Kathleen Krull

"Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show" introduced Jim Henson's Muppets to the world. A visionary, Henson always believed that puppets could reach a wider audience. Henson's story celebrates and encourages creative thinking, determination, and courage. Full color.

Here was a man with an imagination so large that, just "by thinking on it," he invented a new branch of math, calculus, and figured out the scientific explanation of gravity. Yet Newton was so small-minded that he tried to destroy other scientists who dared question his findings. He spent much of his time trying to predict the future from passages in the Bible and to unlock the secret of turning base metals into gold in an alchemy lab, showing again...

Profiles twenty notable pirates throughout history and describes their adventures, the battles they fought, and the riches and cultural legacies they left behind.

A biography of one of America's greatest presidents, focusing on his use of wit and humor, and his love of language.

Marie Curie, the woman who coined the term radioactivity, won not just one Nobel Prize but two?in physics and chemistry, both supposedly girl-phobic sciences.

Profiles twenty historically significant women, highlighting their great accomplishments and unique quirks; also includes color caricatures.

A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.

This biography profiles the life and times of German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, whose contributions to the field earned him a Nobel Prize.

Looks into the 1947 crash in New Mexico of an object which many people believe was an alien spacecraft, providing reports of what people claim to have seen and the government cover-up that followed.