Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abraham Lincoln | 1932 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 2 | Tom Jefferson: Third President of the U.S. | 1939 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 3 | George Washington | 1942 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 4 | Paul Revere: Boston Patriot | 1946 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 5 | Thomas Edison: Young Inventor | 1947 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 6 | Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days | 1949 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 7 | Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers | 1951 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 8 | Knute Rockne: Young Athlete | 1952 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 9 | Will Clark: Boy Adventurer | 1953 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 10 | Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider | 1953 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 11 | Susan B. Anthony: Champion of Women’s Rights | 1954 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 12 | Betsy Ross: Designer of Our Flag | 1954 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 13 | Babe Ruth: One of Baseball’s Greatest | 1954 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 14 | Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion | 1956 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 15 | Sitting Bull: Dakota Boy | 1958 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 16 | Elizabeth Blackwell: Girl Doctor | 1961 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 17 | Albert Einstein | 1961 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 18 | Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman | 1962 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 19 | Martin Luther King, Jr.: Young Man with a Dream | 1969 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 20 | Dwight D. Eisenhower: Young Military Leader | 1970 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 21 | Ray Charles: Young Musician | 1970 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 22 | John Muir: Young Naturalist | 1975 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 23 | John Fitzgerald Kennedy: America’s Youngest President | 1982 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 24 | Buffalo Bill: Frontier Daredevil | 1991 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 25 | Pocahontas: Young Peacemaker | 1996 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 26 | Neil Armstrong: Young Flyer | 1996 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 27 | Thurgood Marshall: Young Justice | 1998 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 28 | Jackie Robinson | 1999 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 29 | Louisa May Alcott: Young Novelist | 1999 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 30 | Ronald Reagan: Young Leader | 1999 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 31 | Joe DiMaggio: Young Sports Hero | 1999 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 32 | Amelia Earhart: Young Aviator | 2000 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 33 | Laura Ingalls Wilder: Young Pioneer | 2001 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 34 | John Adams: Young Revolutionary | 2002 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 35 | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Friend of the Arts | 2002 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 36 | Althea Gibson: Young Tennis Player | 2005 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 37 | Crazy Horse: Young War Chief | 2005 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 38 | Marie Curie: Young Scientist | 2007 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 39 | Christopher Reeve: Young Actor | 2007 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 40 | George S. Patton: War Hero | 2007 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 41 | Milton Hershey: Young Chocolatier | 2008 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 42 | Jesse Owens: Young Record Breaker | 2008 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 43 | Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist Hero | 2008 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 44 | Coretta Scott King: First Lady of Civil Rights | 2008 | Kris Bock | Buy |
| 45 | Teddy Kennedy: Lion of the Senate | 2010 | Kris Bock | Buy |
The Childhood of Famous Americans series presents fictionalized accounts of notable Americans’ early years for young readers. Running from 1932 to 2010, the 45 books cover presidents (Lincoln, Jefferson, Washington, Kennedy), inventors (Edison, the Wright Brothers), athletes (Babe Ruth, Jim Thorpe, Jesse Owens), civil rights leaders (Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall), and many others.
Each book imagines what its subject’s childhood was like, making history accessible and personal for young readers.