Central Kansas Library System

Highlights the life of the first President, known as the Father of His Country.

A biography of George Washington Carver, who born a slave, became one of America's most famous scientists.

A biography of the half-Dutch/half-black Surinamese man who, despite the hardships and prejudice he found in his new Massachusetts home, invented a shoe-lasting machine that revolutionized the shoe industry in the late nineteenth century.

A biography of the Cherokee Indian who invented a method for his people to write and read their own language.

From the time she was a little girl, Rachel Carson felt a bond with nature that helped create a movement to ban harmful chemicals.

Relates the life and accomplishments of John Chapman.

Discusses the events in Paul Reveres's life up until he made his famous midnight ride.

The true story of how the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina �Zabi�nski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the �Zabi�nskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano...