Written by David Catrow

A discussion of the Preamble of the Constitution oriented to kids as a way to bring about...

K - 3rd

Written by Suzanne Slade

A biography of Susan B. Anthony who worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton in the struggle to win women...

K - 4th

Written by David A. Adler

An introduction to the life and times of Eleanor Roosevelt told in words and pictures. Eleanor was...

1st - 4th

Written by Donna Janell Bowmen

William "Doc" Key had a special way with animals. Growing up an enslaved child in Tennessee, Doc...

3rd - 6th

Written by Annette Bay Pimentel

The true story of a Chinese American mountain man who fed thirty people for ten days in the...

1st - 4th

Written by Tonya Bolden

Sarah Rector was once famously hailed as “the richest black girl in America.” Set against the...

3rd - 7th

Written by Anne F. Rockwell

What happened when a former slave took beat-up old instruments and gave them to a bunch of orphans?...

2nd - 5th

Written by Hester Bass

Mention the civil rights era in Alabama and most people recall images of terrible violence. But for...

K - 3rd

Written by Janet Halfmann

Lilly Ann Granderson, who was enslaved, secretly learned to read and write as a child and passed on this dear knowledge to hundreds of other enslaved people despite the great risks.

K - 3rd

Written by Laine Falk

History, democracy, and citizenship are represented in American symbols explored in these colorful, small volumes in which young readers see pride, freedom, and themselves.

1st - 3rd

Written by Andrea Davis Pinkney

They were each born with the gift of gospel.

Martin's voice kept people in their seats,...