Kathleen Krull

Biography of a young man who wanted to make people happy with puppets and he did.

Publisher Annotation: Children?s Book Guild Nonfiction Award-winner Kathleen Krull is an expert at bringing history to life in her engaging titles and series, including Women Who Broke the Rules, Lives of . . . , Giants of Science, and A Kid?s Guide to America?s Bill of Rights. This time, she introduces readers to the women of the White House in A Kid?s Guide to America?s First Ladies! The book includes a section introducing kids to Melania Trump....

With friendly facts, funny pictures, and animals galore, What's New? The Zoo! is history to roar for! Did you know . . . * The first zoo was established forty-three hundred years ago in what is now Iraq?* Aztec King Moctezuma II had such an incredible collection of animals that it took six hundred men and women to care for them?* Children across Great Britain wrote to Queen Victoria when Jumbo the elephant was sold away from the London Zoo?* Fifty...

"Biography of Frances Perkins, the first female member of the presidential cabinet, and architect of much of the New Deal legislation as Secretary of Labor."--Provided by publisher.

Learn about Dolly Madison's life, including her time as First Lady of the United States.

A biography of one of America's greatest presidents, focusing on his use of wit and humor, and his love of language.

John Glenn was a boy who loved adventure. He became interested in everything--chemistry, music and writing, government and politics. However his adventurous spirit never went away. All he really wanted to do was fly.

Publisher Annotation: Joe Biden grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children. His parents always encouraged him and his siblings to be independent and strong. The family moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where at twenty-nine, Biden was elected one the youngest United States Senators ever elected. This is his story.