childhood and youth

Describes several amusing stories from the childhood of the famous composer from Austria who began performing as a child.

Collects "Ghosts" and "A Good Night for Ghosts" in which Jack and Annie must travel back in time to New Orleans in 1915 to help a teenaged Louis Armstrong fulfill his destiny and become the "King of Jazz.".

Told through a series of letters, this is a moving story that showcases the strength and courage of young Minty while still depicting the brutality of slavery.

From the age of nine years Michael dreams of playing basketball for the United States in the Olympics, and with hard work and his mother's encouragement, he realizes his dream.

Jack and Annie must travel back in time to New Orleans in 1915 to help a teenaged Louis Armstrong fulfill his destiny and become the "King of Jazz.".

Examines the life of the physicist Albert Einstein, whose work revolutionized scientific thinking, with an emphasis on his early years.

The author/illustrator describes how his mother's wish to spend her birthday visiting an art museum with her family changed the course of his life forever.

An illustrated account of Frederick Douglass's life as a slave, which tells the story of how he refused to let an overseer break his spirit, determining never to think nor act like a slave.

Examines the childhood and early musical training of the nineteenth-century Polish composer.