juvenile literature

An illustrated biography of Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer who opened the sea route between Europe and India in the late fifteenth century.

Traces the life and achievements of the architect, bibliophile, president, and author of the Declaration of Independence.

Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.

Describes some of the well-known as well as the lesser-known details of Paul Revere's life and exciting ride.

Examines the life of Isaac Newton, the seventeenth-century English scientist who formulated the theory of gravity.

Presents a brief biography, with illustrations, of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to serve as a judge on the United States Supreme Court.

A brief biography of the African-American scientist who overcame tremendous hardship to make unusual and important discoveries in the field of agriculture.

Focuses on this American author's connection with steamboats on the Mississippi River while also presenting a history of the craft.

Discusses the life and works of the woman whose many moves with her family in her childhood provided the material to create her famous "Little House" books.

A biography of the author of the well-loved "Amelia Bedelia" books.