Biography & Autobiography - Kids

The U.S. Civil War's Battle of Fredericksburg is known for its brutal fighting, but another story from this battle deserves to be told. At age 19, Confederate soldier Richard Rowland Kirkland was moved to show compassion for suffering Union soldiers. Putting his own life...

Are all rich people born rich? Probably not but they will definitely die rich How did you achieve immense wealth during their lifetime? Reading about their lives will give you an idea how. Maybe you can replicate their self-perfected processes. Maybe you can learn...

In 1325, a young Muslim man named Ibn Battuta set out on a religious pilgrimage to Mecca. It would be nearly thirty years before he returned home. Ibn Battuta was a fourteenth-century pilgrim, traveler, scholar, and writer. He walked, sailed, and rode some seventy-five...

The story of the man who captured the heart of a nation in its darkest days, Captain Sir Tom Moore. This fully illustrated book is about adventure, about family, about never giving up, and about what we can achieve when we work together. This...

In this title, unwrap the life of Oreo innovator Sam J. Porcello Readers will follow Porcello's journey from his childhood through his years at Nabisco where he worked to make the Oreo filling creamier and its cookies more chocolatey Learn how Porcello developed new...

Since the time Evan was two years old, he has been running all over the place. No one seemed to be able to keep up with him. His mom had to keep telling him, "Evan, slow down." Then one day, everything changed when Evan...

This story tells about one of my favorite childhood experiences. Every year our cousins would spend part of the summer with us. Since we lived on a farm, we had a large world to explore with our play limited to our imagination. Stopping our...

What's Nick Saban's secret? How did a football coach some derided as a liar, quitter, and mercenary tie the college record for most national championships in the history of the sport? This book details Saban's journey from his humble beginnings in West Virginia and...

This story takes place in Newark, New Jersey. Nova's visit with her aunt was everything but DULL. Nova actually learned about fighting for economic injustice.Author: Kay JayISBN-10: 8369407633ISBN-13: 9798369407639Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/18/2023Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.07d

Jordan and Jasmine's dad loves history and is always telling them stories about the past. One day when their family is out on a picnic, they start asking if there were any Christians who looked like them who God had used to help the...

Few people in history have had as significant an impact on the shaping of multiple cultures as Christopher Columbus, the explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492 in search of a sea route from Europe to Asia. He has been widely admired...

The story of the CHRISTMAS CLOCK tells of God's love for us. Just like the crack that appears on the back of the clock, each one of us is flawed in some way. When we know, trust and depend on God He provides an...

The story of the CHRISTMAS CLOCK tells of God's love for us. Just like the crack that appears on the back of the clock, each one of us is flawed in some way. When we know, trust and depend on God He provides an...

Powerful stories of influential Native Americans--for kids ages 8 to 12 From every background and tribal nation, native people are a vital part of history. This collection of biographies for kids explores 15 Native Americans and some of the incredible things they achieved. Kids...

This biography paints a picture of an intriguing and complex individual who rose from a small-town Midwestern boy to a major player in world politics. From his early days as an altar boy to hosting a popular radio program to obtaining a seat in...

On a cold and frosty night a young man fights to stay awake as he struggles to keep an eye out for the enemy. The American civil war is in full swing and one family among many thousands are desperately waiting for their son...

Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, the notorious Bonnie and Clyde, ruled the front of newspapers and the public's imagination in the 1930s. While most of the nation suffered under the Great Depression, the duo and their gang pulled off a string of robberies, leaving...

Thomas H. Begay was one of the young Navajo men who, during World War II, invented and used a secret, unbreakable communications code based on their native Diné language to help win the war in the Pacific. Although the book includes anecdotes from other...

Thomas H. Begay was one of the young Navajo men who, during World War II, invented and used a secret, unbreakable communications code based on their native Diné language to help win the war in the Pacific. Although the book includes anecdotes from other...

What happens when a young executive at an investment firm quits his job to start an online bookstore? If he's Jeff Bezos, he ends up changing the world. This informative biography of technology entrepreneur Jeff Bezos describes the rise of Amazon.com and the way...

This lovely 48-piece jigsaw puzzle is perfect for children ages 4 and up to complete on their own while discovering eight historical icons.Featuring Rosa Parks, Frida Kahlo, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Marie Curie, Muhammad Ali, Jane Goodall, and Leonardo da Vinci, the puzzle includes...

After the success of Fifty Famous Stories Retold, author James Baldwin was inundated with requests for more stories just like them. Nine years after the release of the original this was the result, a collection of another thirty stories of heroes, history and science.This...

James Baldwin's classic collection of stories that have shaped our culture and our civilisation. Everyone should know these stories, like Androcles and the Lion, Damon and Pythius, the Brave Three Hundred, and more. The stories in this collection have been rearranged to match the...

After the success of Fifty Famous Stories Retold, author James Baldwin was inundated with requests for more stories just like them. Nine years after the release of the original this was the result, a collection of another thirty stories of heroes, history and science.This...

James Baldwin's Fifty Famous People collects stories of famous people that all of us can learn from. Biographies include people from many countries and time periods including Paul Revere, King Solomon, Louis XIV, Daniel Webster, Alexander the Great and many more.This edition is complete...

