A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, publisher, inventor, scientist, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

Presents an overview of the young King of Egypt and his influence on history and the world.

A biography of a man who fought for civil rights until his tragic death in 1968.

A biography of the first President of the United States, George Washington and his leadership in two wars.

Follows the life of Walt Disney from his boyhood on a Missouri farm through his struggles as a young animator to his building of a motion picture and amusement park empire.

Biography of Jim Henson from a five-minute puppetry segment as a freshman in college to his Muppets and media empire and untimely death.

Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books- like his classic The Cat in the Hat. This biography, with black-and-white illustrations throughout, brings an amazingly gifted author/illustrator to life.

Biography of English author Roald Dahl who wrote the children's story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Describes the life and career of the legendary musician Bob Dylan.

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them. Now young readers will see just how similar Laura's true-life story was to her books. Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. Her life and times are captured in engaging text and 80 black-and-white illustrations....