Schroeder, Alan

An illustrated overview of Benjamin Franklin's inventions, wisdom, and accomplishments.

An illustrated guide to Washington, D.C., from A to Z, that introduces facts about national landmarks and historical events.

Chronicles the life and accomplishments of African American entertainer Florence Mills, an internationally renowned dancer, singer, and comedian of the Harlem Renaissance era, focusing on how she began her career as a child, and including an author's note and historical photographs.

This nontraditional tribute to Benjamin Franklin--all in almanac format--is brimming with humorous cartoons, instructive adages, and a wealth of information about a Founding Father who was as amusing as he was amazing. Benjamin Franklin devised armonicas and bifocals, helped bring us the Constitution and signed the Declaration of Independence, and even experimented with electricity and invented the Franklin stove. He amassed enough noteworthy accomplishments to cover the entire alphabet from A to Z!.

"No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar." Along with many of his noteworthy adages, this alphabetical biography presents Lincoln's life and accomplishments.

Towering over the late 19th and early 20th centuries like a latter-day Moses, Booker T. Washington lifted himself up from slavery to become the most important black leader in America.

Two Tibetan brothers are rewarded appropriately by a stone lion, one for his generosity and one for his greed.

A young girl who wears a wooden bowl over her face to hide her beauty overcomes a variety of trials and eventually finds love, riches, and happiness.

Chronicles the life of African-American sculptor Augusta Savage, who overcame a series of obstacles in order to become a premier female sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance.