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William McKinley, U.S. PresidentLives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 1998)
Number 25 banned the color yellow in the White House. A one paragraph bio of this president highlights his life and career.
Read more about McKinley at The White House site.
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William Penn: Founder of Pennsylvania by Steven Kroll, illustrated by Ronald Himler (Holiday House, 2000)
This book about William Penn, a strong Quaker, is also a lesson about the history of his time.
Quaker.org writes about Penn’s life and work.
Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 1998)
Nicknamed Sleeping Beauty, this largest U.S. president learned to surf in Hawaii. Krull devotes one pithy page about number 27 in this collective biography.
Read his inaugural address, March 4, 1909 on The Avalon Project web site at Yale.
Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 1998)
The jazz sax playing 42nd president of the U.S. is highlighted in humor and fact within the pages of this collective biography.
To learn more about Clinton and his presidency, visit the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas.
A Picture Book Biography of Lewis and Clark by David A. Adler, illustrated by Ronald Himler (Holiday House, 2003)
The spirit of adventure is captured in this book about Lewis and Clark’s most celebrated journey—the expedition of the West.
Join in online and Go West Across America with Lewis & Clark! at the National Geographic website.
Visit Discovering Lewis & Clark , an online “hyperhistory in progress” and retrace the steps of these explorers and more.
