A biography of President Thomas Jefferson that describes his early life, political career, and challenges as President of the United States.

This fact-filled book introduces the youngest readers to George Washington the Father of Our Country. Colorful photos and very simple text encourage children to read on their own as they learn about how Washington went from farmer to soldier to America s first President.

"Thomas Jefferson and John Adams could scarcely have come from more different worlds, or been more different in temperament. Jefferson, the optimist with enough faith in the innate goodness of his fellow man to be democracy's champion, was an aristocratic Southern slave owner, while Adams, the overachiever from New England's rising middling classes, painfully aware he was no aristocrat, was a skeptic about popular rule and a defender of a more elitist...

An illustrated biography of Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison the fourth president of the United States. Dolley is known for her influence socially and politically and for saving the portrait of George Washington before the British burned the White House in the War of 1812.

Examines the life of America's thirty-second president, Frankling D. Roosevelt, discussing his childhood, family, career and more.

Un oasis que se encoge en el desierto del Sahara; un dron robado del ejército de los Estados Unidos; una isla japonesa deshabitada; y el alijo secreto de venenos químicos mortales de un país. Pauline Green, la primera mujer presidenta de los Estados Unidos, navega por los ataques terroristas, el comercio ilegal de armas y las campañas de difamación de su fanfarrón oponente político con una diplomacia cuidadosa y hábil. Hará todo lo que esté...

As a young boy, "Teedie" Roosevelt was frequently ill, but worked hard to become strong and fit while also avidly reading and pursuing his love of natural history.

All the presidents' wives: An in-depth look at America's First Ladies - from Martha Washington to Mary Todd Lincoln to Eleanor Roosevelt to Jacqueline Kennedy to Hillary Clinton. Each segment offers an engaging portrait of the woman. These women have held one of the most enigmatic, yet high-profile, jobs in the country. First mothers: Chronicles the life stories of Sara Delano Roosevelt, Rose Kennedy, Hannah Milhous Nixon, Nelle Reagan, Virginia...