That's what I love about the Childhood of Famous American series of books. It combines Language Arts with history in an engaging way, not like a boring textbook.
Below is a list of the entire series of books. I hope to print it out and cross them off as we read them as a family. Some are Easy Readers and fast to get through. Some are full books.
| A.P. Giannini, Boy of San Francisco Marie Hammontree |
| Abe Lincoln, Frontier Boy (The Great Emancipator) Augusta Stevenson |
| Abigail Adams, A Girl of Colonial Days Jean Brown Wagoner |
| Abner Doubleday, Young Baseball Pioneer Montrew Dunham |
| Adlai Stevenson, Young Ambassador Martha E. Ward |
| Albert Einstein, Young Thinker Marie Hammontree |
| Alec Hamilton, the Little Lion Helen Boyd Higgins |
| Aleck Bell, Ingenious Boy Mabel Cleland Widdemer |
| Allan Pinkerton, Young Detective Kathryn Borland and Helen Speicher |
| Alvin C. York, Young Marksman Ethel H. Weddle |
| Amelia Earhart, Kansas Girl Jane Moore Howe |
| Andrew Carnegie, Young
Steelmaker Joanne Landers Henry |
| Andy Jackson, Boy Soldier Augusta Stevenson |
| Anne Bradstreet, Young Puritan Poet Montrew Dunham |
| Annie Oakley, Little Sure Shot (Young Markswoman) Ellen Wilson |
| Anthony Wayne, Daring Boy Augusta Stevenson |
| Babe Didrickson, Girl Athlete Lena Young deGrummond and Lynn deGrummond Delaune |
| Babe Ruth, Baseball Boy (One of Baseball's Greatest) Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. |
| Bedford Forrest, Boy on Horseback Aileen Wells Parks |
| Ben Franklin, Printer's Boy (Young Printer) Augusta Stevenson |
| Benjamin West, Gifted Young Painter Dorothea J. Snow |
| Bernard Baruch, Boy from South Carolina Joanne Landers Henry |
| Betsy Ross, Girl of Old Philadelphia (Designer of Our Flag) Ann Weil |
| Bird Girl: Sacagawea (America's Pathfinder) Flora Warren Seymour |
| Black Hawk, Young Sauk Warrior Catherine Seward Cleven |
| Booker T. Washington, Ambitious Boy Augusta Stevenson |
| Bret Harte, Young Storyteller Janet Branham |
| Brigham Young, Covered Wagon Boy Polly Carver Jordan and Lucy Post Frisbee |
| Buffalo Bill, Boy of the Plains (Frontier Daredevil) Augusta Stevenson |
| Carl Ben Eielson, Young Alaskan Pilot Hortense Myers and Ruth Burnett |
| Carl Sandburg, Young Singing Poet Grace Hathaway Melin |
| Cecil B. DeMille, Young Dramatist Hortense Myers and Ruth Burnett |
| Chief Joseph, Boy of the Nez Perce Olive W. Burt |
| Clara Barton, Girl Nurse (Founder of the American Red Cross)Augusta Stevenson |
| Clyde Beatty, Boy Animal Trainer Katharine E. Wilkie |
| Crispus Attucks, Boy of Valor (Black Leader of Colonial Patriots) Dharathula Millender |
| Cyrus McCormick, Farmer Boy Lavinia Dobler |
| Dan Beard, Boy Scout Miriam E. Mason |
| Dan Morgan, Boy of the Wilderness Bernice Bryant |
| Dan Webster, Union Boy Bradford Smith |
| Daniel Boone, Boy Hunter (Young Hunter and Trapper) Augusta Stevenson |
| David Farragut, Boy Midshipman Laura Long |
| David Sarnoff, Radio and TV Boy Elisabeth P. Myers |
| Davy Crockett, Young Rifleman Aileen Wells Parks |
| DeWitt Clinton, Boy Builder Mabel Cleland Widdemer |
| Dolly Madison, Quaker Girl Helen Albee Monsell |
| Dorothea Dix, Girl Reformer Grace Hathaway Melin |
| Douglas MacArthur, Young Protector Laura M. Long |
| Duke Ellington, Young Music Master Martha Schaaf |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower, Young Military Leader Wilma J. Hudson |
| Eddie Rickenbacher, Young Racer and Flyer Cathrine Cleven |
