Russell Freedman

The Newbery Medal–winning book for young readers presents "a human portrait of a politician honorably confronting the most vexing issues of his era" (The New York Times Book Review). Abraham Lincoln stood out in a crowd as much for his wit and rollicking humor as for his height. This Newbery Medal-winning biography of our Civil War president is warm, appealing, and illustrated with dozens of carefully chosen photographs and prints. Russell...

Newbery honor book: 1994.

Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.

Describes the origins, applications of, and challenges to the ten amendments to the United States Constitution that comprise the Bill of Rights.

Describes the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence as well as the personalities and politics behind its framing.

"For a long time, most people believed that Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to 'discover' America--the first to make a successful round-trip voyage across the Atlantic. But in recent years, as new evidence has come to light, our understanding of history has changed. We know now that Columbus was among the last explorers to reach the Americas, not the first"--Book jacket.