A biography of the escaped slave who became a renowned writer, orator, abolitionist, and diplomat.

Relates the scientific efforts of George Washington Carver, especially his production of more than 300 uses for the peanut.

Follows the life of the popular president, from his childhood on the frontier to his assassination after the end of the Civil War.

A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.

A biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who actually lived in the little houses about which she wrote.

"Traces the life and achievements of the architect, bibliophile, president, and author of the Declaration of Independence." --

Traces the life of the nineteenth-century English woman who followed her calling to work in hospitals and improve the conditions under which the sick were treated.

"The narrator, reading with clarity and precision, tells the well-known story of the Jewish girl and her family who hid during the Holocaust...This high-quality read-along...is excellent for school and public libraries." - Booklist

A biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.