| Edward Bok, Young Editor Elisabeth P. Myers |
| Edward R. Murrow, Young Newscaster Hortense Myers and Ruth Burnett |
| Eleanor Roosevelt, Courageous Girl (Fighter for Social Justice) Ann Weil |
| Eli Whitney, Boy Mechanic Dorothea J. Snow |
| Elias Howe, Inventive Boy Jean Corcoran |
| Elizabeth Blackwell, Girl Doctor Joanne Landers Henry |
| Ernie Pyle, Boy from Back Home Ellen Wilson |
| Ethan Allen, Green Mountain Boy Gertrude Hecker Winders |
| Ethel Barrymore, Girl Actress Shirlee P. Newman |
| Eugene Field, Young Poet Kathryn Borland and Helen Speicher |
| F.W. Woolworth, Five and Ten Boy Elisabeth P. Myers |
| Frances Willard, Girl Crusader Miriam E. Mason |
| Francis Marion, Young Swamp Fox William O. Steele |
| Francis Scott Key, Maryland Boy Augusta Stevenson |
| Franklin Roosevelt, Boy of the Four Freedoms Ann Weil |
| Frederick Douglass, Boy Champion of Human Rights Elisabeth P. Myers |
| Frederick Remington, Young Artist Clyde B. Moore |
| Gail Borden, Resourceful Boy Adrian Paradis |
| George Carver, Boy Scientist Augusta Stevenson |
| George Custer, Boy of Action Augusta Stevenson |
| George Dewey, Vermont Boy Laura Long |
| George Eastman, Young Photographer Joanne Landers Henry |
| George Gershwin, Young Composer Bernice Bryant |
| George M. Cohan, Boy Theater Genius Gertrude Hecker Winders |
| George Pullman, Young Sleeping Car Builder Elisabeth P. Myers |
| George Rogers Clark, Boy of the Old Northwest Katharine E. Wilkie |
| George Washington, Boy Leader (Young Leader) Augusta Stevenson |
| George Westinghouse, Young Inventor Montrew Dunham |
| Glenn L. Martin, Boy Conqueror of the Air R. W. Harley |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe, Connecticut Girl Mabel Cleland Widdemer |
| Harriet Tubman, Freedom Girl Gertrude Hecker Winders |
| Harry Houdini, (Young Magician) Kathryn Kilby Borland |
| Harry S Truman, Missouri Farm Boy Wilma J. Hudson |
| Harvey S. Firestone, Young Rubber Pioneer Adrian Paradis |
| Helen Keller, Handicapped Girl (From Tragedy to Triumph) Katharine E. Wilkie |
| Henry Clay, Young Kentucky Orator Helen Albee Monsell |
| Henry Ford, Boy with Ideas (Young Man with Ideas) Hazel B. Aird and Catherine Ruddiman |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Grace Hathaway Melin |
| Herbert Hoover, Boy Engineer Mildren Houghton Comfort |
| Hoosier Boy, James Whitcomb Riley Minnie Belle Mitchell |
| Israel Putnam, Fearless Boy Augusta Stevenson |
| J. C. Penney, Golden Rule Boy Wilma J. Hudson |
| J. Sterling Morton, Arbor Day Boy Clyde B. Moore |
| Jackie Robinson, Young Sports Trailblazer Herb Dunn |
| James Fenimore Cooper, Leatherstocking Boy Gertrude Hecker Winders |
| James J. Hill, Young Empire Builder Mildred Houghton Comfort |
| James Monroe, Good Neighbor Boy Mabel Cleland Widdemer |
| James Oglethorpe, Young Defender Aileen Wells Parks |
| Jane Addams, Little Lame Girl Jean Brown Wagoner |
| Jean Felix Piccard, Boy Balloonist Lena Young de Grummond and Lynn de Grummond Delaune |
| Jeb Stuart, Boy in the Saddle Gertrude Hecker Winders |
| Jeff Davis, Confederate Boy Lena Young deGrummond and Lynn deGrummond Delaune |
| Jessie Fremont, Girl of Capitol Hill Jean Brown Wagoner |
| Jim Bowie, Boy with a Hunting Knife Gertrude Hecker Winders |
| Jim Bridger, Mountain Boy Gertrude Hecker Winders |
| Jim Thorpe, Indian Athlete (Olympic Champion) Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. |
