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Childhood of Famous Americans Books in Order

Childhood of Famous Americans contains 45 books, published between 1932 and 2010. The first book is Abraham Lincoln (1932) and the newest is Teddy Kennedy: Lion of the Senate (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
45
Published
1932–2010
Pages on record
7,103 in 36 of 45 books
Reading time
118–178 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,103 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 36 of 45 titles with a page count on record.

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Childhood of Famous Americans is a juvenile biography series that retells the early years of American public figures, one subject per volume. Abraham Lincoln (1932) opens the line, followed by titles on Tom Jefferson, George Washington, Paul Revere, Thomas Edison and Abigail Adams. Presidents, inventors, athletes, civil rights workers and Native American figures all feature. The series runs to 45 catalogued volumes across 78 years, closing with Teddy Kennedy: Lion of the Senate in 2010, at a median length of 192 pages.

How many Childhood of Famous Americans books are there?

Childhood of Famous Americans has 45 books, released between 1932 and 2010.

Childhood of Famous Americans Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 45 Childhood of Famous Americans books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Tom Jefferson: Third President of the U.S. by Helen Albee Monsell (1939)
  2. Cover of George Washington by Augusta Stevenson, book 3 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1942)
  3. Cover of Paul Revere: Boston Patriot by Augusta Stevenson, book 4 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1946)
  4. Cover of Thomas Edison: Young Inventor by Sue Guthridge, book 5 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1947)
  5. Cover of Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days by Jean Brown Wagoner, book 6 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series
  6. Cover of Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers by Augusta Stevenson, book 7 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series
  7. Cover of Knute Rockne: Young Athlete by Guernsey Van Riper Jr, book 8 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1952)
  8. Cover of Will Clark: Boy Adventurer, book 9 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1953)
  9. Cover of Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider by Edd Winfield Parks, book 10 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1953)
  10. Cover of Susan B. Anthony: Champion of Women's Rights by Helen Albee Monsell (1954)
  11. Cover of Betsy Ross: Designer of Our Flag by Ann Weil, book 12 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1954)
  12. Cover of Babe Ruth: One of Baseball's Greatest by Guernsey Van Riper Jr, book 13 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series
  13. Cover of Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion by Guernsey Van Riper Jr, book 14 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1956)
  14. Cover of Sitting Bull: Dakota Boy by Augusta Stevenson, book 15 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1958)
  15. Cover of Elizabeth Blackwell: Girl Doctor by Joanne Landers Henry, book 16 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1961)
  16. Cover of Albert Einstein by Marie Hammontree, book 17 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1961)
  17. Cover of Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman by Aileen Wells Parks, book 18 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1962)
  18. Cover of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Young Man with a Dream by Dharathula H. Millender (1969)
  19. Cover of Dwight D. Eisenhower: Young Military Leader by George E. Stanley (1970)
  20. Cover of John Muir: Young Naturalist by Montrew Dunham, book 22 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1975)
  21. Cover of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: America's Youngest President by Lucy Post Frisbee (1982)
  22. Cover of Buffalo Bill: Frontier Daredevil by Augusta Stevenson, book 24 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1991)
  23. Cover of Pocahontas: Young Peacemaker by Leslie Gourse, book 25 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1996)
  24. Cover of Neil Armstrong: Young Flyer by Montrew Dunham, book 26 of the Childhood of Famous Americans series (1996)
  1. 1
    Abraham Lincoln1932 · confirmed 1/4
    1932–
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  2. 2
    Tom Jefferson: Third President of the U.S.1939 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1939192
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  3. 3
    George Washington1942 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1942208
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  4. 4
    Paul Revere: Boston Patriot1946 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1946192
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  5. 5
    Thomas Edison: Young Inventor1947 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1947192
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  6. 6
    Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days1949 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1949192
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  7. 7
    Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers1951 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1951192
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  8. 8
    Knute Rockne: Young Athlete1952 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1952192
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  9. 9
    Will Clark: Boy Adventurer1953 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1953192
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  10. 10
    Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider1953 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1953192
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  11. 11
    Susan B. Anthony: Champion of Women's Rights1954 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954192
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  12. 12
    Betsy Ross: Designer of Our Flag1954 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954192
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  13. 13
    Babe Ruth: One of Baseball's Greatest1954 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954192
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  14. 14
    Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion1956 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1956192
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  15. 15
    Sitting Bull: Dakota Boy1958 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1958192
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  16. 16
    Elizabeth Blackwell: Girl Doctor1961 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1961192
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  17. 17
    Albert Einstein1961 · 195 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1961195
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  18. 18
    Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman1962 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1962192
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  19. 19
    Martin Luther King, Jr.: Young Man with a Dream1969 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969192
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  20. 20
    Dwight D. Eisenhower: Young Military Leader1970 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970192
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  21. 21
    Ray Charles: Young Musician1970 · confirmed 1/4
    1970–
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  22. 22
    John Muir: Young Naturalist1975 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975192
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  23. 23
    John Fitzgerald Kennedy: America's Youngest President1982 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982192
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  24. 24
    Buffalo Bill: Frontier Daredevil1991 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991192
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  25. 25
    Pocahontas: Young Peacemaker1996 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996176
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  26. 26
    Neil Armstrong: Young Flyer1996 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996190
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  27. 27
    Thurgood Marshall: Young Justice1998 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998189
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  28. 28
    Jackie Robinson1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  29. 29
    Louisa May Alcott: Young Novelist1999 · 219 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999219
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  30. 30
    Ronald Reagan: Young Leader1999 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999206
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Where to start with Childhood of Famous Americans

Start with Abraham Lincoln (1932), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Childhood of Famous Americans book?

Teddy Kennedy: Lion of the Senate (2010) is the newest Childhood of Famous Americans book released so far.

Is there a new Childhood of Famous Americans book coming?

No next Childhood of Famous Americans book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Childhood of Famous Americans at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Childhood of Famous Americans title on record dates from 2010, 16 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Childhood of Famous Americans books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
7,103 pages across the 36 of 45 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Childhood of Famous Americans books, 13 of 45, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 45 titles, 6 are credited to Beatrice Gormley, 5 to Augusta Stevenson, 5 to George E. Stanley and 4 to Montrew Dunham. A further 18 writers are credited. 2 titles carry no credit.

What the Childhood of Famous Americans books are about

38 of the 45 Childhood of Famous Americans books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 37 of 38. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.