childhood and youth

Profiles the personal and professional life and career of Japanese American artist, sculptor, and landscape architect, Isamu Noguchi, focusing on his childhood in Japan, mixed heritage, and his talent for combining both Eastern and Western influence into his designs.

Forced off their Kentucky land in 1816, nine-year-old Sarah Lincoln, or Sally, and her family, including younger brother Abe, move to the Indiana frontier.

Author and illustrator Tomie dePaola chronicles his life at the ages of seven and eight, in 1942-43 Connecticut, describing in particular his relationship with his cousin Blackie, who leaves to fight the Nazis overseas as a bomber gunner.

Tomie celebrates his sixth birthday as he starts first grade and enjoys a variety of new experiences.

Children's author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy.

A beginning biography of Mark Twain that relates the childhood incident which grew into one of his most famous books: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Describes an incident in the early life of George Washington, which provides a glimpse of his relationship with his mother.

Young Paul Revere and his friends form a club whose members ring the bells at Christ Church, an experience which teaches him responsibility and other lessons that he uses as an adult in the American Revolution.

Young Thomas Edison saves a child from being hit by a train and, as his reward, asks for training as a telegraph operator because that will help him prepare to become an inventor.