| Joe DiMaggio, Young Sports Hero Herb Dunn |
| Joel Chandler Harris, Young Storyteller Ethel H. Weddle |
| John Alden, Young Puritan Olive W. Burt |
| John Burroughs, Boy of Field and Stream Lucy Post Frisbee |
| John Deere, Blacksmith Boy Margaret Bare |
| John F. Kennedy, Young Statesman (America's Youngest President) Lucy Post Frisbee |
| John Fitch, Steamboat Boy Augusta Stevenson |
| John Hancock, New England Boy Cathrine Seward Cleven |
| John Jacob Astor, Boy Trader (Young Trader) Dorothy S. Anderson |
| John L. Lewis, Young Militant Labor Leader George Gershon Korson |
| John Marshall, Boy of Young America Helen Albee Monsell |
| John Muir, Young Naturalist Montrew Dunham |
| John Paul Jones, Salt-Water Boy Dorothea J. Snow |
| John Peter Zenger, Young Defender of a Free Press Laura Long |
| John Philip Sousa, Marching Boy Ann Weil |
| John Quincy Adams, Boy Patriot Anne Weil |
| John Sevier, Pioneer Boy William O. Steele |
| John Smith, Jamestown Boy Thomas Frank Barton |
| John Wanamaker, Boy Merchant Olive W. Burt |
| Julia Ward Howe, Girl of Old New York Jean Brown Wagoner |
| Juliette Low, Girl Scout Helen Boyd Higgins |
| Kate Douglas Wiggin, the Little Schoolteacher Miriam E. Mason |
| Katharine Lee Bates, Girl Poet Elisabeth P. Myers |
| Kit Carson, Boy Trapper Augusta Stevenson |
| Knute Rockne, Young Athlete Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. |
| Langston Hughes, Young Black Poet Montrew Dunham |
| Lee DeForest, Electronics Boy Lavinia Dobler |
| Lew Wallace, Boy Writer Martha E. Schaaf |
| Liliuokalani, Young Hawaiian Queen Shirlee Petkin Newman |
| Lotta Crabtree, Gold Rush Girl Marian T. Place |
| Lou Gehrig, Boy of the Sand Lots (One of Baseball's Greatest) Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. |
| Louis Armstrong, Young Music Maker Dharathula Millender |
| Louisa Alcott, Girl of Old Boston Jean Brown Wagoner |
| Lucretia Mott, Girl of Old Nantucket Constance Buel Burnett |
| Luther Burbank, Boy Wizard Olive W. Burt |
| Lyndon B. Johnson, Young Texan Thomas Frank Barton |
| Mahalia Jackson, Young Gospel Singer Montrew Dunham |
| Margaret Bourke-White, (Young Photographer) Montrew Dunham |
| Maria Mitchell, Girl Astronomer Grace Hathaway Melin |
| Mark Twain, Boy of Old Missouri (Young Writer) Miriam E. Mason |
| Martha Washington, Girl of Old Virginia (America's First First Lady) Jean Brown Wagoner |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., Boy with a Dream (Young Man with a Dream) Dharathula H. Millender |
| Mary Mapes Dodge, Jolly Girl Miriam E. Mason |
| Mary McLeod Bethune, Girl Devoted to her People Olive W. Burt |
| Mary Todd Lincoln, Girl of the Bluegrass Katharine E. Wilkie |
| Matthew Calbraith Perry, Boy Sailor Alexander Scharbach |
| Meriwether Lewis, Boy Explorer Charlotta M. Bebenroth |
| Molly Pitcher, Girl Patriot (Young Patriot) Augusta Stevenson |
| Myles Standish, Adventurous Boy Augusta Stevenson |
| Nancy Hanks, Kentucky Girl Augusta Stevenson |
| Narcissa Whitman, Pioneer Girl Ann Spence Warner |
| Nathan Hale, Puritan Boy Augusta Stevenson |
| Nathanael Greene, Independent Boy Howard Peckham |
| Neil Armstrong, Young Flier Montrew Dunham |
| Noah Webster, Boy of Words Helen Boyd Higgins |
| Oliver Hazard Perry, Boy of the Sea Laura Long |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Boy of Justice Montrew Dunham |
| Osceola, Young Seminole Indian Electa Clark |
| P.T. Barnum, Circus Boy Augusta Stevenson |
