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The Biggest (and Best) Flag That Ever Flew

By Rebecca C. Jones

A girl helps her mother sew the huge flag flown over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. The flag inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that became America’s national anthem.

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The Eye That Never Sleeps: How Detective Pinkerton Saved President Lincoln

By Marissa Moss

Picture book biography of Allan Pinkerton, the first detective at the Chicago Police Department, featuring an episode of his preventing an early assassination attempt on Abraham Lincoln during his inaugural train ride from Springfield, IL to Washington DC.

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