Markham, Lois

A biography of the twenty-sixth President of the United States.

Introduces the geography, history, people, and culture of the country known as the Gateway to South America.

The life of the Newbery Award-winning American author Lois Lowry, covering her life and her development as a writer of fiction for children.

Describes how people in various countries around the world give thanks for the harvest.

Surveys the life and accomplishments of the celebrated French oceanographer.

A biography of the prize-winning author of novels for young people.

Introduces discoveries that changed science by such notable men and women as Copernicus, William Harvey, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Thomas Edison, Louis Pasteur, Henry Bessemer, Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, Dmitri Mendeleyev, Max Planck, Madame Curie, Albert Einstein, Dorothy Hodgkin, and others. Illustrated with photographs.

A biography of Helen Keller, detailing her childhood struggles with blindness and deafness and her later triumphs as a champion of the handicapped.

A biography of the twenty-sixth President of the United States.