William Wise

After being sold to an unscrupulous pet store owner, a young mouse lives with several owners and has many adventures, before ending up with an appreciative family. Though his life begins "in a commonplace way," Christopher Mouse is not the least bit common. From his birth in an ordinary wire cage, to his close encounter with a large cat in the Egyptian room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Christopher proves an adventurer of the most intrepid sort,...

The life of the man who in 1927 performed one of the most daring feats of the twentieth century - first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic.

King Felix loves pancakes so much that he offers his daughter's hand in marriage to the man who can make the perfect pancake.

A biography of the controversial American who became Vice President, killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, and was indicted for murder and treason.

An easy-to-read biography of the man who was born a slave and through great effort became a renowned teacher.