Presents a short biography of nineteenth-century England author, Helen Beatrix Potter, and describes her lonely childhood, love of drawing, and how she came about to write her famous story of Peter Rabbit.

Recounts the voyage of an eighteenth-century French aeronaut by hot air balloon from Philadelphia to Woodbury, New Jersey, in 1793.

Young Tad Lincoln is excited about the new national holiday until he learns that the cook plans to serve Jack the turkey as the main course for Thanksgiving dinner.

An introduction to the life of the Philadelphia seamstress credited with sewing the first American flag.

A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Christopher Columbus.

Traces the life and achievements of the architect, bibliophile, president, and author of the Declaration of Independence.

Traces the life of the nineteenth-century English woman who followed her calling to work in hospitals and improve the conditions under which the sick were treated.

Presents the life of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who originated the raised dot system of reading and writing used throughout the world by the blind.