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Meet Martin Luther King, Jr.

by James T. De Kay

Illus. with black-and-white photos. This revised edition of the popular Random House Step Up(TM) Biography of the great civil-rights leader and advocate for peaceful resistance now includes new text and additional...


Parallel Journeys

by Eleanor H. Ayer

She was a young German Jew. He was an ardent member of the Hitler Youth. This is the story of their pareallel journey through World War II. Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck were born just a few miles from each...


Meet Thomas Jefferson

by Marvin Barrett & Pat Fogarty

When Thomas Jefferson was young, Virginia was still a colony of England. Jefferson thought that many English laws and taxes were unfair, so he studied hard to become a lawyer and help make better laws. Soon...


Meet Abraham Lincoln

by Barbara Cary

This warmly told biography of our sixteenth president is enriched by many authentic but seldom told anecdotes and complemented by bold color illustrations that capture the spirit of Lincoln and his era.  

From...


Harry S. Truman: Thirty-Third President of the United States

by George E. Stanley & Meryl Henderson

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...


Rock 'n' Roll Soldier

by Dean Ellis Kohler & Susan VanHecke

"During a time when none of us knew for sure if we would live or die, I came to know the true power of music."

Dean Kohler is about to make it big—he's finally scored a national record deal! But his dreams...


The Compassionate Warrior: Abd el-Kader of Algeria

by Elsa Marston & Barbara Petzen

This is the fascinating biography of Emir Abd el-Kader (1807-1883), the heroic Arab who led the resistance to the French conquest of Algeria. He was a brilliant military strategist, superb horseman, and renowned...


The Century for Young People: 1961-1999: Changing America

by Todd Brewster & Peter Jennings

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a...


The Century for Young People: 1936-1961: Defining America

by Todd Brewster & Peter Jennings

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a...


The Century for Young People: 1901-1936: Becoming Modern America

by Todd Brewster & Peter Jennings

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a...


Little Green: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution

by Chun Yu

I was born in a small city near the East Sea,

when the Great Cultural Revolution began.

My name is Little Green,

my country Zhong Guo, the Middle Kingdom.

When I was ten years old,

our leader had died and the revolution...


Amazing Cherokee Writer Sequoyah

by Mary Dodson Wade

Who is Sequoyah? Inspired by the notes that he saw U.S. soldiers with, Sequoyah worked hard to create a written form of the Cherokee language. Readers will learn about his life and how he created the Cherokee...


Amazing Civil War Nurse Clara Barton

by Mary Dodson Wade

Known as "the Angel of the Battlefield" during the American Civil War, author Mary Dodson Wade explores the life of Clara Barton in this biography for beginning readers. Read about Barton's early jobs as a teacher...


Amazing Champion of the Earth Rachel Carson

by Mary Dodson Wade

Author Mary Dodson Wade explores Rachel Carson's life in this biography for beginning readers. Learn how Carson wrote about the environment after her experiences working as a marine biologist. Her books still...


Amazing Arctic Explorer Matthew Henson

by Mary Dodson Wade

AMAZING ARCTIC EXPLORER MATTHEW HENSON explores the life of the man who went with Robert Peary to the North Pole. Because he was African American, his contributions to the North Pole expeditions were largely...


Amazing President Theodore Roosevelt

by Mary Dodson Wade

Author Mary Dodson Wade explores the life of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, in this biography for young readers. Rough Rider, governor, rancher, vice-president, and president, Roosevelt...


Amazing Olympic Athlete Wilma Rudolph

by Mary Dodson Wade

Another title in the AMAZING AMERICANS series, AMAZING OLYMPIC ATHLETE WILMA RUDOLPH explores the life of Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three gold medals in the same Olympics. After attending...


The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy

by Laura Amy Schlitz & Robert Byrd

Archaeologist? Mythmaker? Crook? This engaging, illustrated biography of Heinrich Schliemann - a nineteenth-century romantic who most believe did find the ancient city of Troy - reveals him to be a fascinating...


Up Close: Oprah Winfrey

by Ilene Cooper

Oprah Winfrey has been called the Queen of All Media for good reason?during her more than thirty-year career, she has left an indelible mark on radio, television, film, theater, magazines, and books. One of...


For You They Signed: The Spiritual Heritage of Those Who Shaped Our Nation

by Marilyn Boyer

The Declaration of Independence remains one of history's most enduring achievements, and this text will help you value those freedoms these men fought for in an insightfully fresh way. It will also assist you...