A former slave and inspiring educator describes the hardships he overcame in youth, the circumstances that challenged his efforts to learn how to read and his triumphant pursuit of a college education.

"The true story of a girl who traveled on the Kindertransport during World War II and her experiences during a time of war"--

After working a difficult job as a surveyor's assistant as a young boy, George Washington learned that he enjoyed the challenges of the outdoors and quickly became fascinated with the American frontier--resulting in him pursuing a different career than his brother in later life that led him to become a courageous general in the Revolutionary War and the first President of the United States.

An introduction to the work and early life of the twentieth-century physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.

Relates how a determined aunt and a boy who swallowed a knife made it possible for young George Frederic Handel to study music despite his father's strong objections.

Born into the middle of World War II, Gary Paulsen's turbulent childhood provided plenty of subject matter for his bestselling novels, and the librarians in his life gave him the inspiration and support to explore the world through books. As a soldier himself, his storytelling technique developed, and for the first time he shares his own.

Focuses on Franklin D. Roosevelt's childhood years and summarizes his achievements as president.

How did Jon Scieszka get so funny? He grew up as one of six brothers with Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, and jokes told at family dinner.