We the People!

Learn more about America&s history through great Americans& biographies.

By Allison McDonald
Jul 03, 2014

Ages

3-7


Jul 03, 2014

There are so many great Americans to read about, and this list is far from definitive. I chose these 20 people based on the quality of books that are available about their lives and achievements. These aren’t just books that share facts; they will immerse the reader into the amazing lives and choices that these men and women made.


Susan B. Anthony -  Susan B. Anthony: Fighter for Freedom and Equality by Suzanne Slade



Elizabeth Blackwell - Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors? The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell by Tanya Lee Stone


Ruby Bridges - The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles


Frederick Douglass - Who Was Frederick Douglass? by April Jones Prince



Thomas Edison - Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives by Gene Barretta


Thomas Jefferson - Thomas Jefferson Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Everything by Maira Kalman


Helen Keller - Helen’s Big World by Doreen Rappaport


John Fitzgerald Kennedy - Jack’s Path of Courage by Doreen Rappaport


Martin Luther King, Jr. - My Brother Martin by Christine King Farris


Abraham Lincoln - Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books by Kay Winters


Rosa Parks - Rosa by Nikki Giovanni


Sally Ride - Who Was Sally Ride? by Megan Stine


Jackie Robinson - Teammates by Peter Golenbock


Eleanor Roosevelt - Eleanor, Quiet No More by Doreen Rappaport


Wilma Rudolph - Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull


Sonia Sotomayor - Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx by Jonah Winter


Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote by Tanya Lee Stone


Harriet Tubman - Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford


George Washington - A Picture Book of George Washington by David A. Adler


The Wright Brothers - Who Were the Wright Brothers? by James Buckley Jr.

Who would you add to the list? Share the title of your favorite great American biography on the Scholastic Parents Facebook page.

Raise a Reader Blog
Age 7
Age 6
Age 5
Age 4
Age 3
Reading
Independence Day