By Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan
Illustrated by Brian Floca

Martha Graham: trailblazing choreographer, Aaron Copland: distinguished American composer, Isamu Noguchi: artist, sculptor, craftsman. Together they created an American masterpiece: Appalachian Spring. In the tradition of their award-winning Action Jackson, acclaimed authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan tell the story behind the scenes of this classic ballet from the first spark of inspiration through the music's composition, Martha's intense rehearsal process, and on to its first performance. This book puts you in a prime seat at that performance, watching as this iconic dance unfolds. A Sibert Honor Book.

By Brian Floca

Simply told, grandly shown, here for a new generation of readers and explorers is the story of Apollo 11. Here are the steady astronauts, the ROAR of rockets, and the silence of the Moon. Here is a challenge met, a journey made, and a view of home, seen whole, from far away. A Sibert Honor Book.

By Brian Floca

You may never have heard of a lightship. Once, lightships anchored on waters across America, on the oceans and in the Great Lakes, floating where lighthouses could not be built. Smaller than most ships, but more steadfast, too, they held their spots, through calm and storm, to guide sailors toward safe waters. In these pages, one lightship and her crew (and cat) again hold their place. The crew goes again from bow to stern, from keel to mast, to run their engines, shine their lights, and sound their horns. They run the small ship that guides the large ships. They are the crew (and cat) that work to make the ocean safe, that hold their place, so other ships can sail. Come aboard!

By Brian Floca

A is for Automobiles, machines on wheels. B is for Belts turning, fuel burning, the buzz and bark of engines. C is for Curves and crowds of cars, of course -- a century of racecars, from bare beginnings to present-day marvels, from stock cars to Formula 1, from Ford to Ferrari, caught in crackling action, in fan-friendly pictures, and in words that bounce and jounce for the fun of it.