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Alexander, Sally Hobart
She Touched the World : Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer
When she was just two years old, Laura Bridgman lost her sight, her hearing, and most of her senses of smell and taste. But then a progressive doctor, who had just opened the country's first school for the blind in Boston, took her in. Laura learned to communicate, read, and write--and eventually even to teach.
100 p. 2008
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Bausum, Ann
Our Country's First Ladies
This well-designed book introduces interesting facts, stories and biographical material about the wives of all the U.S. presidents. A time line with historical events is included, as well as photos and paintings of each woman.
127 p. 2007
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Colbert, David
Michelle Obama : An American Story
In just a few generations, Michelle Obama's family has blazed a path from a slave cabin to the White House. She's now writing a new chapter in history as a fresh kind of first lady, old-fashioned in many ways, yet so genuine and natural that she constantly surprises and inspires.
151 p. 2009
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Dash, Joan
A Dangerous Engine : Benjamin Franklin from Scientist to Diplomat
At the time of his famous kite experiment, Benjamin Franklin was unaware that his theories about electricity had already made him a celebrity all over Europe. Beloved by French citizens, Franklin effectively became America's first foreign diplomat, later helping to enlist France's military and financial support for the American Revolution. A signer of the Constitution, Franklin was a lightning rod in political circles - a dangerous Engine, according to a critic. And although he devoted his later years to affairs of state, his first love was always science.
246 p. 2006
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Debon, Nicolas
The Strongest Man in the World : Louis Cyr
Louis Cyr astounded audiences throughout North America and Europe with his amazing feats and mammoth proportions. Discover the life and times of this extraordinary hero in this picture book biography.
27 p. 2007
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Denenberg, Barry
Lincoln Shot! : A President's Life Remembered
Conceived as a one-year anniversary newspaper edition of Lincoln's assassination, this biographical portrait of Abraham Lincoln mimics 19th-century newsprint, combining pen and ink drawings with archival photography, and period typography with articles surveying Lincoln's life.
40 p. 2008
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DeSaix, Deborah Durland
Hidden On the Mountain : Stories of Children Sheltered from the Nazis in Le Chambon
As the Nazi Army closed in on Europe at the onset of World War II, desperate Jewish families were forced to flee their homes. Their lives were in danger, and they had no safe place to go. In this book the authors tell the poignant stories of some of the desperate children, collected in interviews both of survivors and the families who helped them in a small village in southern France.
275 p. 2007
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Fleischman, Sid
The Trouble Begins at 8 : a Life of Mark Twain in the Wild Wild West
Here, in high style, is the story of a wisecracking adventurer who came of age in the untamed West. A rebel who surprised himself by becoming the most famous American of his time.
224 p. 2008
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Fleming, Candace
The Lincolns : A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
Though Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln's backgrounds differed considerably, both were intellectuals who shared interests in literature and politics, as well as a great love for each other.
177 p. 2008
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Freedman, Russell
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Marco Polo amazed Europeans with descriptions of the world he'd seen on his epic journey to the court of Kublai Khan. But was he really the world's most accomplished explorer? Had he truly seen the Roof of the World in Central Asia, and the City of Heaven in far-off China? Or were these only figments of his active imagination? Russell Freedman tackles a centuries-old mystery.
63 p. 2006
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Frisch, Aaron
Dark Fiddler : the Life and Legend of Nicolo Paganini
Draped in shadow and mystique, violin virtuoso Nicolo Paganini enchanted 18th century audiences with his incredible technique and haunting stage presence.
32 p. 2008
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Fritz, Jean
Who's Saying What in Jamestown Thomas Savage?
A biography of Thomas Savage, one of the early colonists of Jamestown, Virginia, who was sent to live among the Indians in order to learn their language and become an interpreter.
59 p. 2007
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Gourse, Leslie
Sophisticated Ladies : The Great Women of Jazz
These fourteen female blues and jazz singers influenced the art of music with their personal styles. Here are their stories.
64 p. 2007
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Heiligman, Deborah
Charles and Emma : The Darwins' Leap of Faith
Charles Darwin and his wife, Emma, were deeply in love and very supportive of each other, but their opinions often clashed. Emma was extremely religious, and Charles questioned God's very existence.
268 p. 2009
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Hoose, Phillip M.
Claudette Colvin : Twice Toward Justice
On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be just nine months later, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin found herself shunned by her classmates and dismissed by community leaders. Undaunted, a year later she dared to challenge segregation again as a key plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, the landmark case that struck down the segregation laws of Montgomery and swept away the legal underpinnings of the Jim Crow South.
133 p. 2009
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Jurmain, Suzanne
The Forbidden Schoolhouse : The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and her Students.
When Prudence Crandall decided to admit an African-American student to her school for girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, in 1832, she faced many difficulties. This book also reveals what happened to the students after the school was forced to close.
150 p. 2005
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Keller, Bill
Tree Shaker : the Story of Nelson Mandela
The story of Nelson Mandela who challenged apartheid in South Africa.
128 p. 2008
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Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody
Ladies First : 40 Daring American Women Who Were Second to None
Describes the lives and achievements of forty American woman who were first in their fields.
192 p. 2006
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Krull, Kathleen
The Road to Oz : Twists, Turns, Bumps and Triumphs in the Life of L. Frank Baum
Kathleen Krull's lively text traces the life of L. Frank Baum from his dreamy privileged childhood in mid-19th-century upstate New York through the many detours on his road to Oz. A failure as an actor, a breeder of prize chickens, a merchant in a wild west town, among other occupations, he finally made a success doing exactly what he had always loved to do: tell stories for children. Along the way, we see the antecedents of the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, green glasses, and other characters and attributes of the famous fantasy land.
40 p. 2008
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Krull, Kathleen
A Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull
Do you know the first woman to run for president? The first woman to have a seat on the Stock Exchange? The first woman to own a newspaper or to speak before Congress? They were all Victoria Woodhull; this is her story.
32 p. 2004
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