YOUNG ABE LINCOLN 1809 - 1837
National Geographic Society, 1996
ISBN 0-7922-2713-1

"The author's glowing paintings sucessfully bring to life the subject, his surroundings, and the people around him."
-- School Library Journal

"Harness...fashions a credible, highly personal portrait...through text and art..."
-- Publishers Weekly

"A superb children's book - attractive and hostorically accurate."
-- U.S. Senator Paul Simon (IL)

"A good choice for pirmary classroom read-alouds"
-- Booklist

THE AMAZING IMPOSSIBLE ERIE CANAL
MacMillan, 1995 (available in paperback from Aladdin)
ISBN 0-02-742641-6

"The book of choice for middle-grade readers embarking on the topic...Harness is so skilled that no page appears cluttered or confusing...in the author's most notable, accessible book thus far."
-- Kirkus Reviews

"This is nonfiction at its best."
-- An American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"