Category: Biographies

Escaping the hot streets of Madeira, Ronaldo first proved himself as a wonder-kid at Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson, before becoming a legend for Real Madrid and Portugal.

Did you know that Oprah Winfrey was not always rich and successful? She started from nothing and yet she worked hard to achieve her dreams. Hers is a story

The Childhoods of 7 People Who Changed the World Have you ever wondered about the people who have shaped history? Where do they come from? What backgrounds did they grow up in? Did they have better opportunities than you or I? Or were they just

The world knows Julia Child as the charismatic woman who brought French cuisine to America and became a TV sensation, but there’s one aspect of her life that’s not

Billie Jean King is one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Read about this amazing woman athlete in the seventeenth picture book in the New York Times

Growing up in the 1830s, Louis Pasteur saw the horrifying effects of diseases like rabies and tuberculosis. He spent his lifetime searching for answers to his many questions and

Meet the greatest scientific minds in history, from the first woman to win not only one, but two, Nobel Prizes, to the men who discovered the “secret of life.”

Anne Frank and her Jewish family hid in a secret apartment in Amsterdam from 1942 through 1944, before they were discovered by the Nazis and Anne died in a

Francis of Assisi, one of the most famous and beloved saints, comes to life for young people in this addition to The Life of a Saint series. With vivid,