My Favorite Children's Books

Heather Idoni's personal recommendations for the best children's books ever written.



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Piper Biography Series

By Heather Idoni

Updated Saturday, March 28, 2009

Abigail Adams, The President's Lady by Regina Zimmerman Kelley

Abraham Lincoln, Man of Courage by Bernadine Bailey

Amelia Earhart, First Lady of the Air by Jerry Seibert

Benjamin Franklin, First Great American by John Tottle

Christopher Columbus, Sailor and Dreamer by Bernadine Bailey

Dan Beard, Boy Scout Pioneer by Jerry Seibert

Daniel Boone, Wilderness Trailblazer by Miriam Evangeline Mason

Ethan Allen, Green Mountain Hero by Sheldon N. Ripley

Ferdinand Magellan, Noble Captain by Katharine Elliot Wilkie

Hans Christian Andersen, Fairy Tale Author by (Doris) Shannon Garst

Harriet Tubman, Flame of Freedom by Frances T. Humphreville

Henry Ford, Maker of the Model T by Miriam Gilbert

Henry Clay, Statesman and Patriot by Regina Zimmerman Kelley

Henry Hudson, Explorer of the North by Dorothea J. Snowe

Horace Mann, Sower of Learning by Cecile Pepin Edwards

James Madison, Statesman and President by Regina Zimmerman Kelly

John Alden, Steadfast Pilgrim by Cecile Pepin Edwards

John Paul Jones, Soldier of the Sea by Donald Emmet Worcester

John Smith, Man of Adventure by Miriam Evangeline Mason

John Hancock, Friend of Freedom by Jeanette Covert Nolan

John Wesley Powell, Canyon's Conqueror by Marian T. Place

Juan Ponce de Leon, First in the Land by Bernadine Bailey

King Philip, Loyal Indian by Cecile Pepin Edwards

Kit Carson, Mountain Scout by Donald Emmet Worcester

Matthew Henson, Arctic Hero by Sheldon N. Ripley

Patrick Henry, Voice of Liberty by William Percival Jones

Paul Revere, Colonial Craftsman by Regina Zimmerman Kelly

Pontiac, Lion in the Forest by Wilma Pitchford Hays

Robert Louis Stevenson, Storyteller and Adventurer by Katharine Elliot Wilkie

Sacajawea, Guide to Lewis and Clark by Jerry Seibert

Sam Houston, Friend of the Indians by Joseph Olgin

Thomas Jefferson, Champion of the People by Joseph Olgin

Ulysses S. Grant, General and President by Joseph Olgin

 




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