Focuses on events from Benjamin Franklin's youth in Boston which proved influential in his later life.

"From his early career as a printer and journalist, to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin has always seemed the inevitable embodiment of American ingenuity. But in his youth he had to make his way through a harsh colonial world where he fought many battles: with his rivals, but also with his wayward emotions. Taking Franklin to the age of forty-one, when he made his first electrical discoveries, Bunker...

In Knob Creek, Kentucky, in 1816, seven-year-old Abe Lincoln falls into a creek and is rescued by his best friend, Austin Gollaher.

A biography of the forty-second president of the United States, focusing on his childhood and youth.

Niánqīng de màikè'ěr·qiáodān (Michael Jordan) bǐ qítā qiúyuán gèng xiǎo, tāmen liǎojiě dào, dǎ lánqiú shí, juéxīn hé nǔlì bǐ dàxiǎo gèng zhòngyào. 年轻的迈克尔·乔丹（Michael Jordan）比其他球员更小，他们了解到，打篮球时，决心和努力比大小更重要。

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.

Melvin the Mouth can not resist making a variety of strange noises as he imagines himself as a dragon, a shark, or perhaps a train--but his talent gets him into trouble at school.

The author describes a trip to see his uncle, the soon-to-be-famous artist Andy Warhol, and the fun that he and his family had on the visit.

Tini and Ronde's twelfth summer is winding down - the nights are getting shorter and the evenings cooler. That means two things: The first day of junior high is just a few days away, and it's almost the start of football season at last. With two championships and an 8-2 season last year, Tiki and Ronde are ready to graduate from the peewee league and hit the field as starting players for the Hidden Valley Eagles.

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.