Category: Biographies
The Child’s Book of American Biography
Lincoln, Washington, Edison…In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Get to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—in the first picture book about her life—as she proves that disagreeing does not make you disagreeable!Supreme Court justice Ruth
A Picture Book of Louis Braille (Picture Book Biography)
Blinded as a child, he invented the raised dot system for reading and writing. Numbers and the alphabet in Braille included.
Healing Children: A Surgeon’s Stories from the Frontiers of Pediatric Medicine
A groundbreaking medical memoir by one of our nation’s leading pediatric surgeons—the visionary head of Children’s National. “If you did nothing but read the astounding, miraculous and occasionally crushing
A Child’s Christmas in Wales (New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books (Awards))
Fifty years after its first publication in book form, Dylan Thomas’s timeless prose poem is echoed by the rolling, evocative images of Caldecott Honor artist Chris Raschka — a
26 Fairmount Avenue (Newbery Honor Book, 2000)
A Newbery Honor Book Tomie’s family starts building their new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue in 1938, just as a hurricane hits town, starting off a busy, crazy year.
Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London
Provoked by the horrors he saw every day, Charles Dickens wrote novels that were originally intended as instruments for social change — to save his country’s children. Charles Dickens
On the Court with…Stephen Curry
Discover the amazing achievements of fan favorite two-time MVP Stephen Curry in this brand-new, comprehensive biography. Steph Curry is a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, record-breaker, and Finals champion