A Rookie biography

A biography of the first African-American to be appointed to the Supreme Court.

A biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who actually lived in the little houses about which she wrote.

Relates the life story of the first African-American to play baseball in the major leagues.

A brief biography of the American Indian princess who as a young girl befriended John Smith, saving him from death at the hands of her father, and later was very helpful to the colonists at Jamestown.

A simple biography of the French scientist who proved the existence of germs and their connection with disease.

A biography of the naturalist who was an early proponent of wilderness preservation and helped start the Sierra Club.

A simple biography of the general who commanded the Southern Army during the Civil War.

Describes in simple terms the life of Queen Elizabeth I of England.

A biography of the first woman doctor in the United States, who worked in both America and England to open the field of medicine to women.

A simple account of the life of Black Elk, the visionary and Oglala medicine man who had a vision of universal peace and felt that he saw his people's dream die at Wounded Knee.