Youth Biography

A Newbery Honor-winning biography of the men whose experiments brought about the Age of Flight. This engaging narrative account of Orville and Wilbur Wright, two men with little formal schooling but a knack for solving problems, follows their interest...

In this collection of remarkable stories of young martyrs we read of courage and faith. In the midst of persecution they remained true to God and did not cease to witness for Him. In the face of death they not did quail but looked forward to seeing the...

Featuring eleven stories of navigation of the New Egland coast between the years 1524 and 1624, Valiant Navigators brings us on board multiple sailing vessels to witness firsthand what the explorers saw. Originally published in 1905, this volume includes...

Imagine having the opportunity to peek inside the windows of one of Virginia’s most prominent plantation homes in 1773. The diary and letters of Phillip Vickers Fithian do exactly that, taking readers on a 1-year tour through Nominy Hall, the home...

Nature was a form of religion for naturalist, essayist, and early environmentalist Henry David Thoreau (1817–62). In communing with the natural world, he wished to "live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and ... learn what it...

FROM THE BOOK:"Faster, Jack, faster!" Wilfred Grenfell called to the lead dog in his sledge team. Jack needed no second reminder. He loved to go as fast as possible and he urged his team forward. Wilfred loved to go fast too, and felt a thrill as the...

Heroes for Young Readers introduces younger children to the lives of Christian heroes! Whether reading for themselves or being read to, children love the captivating rhyming poems and unforgettable color illustrations of the Heroes for Young Readers...

William Carey watched from the dock as the magnificent sailing ship headed for the English Channel without him. Tears filled his eyes, and deep disappointment filled his heart. What woould he tell the missionary society ? So much work awaited him half...

From his cell in the Tower of London to his founding of an American colony, William Penn was a tireless advocate for liberty, justice, and tolerance. His ideas on democracy were pivital in the forming of the constitution of the United States. (1644-1718)...

William Tyndale lived a life of adventure and danger, dodging the king's men, fleeing from his enemies and meeting with smugglers in the dead of night. What brought a well-educated young English man to such a state? Was he an outlaw? Was he a thief? No -...