| Patrick Henry, Boy Spokesman Thomas Frank Barton |
| Paul Revere, Boy of Old Boston (Boston Patriot) Augusta Stevenson |
| Pearl S. Buck, Literary Girl Elisabeth P. Myers |
| Peter Stuyvesant, Boy with Wooden Shoes Mabel Cleland Widdemer |
| Phillis Wheatley, Young Colonial Poet Kathryn Kilby Borland and Helen Ross Speicher |
| Pocahontas, Brave Girl (Young Peacemaker) Flora Warren Seymour |
| Pontiac, Young Ottawa Leader Howard Henry Peckham |
| Rachel Jackson, Tennessee Girl Christine Noble Govan |
| Raphael Semmes, Tidewater Boy Dorothea J. Snow |
| Richard Byrd, Boy Who Braved the Unknown (Boy of the South Pole) Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. |
| Robert E. Lee Boy of Old Virginia(Young Confederate) Helen Albee Monsell |
| Robert Frost, Boy with Promises to Keep Ellen Wilson |
| Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman Marguerite Henry |
| Robert Goddard, Pioneer Rocket Boy Clyde B. Moore |
| Robert Peary, Boy of the North Electa Clark |
| Robert Todd Lincoln, President's Boy LaVere Anderson |
| Roberto Clemente, Young Ball Player Montrew Dunham |
| Ronald Reagan, Young Politician Montrew Dunham |
| Sam Houston, Boy Chieftain Augusta Stevenson |
| Samuel Morse, Inquisitive Boy Dorothea J. Snow |
| Sequoyah, Young Cherokee Guide Dorothea J. Snow |
| Simon Kenton, Young Trail Blazer Katharine E. Wilkie |
| Sitting Bull, Dakota Boy Augusta Stevenson |
| Squanto, Young Indian Hunter Augusta Stevenson |
| Stephen Decatur, Gallant Boy Bradford Smith |
| Stephen Foster, Boy Minstrel Helen Boyd Higgins |
| Susan Anthony, Girl Who Dared (Champion of Woman's Rights) Helen Albee Monsell |
| Tecumseh, Shawnee Boy Augusta Stevenson |
| Teddy Roosevelt, All-Round Boy Edd Winfield Parks |
| The Ringling Brothers, Circus Boys Olive W. Burt |
| Thurgood Marshall, Young Justice Montrew Dunham |
| Tom Edison, Boy Inventor (Young Inventor) Sue Guthridge |
| Tom Jefferson, A Boy in Colonial Days (Third President of the United States) Helen Albee Monsell |
| U.S. Grant, Young Horseman Augusta Stevenson |
| Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Young Arctic Explorer Hortense Myers and Ruth Burnett |
| Vince Lombardi, Young Football Coach Hortense Myers |
| Virgil Grissom, Boy Astronaut Carl L. Chappell |
| Virginia Dare, Mystery Girl Augusta Stevenson |
| Walt Disney, Young Movie Maker Marie Hammontree |
| Walter Chrysler, Boy Machinist Ethel H. Weddle |
| Walter Reed, Boy Who Wanted to Know Helen Boyd Higgins |
| Washington Irving, Boy of Old New York Mabel Cleland Widdemer |
| Wilbur and Orville Wright, Boys with Wings (Young Fliers) Augusta Stevenson |
| Will and Charlie Mayo, Doctor's Boys Marie Hammontree |
| Will Clark, Boy in Buckskins Katharine E. Wilkie |
| Will Rogers, Young Cowboy Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. |
| William Bradford, Pilgrim Boy Bradford Smith |
| William Fargo, Boy Mail Carrier Katharine E. Wilkie |
| William H. McGuffey, Boy Reading Genius Barbara Williams |
| William Henry Harrison, Young Tippecanoe Howard Peckham |
| William Penn, Friendly Boy Miriam E. Mason |
| Woodrow Wilson, Boy President Helen Albee Monsell |
| Young (John) Audubon, Boy Naturalist Miriam E. Mason |
| Young Jed Smith, Westering Boy Olive W. Burt |
| Young Stonewall: Tom Jackson Helen Albee Monsell |
| Zach Taylor, Young Rough and Ready Katharine E. Wilkie |
| Zeb Pike, Boy Traveler Augusta Stevenson |
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