Jonah Winter

A boy remembers his father's stories about life in East Texas during the Great Depression.

Identifies the tragedies and suffering that Frida Kahlo overcame throughout her life by using her skill as an artist to express her pain and depression--and eventually, her joys and triumphs.

The inspiring and timely story of Sonia Sotomayor, who rose up from a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become the first Latino to be nominated to the US Supreme Court. Before Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat in our nation's highest court, she was just a little girl in the South Bronx. Justice Sotomayor didn't have a lot growing up, but she had what she needed -- her mother's love, a will to learn, and her own determination....

As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great-grandparents were sold as slaves in front of a courthouse where only rich white men were allowed to vote, then the long fight that led to her right--and determination--to cast her ballot since theVoting Rights Act gave every American the right to vote.

"The world's greatest scientists gather in a secret town in the desert to develop the atomic bomb."--

Traces the life and baseball career of the legend, discussing the records he set and some he still holds.

Presents an account of frontier life for women in the American West through brief biographies of fifteen famous individuals, including Calamity Jane, Mary Fields, Mary Elizabeth Lease, Lola Montez, Lotta Crabtree, Dona Maria Gertrudes "La Tules" Barcelo, Annie Oakley, Belle Starr, Polly Pry, Sarah Winnemucca, Carry Nation, Mary Ellen Pleasant, The-Other-Magpie, Nellie Cashman, and Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris.

An introduction to the men who put aside their differences to create a new kind of nation.

A tribute to the life of the iconic jazz entertainer depicts her disadvantaged youth in a segregated America, her unique performance talents and the irrepressible sense of style that helped her overcome racial barriers