Rookie biographies

Photographs and text provide facts about the life of Henry Ford, inventor of the first modern car and the assembly line.

Presents an introduction to the life of the thirty-second president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose three terms in office spanned the years of the Depression and the Second World War.

An introduction to the life of Mary McLeod Bethune, an African American educator who fought poverty and discrimination, founded a college, and worked with Franklin Delano Roosevelt to improve opportunities for blacks.

An introduction to the life and work of Harriet Tubman, who helped free slaves through the Underground Railroad and continued helping freed slaves after the Civil War.

Introduces the life of John Muir, the naturalist who formed the Sierra Club to help preserve the Sierra Mountains.

Presents a brief look at the life of Christopher Columbus and his search for a new route to the Indies.

An introduction to the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong, who was the first man on the moon.

A brief overview of the life of the man who was President of the United States during the difficult years of the Civil War and who issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.

An introduction to the life of Mae Jemison, engineer, physician, and astronaut.

An introduction to the life of the former Texas librarian and teacher who, as the wife of the forty-third president, became first lady in 2001.