Answers twenty questions on the Wright Brothers, discussing their childhood hobbies, study of flight, and first powered flight, and includes three experiments
A short biography of physicist Luis Alvarez
Profiles the life and career of the scientist Rachel Carson
An introduction to the achievements and lasting influence of the heroic civil rights leader covers topics ranging from his organization of the Montgomery Bus Boycott to his famed I Have a Dream" speech"
Recounts the life of the unrecognized co-creator of the Batman comic strip and details the author's quest to find out more about him
Presents ten true tales of child heroes
A narrative account of the daring adventures of the legendary polar explorer and aviator and his loveable dog companion draws on letters, diaries, interviews, newspaper clippings, and expedition records to recount their dramatic and history-making achievements in the North and South Poles
Discusses the Underground Railroad, the secret, loosely organized network of people and places that helped many slaves escape north to freedom
Chronicles the life and career of well-known actor and martial arts master, Bruce Lee, from his childhood in Hong Kong to his untimely death at the age of thirty-two
Presents the life and accomplishments of the Croatian-born engineer who developed alternating-current technology and invented the radio