childhood and youth

Pays homage to one of baseball's legends, offering a rare view into Babe Ruth's formative years in "the House that built Ruth.".

"In this bilingual memoir of her family's life as migrant workers, Lilia Garci?a recreates how it felt to be on the road, to live in make-do accommodations and to labor in the fields."--Inside cover.

A fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston's childhood with her best friend Carrie, in Eatonville, Florida, as they learn about life, death, and the differences between truth, lies, and pretending. Includes an annotated bibliography of the works of Zora Neale Hurston, a short biography of the author, and information about Eatonville, Florida.

When an overseer named Covey sets out to break his spirit, Frederick Douglass fights back and learns not to think or act like a slave.

In 1820s Maryland, Frederick's mother, who is a slave on a different plantation, walks twelve miles each way for a nighttime visit with her son, during which she recounts what each mile of the journey represents. Based on the childhood of Frederick Douglass.

A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.

Illustrations and simple text written in both English and Spanish presents Oscar de la Hoya's autobiographical recollection of a childhood picnic.

Ralph loves growing up in Marshfield but learns that life is full of adventures and changes.

In this semi-autobiographical picture book, author Patricia MacLachlan relates what it might take to grow up to become a writer.

"Bill Gates is known as the richest man in the world. But do you know what he was like as a child? From selling peanuts to memorizing entire encyclopedias, Bill used his brain. This . . . story of his childhood will help young readers connect with a historic figure"--Provided by publisher.