Childhood of Famous Americans Series

I really like this series and so do my daughters.  Forgiveness, manners, love of learning, hard work, perseverance, and good attitude are all emphasized. This series contains great writing for this reading level, using just the right amount of varied vocabulary, description, and sentence structure, while still making the story very interesting for children.

Books in this series we recommend: Louisa May Alcott: Young Novelist, Sitting Bull: Dakota Boy, Laura Ingalls Wilder: Young Pioneer, Elizabeth Blackwell: Girl Doctor, Benjamin Franklin: Young Printer, Betsy Ross: Designer of our Flag, Helen Keller: From Tragedy to Triumph, Margaret Bourke-White: Young Photographer, Langston Hughes: Young Black Poet, Crazy Horse: Young War Chief, Crispus Attucks: Black Leader of Colonial Patriots, Martha Washington: America’s First First Lady, Thurgood Marshall: Young Justice, Molly Pitcher: Young Patriot, Albert Einstein: Young Thinker, John Muir: Young Naturalist, John Adams: Young Revolutionary, Jesse Owens: Young Record Breaker, Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Runner, Arthur Ashe: Young Tennis Champion, Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion, Babe Ruth: One of Baseball’s Greatest, Jackie Robinson: Young Sports Trailblazer, Thomas A. Edison: Young Inventor, Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross

Books in this series that did not make the list: Harry Houdini: Young Magician, Milton Hershey: Young Chocolatier, Ronald Reagan: Young Leader

Books in this series that we have not yet reviewed: Walt Disney: Young Movie Maker, Sojourner Truth: Voice Of Freedom, Roberto Clemente: Young Ball Player, Wilbur And Orville Wright: Young Fliers, Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman, Henry Ford: Young Man With Ideas, Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider, Thomas Edison: Young Inventor, Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator, Harriet Tubman: Freedom’s Trailblazer, Susan B. Anthony: Champion Of Women’s Rights, Amelia Earhart: Young Aviator, Sacagawea: American Pathfinder, Abigail Adams: Girl Of Colonial Days, John F. Kennedy: America’s Youngest President, Robert E. Lee: Young Confederate, Buffalo Bill: Frontier Daredevil, Tom Jefferson: Third President Of The United States, Andrew Jackson: Young Patriot, Martin Luther King, Jr.: Young Man With A Dream, Harry S. Truman: Thirty-Third President Of The United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion Of Freedom, Dr. Seuss: Young Author And Artist, Eleanor Roosevelt: Fighter For Social Justice, Mark Twain: Young Writer, Knute Rockne: Young Athlete, Ray Charles: Young Musician, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Friend Of The Arts, Daniel Boone: Young Hunter And Tracker, Meriwether Lewis: Boy Explorer, George Washington: Young Leader, Will Clark, Boy Adventurer

(Reviewed by Jenny Phillips)