Childhood of Famous Americans

This middle grade nonfiction series introduces young readers to influential American historical figures and the incredible true childhood stories that shaped them.

Latest Book in Series

Babe Ruth

By Guernsey Van Riper Jr.

Illustrated by Seymour Fleishman

Discover the childhood of Babe Ruth, baseball legend and American history all-star.

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Albert Einstein

Davy Crockett

Knute Rockne

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Clara Barton

George Washington

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Betsy Ross

Lou Gehrig

Crispus Attucks

Jim Thorpe

Abraham Lincoln

Paul Revere

Robert E. Lee

Molly Pitcher

Thomas Edison

Ben Franklin

Daniel Boone

Susan B. Anthony

Henry Ford

Helen Keller

Martha Washington

Wilbur and Orville Wright

Teddy Roosevelt

Tom Jefferson

Annie Oakley

Eleanor Roosevelt

Mark Twain

Buffalo Bill

Harry Houdini

Sacagawea

Abigail Adams

Elizabeth Blackwell

Sitting Bull

Neil Armstrong

Pocahontas

Roberto Clemente

Walt Disney

John Muir

Thurgood Marshall

Jackie Robinson

Louisa May Alcott

Joe DiMaggio

Ronald Reagan

Amelia Earhart

John Glenn

Rosa Parks

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Geronimo

Harriet Tubman

John Adams

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Sojourner Truth

Andrew Jackson

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Wilma Rudolph

Harry S. Truman

Mr. Rogers

Dr. Seuss

Crazy Horse

Arthur Ashe

Ray Charles

Christopher Reeve

George S. Patton

Jesse Owens

Langston Hughes

Milton Hershey

Frederick Douglass

Coretta Scott King

Teddy Kennedy

Babe Ruth

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