biography

Describes the life of Michelle Obama, discussing her childhood in Chicago, education, career as a lawyer, marriage to Barack, and relationship with her children.

Illustrated biography of Anne Frank and her world both before and during the Holocaust.

A biography of Robert Smalls who, during the Civil War, commandeered the Confederate ship Planter to carry his family and twelve other slaves to freedom, and went on to become a United States Congressman working toward African-American advancement.

Describes the life of Michelle Obama, discussing her childhood in Chicago, education, career as a lawyer, marriage to Barack, and relationship with her children.

Tells the life story of Anne Frank, the Dutch Jewish girl whose diary chronicling her years in hiding from the Nazis became beloved the world over after her death, and includes a chronology and bibliography.

Amelia Lauren Moyer Pe?rez, a young girl living in New York with her brother Gabriel, and her mother, a teacher from the Dominican Republic, tells about the different activities sheenjoys with her many friends. Presented in English and Spanish.

Phoebe Fraunces has a chance to save the life of General George Washington while he has dinner at Mortier House in New York City.

Tells the story of Nelson Mandela, civil rights worker and member of the African National Congress, who spent twenty-six years in jail for fighting against apartheid in South Africa.

Presents the first-hand account of a young English veterinarian starting his career in the Yorkshires nearly forty years ago.

Looks at the life and work of war photographers Robert Capa and Gerta Taro, who were pioneers in the field of photojournalism as they captured images from the Spanish Civil War.