Ocean State Libraries

"Follows the life of the popular president, from his childhood on the frontier to his assassination after the end of the Civil War." --

"A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights." --

Surveys the life of Benjamin Franklin, highlighting his work asan inventor and statesman.

"Traces the life and achievements of the architect, bibliophile, president, and author of the Declaration of Independence." --

Traces the life of the young Jewish girl whose diary chronicles the years she and her family hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic.

A biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

An introduction to the life of the Commander in Chief of the Confederate army during the Civil War.

An introduction to the genius with a curious mind who loved to experiment and who invented the phonograph, light bulb, movie camera, and numerous other items.

"Discusses the life of the pilot who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by herself in a plane. The first woman to fly across the Atlantic solo, she disappeared mysteriously." --

A biography of the Shoshone woman who joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition.