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Crispus Attucks: Black Leader of Colonial Patriots
Dharathula H. Millender, Gray Morrow
Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics of childhood have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. These lively, inspiring, believable biographies sweep today's young readers right into history.
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Daniel Boone: Young Hunter and Tracker
Augusta Stevenson
Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)Recreates the early life of Daniel Boone, the frontier hero who blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap and led the first white settlers into Kentucky. From astronauts to athletes, and poets to presidents, the books in this popular biography series incorporate intriguing childhood anecdotes, informative career facts, and lively illustrations as they tell the real-life stories of America's most amazing individuals. There are 54 different titles available. Ages 8-12.
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Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross
Augusta Stevenson
Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies - easily read by children of eight and up - today's youngster is swept right into history.
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Thurgood Marshall
Montrew Dunham
Paperback (Aladdin, Aug. 1, 1998)Whenever Thurgood Marshall got into trouble at school, the principal would make him sit in the basement and read the U.S. Constitution. By the time he was 12, he had most of it memorized and his interest in law had begun to take seed. In 1967 he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court--the first African American to serve in that position.
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Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days
Jean Brown Wagoner
Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1992)Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Abigail Adams. Illustrated throughout.
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Thomas Edison: Young Inventor
Sue Guthridge
Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of inventor Thomas Edison.
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Paul Revere: Boston Patriot
Augusta Stevenson
Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)One of the most popular series ever published of young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies - easily read by children of eight and up - today's youngster is swept right into history.
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Neil Armstrong: Young Flyer
Montrew Dunham, Meryl Henderson
Paperback (Aladdin, Aug. 1, 1996)This series of biographies, longtime favorites of young readers, now add the first new titles in over 20 years. Rich or poor, great American men and women lived out childhoods as vastly different as the adults they became. Here young readers will learn about the early years of the first person to step foot on the moon, a historic feat he described as one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
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Buffalo Bill: Frontier Daredevil
Augusta Stevenson
Paperback (Aladdin, April 30, 1991)Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Wild West showman Buffalo Bill Cody.
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Elizabeth Blackwell: Girl Doctor
Joanne Landers Henry
Paperback (Aladdin, April 1, 1996)The life of the first woman doctor in the United States, who worked in England and America to open the field of medicine to women.
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Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers
Augusta Stevenson
Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)This lively, inspiring, and believable biography for younger readers looks at the childhood of the two men who pioneered modern aviation. Illustrations.
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Martha Washington: America's First Lady
Jean Brown Wagoner
Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics of childhood have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. These lively, inspiring, believable biographies sweep today's young readers right into history.
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