Picture book biography

Biography of the African-American woman who escaped from slavery to become famous as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

A brief biography of the Sioux chief who worked to maintain the rights of Native American people and who led the defeat of General Custer at the Little Big Horn in 1876.

A biography of the Shoshone woman who joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Surveys the life of Benjamin Franklin, highlighting his work as an inventor and statesman.

An illustrated biography of American patriot John Hancock, the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence.

Picture book presents the life story of frontiersman Davy Crockett and some of the legends told about him after his death at the Alamo.

A brief biography of South America's great soldier and patriot who led many countries out from under Spanish dominance.

Details the life and achievements of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe whose book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, is said to have started the Civil War.

Traces the life of the young Jewish girl whose diary chronicles the years she and her family hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic.

A biography of the great Boston silversmith and patriot of the American Revolution, who helped his country win independence.