juvenile literature

A simple biography of the brothers who launched the air age in 1903 when their flying machine stayed in the air for twelve seconds.

Relates the story of a fifteen-year-old Alaskan boy and his dogs as they prepare for and then run the 158-mile course of the Junior Iditarod Race.

Discusses the life and career of the writer famous for having created the Boxcar Children.

A biography of the inventor of the cotton gin who also developed basic ideas of mass production in the manufacture of weapons and other machines.

Sketches the lives of the two men responsible for the first flight of a machine powered aircraft on December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

A simple biography of the first president of the United States.

A biography of the author of the "Little House" books, including the years of her marriage to Almanzo Wilder.

Traces the life of the farm boy who became a teacher and went on to write the first American dictionary.

A biography of "Old Rough and Ready," hero of the Mexican War, who became the twelfth president of the United States.

A biography of the famous conductor on the Underground Railroad who worked to free her people before, during, and after the Civil War.