biography

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.

Presents a short biography of NBA player LeBron James and chronicles his childhood and basketball career.

Traces the skateboarding careers of Tony Hawk and Andy Macdonald, two of the legends of the sport.

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.

A biography of the French scholar whose decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphic language made the study of ancient Egypt possible.

Presents the life of George Washington, focusing on the Revolutionary War years and his presidency.

A biography of the First Lady, focusing on her fight for the rights of women, Blacks, and the poor, and her role as a peace advocate and delegate to the United Nations.

Recounts the early life of the boy who grew up to become a famous silversmith and Revolutionary War patriot.

A biography of the Canadian-born African-American who studied engineering in Scotland and patented over fifty inventions despite the obstacles he faced because of his race.