Best Selling Books by MARGARET FRITH

One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison’s inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture of worms and water to see if she could fly! Here’s an accessible, appealing biography with 100 black-and-white illustrations.

Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. Elected four times, he spent thirteen years in the White House. How he led the country through tremendously difficult problems, much like the ones facing America today, makes for a timely and engrossing biography.

First he was known as Tommy, then Woodrow, and eventually, Mr. President. Born on December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia, Thomas Woodrow Wilson was a born leader. He was the president of Princeton University, served as governor of New Jersey after that, and was then elected president of the United States. But not everything was so easy for Wilson. He was ahead of his time in wanting a League of Nations after World War I to help prevent another war like it, but his hopes were dashed when the United States refused to join. Margaret Frith offers a fascinating look at how this magnificent and tragic figure handled debilitating illness, heartbreak, and "the war to end all wars."

Louis Braille certainly wasn''t your average teenager. Blind from the age of four, he was only fifteen when in 1824 he invented a reading system that converted printed words into columns of raised dots. Through touch, Braille opened the world of books to the sightless, and almost two hundred years later, no one has ever improved upon his simple, brilliant idea.

Presents the history of ballet and a look at one particular ballet, Swan Lake, in the form of a child''s school report.

One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison''s inventions, illuminated in John O''Brien''s wonderful black-and-white illustrations.

"¿Quién fue Franklin Roosevelt? Un muchacho a quien le encantaba navegar, montar a caballo, y jugar fúbol americano? Un hombre que quedó paralitico por la polio? El único presidente de Estados Unidos que ha sido elegido cuatro veces? ¡Todas las anteriores! aprende más acerca de Franklin Roosevelt con esta divertida y fascinante biografía ilustrada."--Back cover.

Jane enjoys spending time on the beach with her new friend Molly, but Molly''s reluctance to take off her pants and go swimming may hide an interesting secret.

En primer lugar era conocido como Tommy, a continuación, Woodrow, y, finalmente, señor Presidente. Nacido el 28 de diciembre de 1856, en Staunton, Virginia, Thomas Woodrow Wilson era un líder nato. Fue el presidente de la Universidad de Princeton, sirvió como gobernador de Nueva Jersey después de eso, y luego fue elegido presidente de los Estados Unidos. Pero no todo fue tan fácil para Wilson. Él se adelantó a su tiempo en querer una Sociedad de Naciones después de la Primera Guerra Mundial para ayudar a prevenir otra guerra como él, pero sus esperanzas se desvanecieron cuando los Estados Unidos se negó a unirse. Margaret Frith ofrece una visión fascinante de cómo esta figura magnífica y trágica manejado debilitante enfermedad, la angustia, y "la guerra para acabar con todas las guerras."

One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison''s inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture of worms and water to see if she could fly! Here''s an accessible, appealing biography with 100 black-and-white illustrations.