biography

An introduction to the genius with a curious mind who loved to experiment and who invented the phonograph, light bulb, movie camera, and numerous other items.

A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Eleanor Roosevelt.

A simple biography of George Washington, the first president of the United States.

Discusses the life of the pilot who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by herself in a plane.

Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school.

A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions.

A biography of the Alabama African-American woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

Presents an illustrated account of astronaut Buzz Aldrin's life and the determination and experiences that led him to be part of the first mission to land men on the moon.

An illustrated biography of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States and the man responsible for seeing the country through the Civil War.

Relates the true story of a dog who accompanied his master to and from a Tokyo train station for a year and, after his master died, continued to wait for him there every day for many years.