An illustrated look at the life of fashion designer Coco Chanel, discussing her youth in France, and the development of her own particular style which caught on around the world.
Presents the history of the Statue of Liberty from its conception to its completion, how it was transported from France to the United States, and other interesting facts.
Presents a picture-book biography of Albert Einstein, focusing on his oddness as a baby and child, and his disinterest in school, and discussing the significance of his discoveries in physics.
Explores the childhood, character, and influential events that shaped the life of this former slave who went on to become an abolitionist and advisor to Abraham Lincoln.
A color-illustrated biography of French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who discovered the Ottawa River, founded the city of Quebec, and worked to establish French colonies on his travels to North America in the early seventeenth century.
Chronicles the life and journeys of seventeenth-century English explorer Henry Hudson, who searched for a passage through the northern seas to Asia and became the namesake of the Hudson River.
