Focuses on Franklin's creative ideas and inventions while also referring to his accomplishments as a writer, publisher, government official, and patriot.

Sketches the life of the "Wizard of Menlo Park," the man who patented more than one thousand inventions, the most important of which was the electric light bulb.

A biography of the Baltimore Orioles' shortstop who earned the nickname Iron Man in 1995 when he broke Lou Gehrig's record for most games played in a row.

Sketches the life from poverty to riches of the inventor of the Kodak camera which made it possible for the ordinary person to take pictures.

Traces the development of a young African-American basketball star, who also has a clothing line, owns restaurants, has been in movies, made rap albums, has his own record label, and has a business empire worth many millions.

A biography of the World War II general who became the thirty-fourth president of the United States in 1952.

A biography of the fourth president of these United States covering his early life, schooling, family life, and his political career as president and "Father of the U.S. Cosntitution."

A simple biography of the second president of the United States, from his childhood and education in Massachusetts to his marriage to Abigail Smith and his role in the country's early history.

A biography of the the man who became the twenty-sixth president of the United States when President McKinley was shot in 1901 and who helped establish the national park system.

A brief biography of the award-winning young singer who is also the star of the television series, "Moesha."