biography

"The story of three downed British airmen who mastermind an elaborate, rollicking escape from a WWI German POW camp"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a brief overview of the life and work of this French artist, describing and giving examples of his work.

Briefly examines the life and work of the sixteenth-century Flemish painter, describing and giving examples of his art.

A biography of the ninteenth-century artist, known as one of the French impressionists.

Explores the life and art of Edouard Manet, and the influences that shaped his work.

A brief biography of the first great home run hitter in baseball history.

A biography of real kids ages nine to seventeen who have faced danger or crisis with extraordinary courage and become real-life heroes.

A biography of baseball great, Ty Cobb, on and off the baseball field.

The journal of a Jewish girl in her early teens describes both the joys and the torments of daily life, as well as typical adolescent thoughts, throughout the two years spent in hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of Holland.

Follows the life of one of America's first black poets from her sale as a child slave on the Boston auction block to her death as an impoverished freedwoman in 1784.