First names

Illustrated biography of the first black South African president, Nelson Mandela, describing his childhood, his education, his professional career and political activism, his repeated imprisonment for fighting against apartheid, and how he negotiated an end to the system and was elected as president of the country.

"Before she was a well-known environmentalist activist, Greta [Thunberg] was just a girl living in Stockholm, Sweden. She first heard about climate change when she was only eight years old, and she couldn't understand why no one seemed to be doing anything about it"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the life story of the Harry Houdini, a Hungarian-born immigrant who moved to America with his family and performed card tricks for extra cash, and how he became the world's most well-known magician and escape artist.

Tells the life story of Amelia Earhart, from her early life in Kansas to becoming the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.