of Ireland, the Vikings, and such later European navigators as Columbus, Cabot, and Magellan.

Describes the origin and nature of tornadoes and how to stay safe when threatened by one of these dangerous storms.

Contains twenty-two riddles about animals, people, and things.

Describes the impact of Columbus's discovery of America and how it changed the lives of native Americans forever.

Traces the competition among the American Indians, French, English, Spanish, and Dutch for land, furs, timber, and other resources of North America.

Describes the creation of the huge statue given by France to the United States and its erection in New York Harbor as a symbol of liberty.