Category: Biographies

In this toe-tapping jazz tribute, the traditional “This Old Man” gets a swinging makeover, and some of the era’s best musicians take center stage. The tuneful text and vibrant

From Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet to A Midsummer Night′s Dream, Shakespeare′s celebrated works have touched people around the world. Aliki combines literature, history, biography, archaeology, and architecture in

A New York Times BestsellerWinner of the Garden Writers Association Gold Award There aren’t many books more beloved than The Tale of Peter Rabbit and even fewer authors as iconic as

When he was just 3 years old, Saquon Barkley told his father that one day he would be an NFL football player. Fast forward 18 years, and Barkley is

Up on the world’s highest mountain, the sky is tinged the black color of space and the air is almost too thin to breathe. How did Ed, a small,

A 2015 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book and a 2015 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents

“An exuberant introduction to a musician and creative genius.” –Kirkus Reviews A beautifully-illustrated true story of rock and roll legend Les Paul: This is the story of how Les

“The English called him Charles I. The Germans referred to him as Karl der Grosse. In Latin he was known as Carolus Magnus. Today he is best known by

How did a Native American woman become a famous ballerina? What struggles did she win in order to claim her title in the world of ballet? How did the