Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography

Mary Jemison was born in 1743 as her parents emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania.

Cyrus McCormick patented and manufactured the reaper, an important 19th century invention that dramatically improved the efficiency of wheat farming.

Famous 19th century composer Ludwig van Beethoven compsed hundreds of works in his lifetime, including the well-known Moonlight Sonata and Symphony No.

In April 1607, twelve-year-old Sam Collier and a group of Englishmen landed in North America.

A teacher and principal, a lawyer, an entertainer, a diplomat, and a writer, James Weldon Johnson spent his entire life working to help African Americans gain the rights and respect they deserved.

The author of such poems as I, To; Sing America; and The Negro Speaks of Rivers, Langston Hughes combined his experiences and emotions with the rhythms and themes he found in jazz music to create an exciting new style of poetry.

America's sixth president and son of America's second president, John Quincy Adams lived an extraordinary life.

When nine-year-old Booker T.

Taking a rare look beyond the myths and legends surrounding Sacagawea's life, this extraordinary illustrated history recounts the known facts about a remarkable women and her contribution to one of America's greatest journeys of exploration.

The first African American to break the color barrier in modern major league baseball, Jackie Robinson was one of the greatest players of all time.

The year was 1569 and the place was Stratford-on-Avon.

Tea with a hedgehog and supper with a rabbit?

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For the first twenty-eight years of her life.

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet had a sharp mind and a great determination to make a difference in the world.

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Laurie Halse Anderson's path to writing for young adult readers was indirect, unintentional, and difficult.

*As featured in The New York Times*From the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of King Charles.

*As featured in The New York Times*From the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of King Charles.

Sisters against Slavery recounts the lives of Sarah Grimke and Angelica Grimke Weld.

Eleanor Roosevelt is perhaps best known for her role as First Lady, wife to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

In 1877 a young man developed a way to reproduce sounds so they could be heard again and again.

Scott Joplin came from a music-making family in Texarkana, Texas.

Henry Ford loved mechanical things: springs and gears, cogs and wheels, and things that clicked and ticked and turned.

Jan Matzeliger felt anything but welcome in Philadelphia in 1873.

There wasn't anything that George Washington Carver couldn't grow.

Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki didn't grow up with a basketball in his hands.

On March 17, 2011, social media channels buzzed with excitement.

At 5'11"e; and 165 pounds, San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum is much smaller than the usual Major League Baseball player.

Pitchers feel nervous when Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard steps to the plate.

Detroit Tigers first baseman Prince Fielder was born to hit home runs.

Maya Moore was a basketball star long before she joined the Minnesota Lynx.

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In 2010 Alex Rodriquez achieved a major milestone.

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People who knew Queen Latifah as a kid in Newark, New Jersey, would never have guessed at the fame in her future.

New York, December 8, 1980: The announcement shocked the world.

What is the executive branch?

Twelve-year-old Clyde Tombaugh stepped up and took his first look through a telescope.

In the 1870s, surgery was a crude affair performed on the patient's kitchen table.

Will Rogers was one of the best-loved Americans of his day.

As a young girl, Margaret Bourke-White dreamed of having great adventures-the kind only a brave and fearless woman would have.

More than anything, nine-year-old Booker T.

Touchdown: The Power and Precision of Football's Perfect Play takes readers beyond the record books and explores all aspects of bringing the ball into the end zone.

From the time she was a young child, Willa Cather had a gift with words and she loved stories.

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Born a slave in Georgia in 1818, Bridget "e;Biddy"e; Mason learned to survive in a harsh world.

In 1791 plans for the new capital city, Washington, DC, were in the works, but someone was needed to help with the surveying.

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When Jules Verne was born in 1828, his family had his future planned out for him.