Category: Childrens Books Biographies

Teedie was not exactly the stuff of greatness: he was small for his size. Delicate. Nervous. Timid. By the time he was ten years old, he had a frail

Cuando su madre la deja a cargo de sus cinco hermanas, su padre la enseña a utilizar los pinceles y a colorear. Cuando una enfermedad la hace guardar cama

Take a riverboat ride back to 1800s America and learn how Mark Twain’s world influenced his writing. This nonfiction text breathes life into the pages of history, and gives

Blast off and experience humankind’s first steps on the moon in this new biography about Buzz Aldrin. You’ll learn about astronaut Aldrin’s life — his childhood, his work on

The James Madison and the Making of the United States primary source reader builds literacy skills while offering engaging content across social studies subject areas. Primary source documents provide

Winner of the Caldecott Honor Patrick McDonnell-beloved, bestselling author-artist and creator of the Mutts syndicated comic strip–shares the inspiring story of young Jane Goodall, the legendary and inspiring conservationist

Nikola Tesla was a physicist, electrical engineer, and world-renowned inventor whose accomplishments faded into oblivion after his death in 1943. Some considered this eccentric visionary to be a “mad”

Framed around the question “Who do you love most?,” this lavishly illustrated biography for children ages 6-9 tells the captivating story of Saint John Paul II. The story reveals

For two hundred years, British slave ships plied in the Middle Passage, taking African men, women, and children to their doom. Ending slavery in the mighty British Empire seemed