James Baldwin's classic collection of stories that have shaped our culture and our civilisation. Everyone should know these stories, like Androcles and the Lion, Damon and Pythius, the Brave Three Hundred, and more. The stories in this collection have been rearranged to match the...

James Baldwin's Fifty Famous People collects stories of famous people that all of us can learn from. Biographies include people from many countries and time periods including Paul Revere, King Solomon, Louis XIV, Daniel Webster, Alexander the Great and many more.This edition is complete...

In this book, early readers will learn about the life, accomplishments, and contributions of baseball all-star Anthony Rizzo. Vibrant, full-color photos, and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they learn about his life. A timeline helps readers identify major life accomplishments in...

Dive deeper into the world of Little People, BIG DREAMS with this beautifully packaged and highly giftable keepsake treasury featuring 40 great American dreamers from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling series. *2024 Notable Social Studies Trade Book*Learn more about each of your favorite dreamers...

How come the son of a Vicar, who lived most of his childhood in a small countryside village, becomes one of the most popular authors of children's literature? How is it that his secluded living leads him to imagine such strange and magnificent characters...

In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the builder of board games, Milton Bradley. Follow the story from Bradley's childhood, his early entrepreneurial work creating and selling stationery, his drafting education at Harvard, his first business creating and selling lithographs, and how these...

Meet people who have had a profound impact on our world while bearing the physical and emotional scars born out of struggles and suffering, transforming their stories from pain to power in this inspirational middle grade nonfiction book about overcoming challenges. Magazine spreads and...

Meet people who have had a profound impact on our world while bearing the physical and emotional scars born out of struggles and suffering, transforming their stories from pain to power in this inspirational middle grade nonfiction book about overcoming challenges. Magazine spreads and...

Women have played an essential, although not always equal role in world history. Many women who rose to political leadership ruled over citizens that continued to limit women's rights, including the right to vote. When given a voice and opportunity, numerous female politicians have...

The citizens of the world deserve to thrive, to be free, and to lead healthy lives without fear, discrimination, or violence. Where injustices exist, female activists stand up and speak out to right the wrongs. They come in all shapes and sizes, and they...

In this touching, often humorous remembrance, Diana Daly introduces young readers to her smart, funny, and caring great aunties and uncles--six remarkable people who lived with skeletal dysplasia at a time when the condition was not well understood. Daly intertwines older family stories with...

Meet the engineers who are building our future in innovative and surprising ways in this STEM-based board book in the bestselling This Little series! Now even the youngest readers can learn all about the amazing work engineers do every day! Highlighting ten memorable people...

Barbara McClintock was a geneticist whose 70 years of meticulous experiments in the genetics of maize, or Indian corn, have been lauded for their contributions to technology and science, including genetic engineering and bacterial reactions to antibiotics. This book illuminates her struggles and achievements.Author:...

In 2006, Michelle Bachelet made history by becoming the first woman to be elected president of Chile. The daughter of a Chilean Air Force general, Bachelet and her family were gravely affected by the upheaval that occurred after the 1973 military coup in Salvador...

Like any sport, NASCAR provides fans with lasting memories every time the cars hit the track. Some races, however, stand out in history as being the most significant, memorable, or historic. This book covers them all, from the first Daytona 500 to the wreck-strewn...

Today, top recruits know that Connecticut embodies excellence in women's basketball. But before Geno Auriemma began his unprecedented run to 11 national championships, the Huskies only brought out bleachers for the biggest games. Auriemma established a culture that would become a model for sports...

As we know so little about the man named Euclid, our best understanding of him is through his work. By studying his books of the Elements and their concepts, we can discover a little about how Euclid thought. We may never know if Euclid...

This biography introduces Eratosthenes whose mathematical approach opened new ways to describe and understand the world. Using mathematics to study the earth, Eratosthenes broke new ground. In his monumental three-volume Geographica, he took a global view of the world. With its title, he coined...

The writings attributed to Hippocrates document the beginnings of rational medicine. This biography introduces the man whose ideas set a course for medicine that still serves us today. Doctors still follow Hippocrates' practice of detailed observations of patients. We expect our doctors to follow...

Author: Jonatha A. BrownISBN-10: 0836843207ISBN-13: 9780836843200Publisher: Gareth Stevens PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/19/2004Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.06w x 0.12dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.5Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 81117 / Tiger Woods (English)Review Citation(s): Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2005 pg. 147 - Below Average,...

This is book one from three of the complete autobiography of Pirate Barbarossa or Khaireddine Barbarous who dictated it on his colleague and friend in the sea life the poet and writer Sayed Ali Almuradi. He wrote his autobiography after an order from Sultan...

In this joyfully illustrated memoir, Abigail Balfe recounts her journey growing up autistic and the challenges of navigating the "normal" world around her. This is a perfect book for both neurodivergent and neurotypical kids to learn more about neurodiversity. When Abigail was growing up,...

In this joyfully illustrated memoir, Abigail Balfe recounts her journey growing up autistic and the challenges of navigating the "normal" world around her. This is a perfect book for both neurodivergent and neurotypical kids to learn more about neurodiversity. When Abigail was growing up,...

In this joyfully illustrated memoir, Abigail Balfe recounts her journey growing up autistic and the challenges of navigating the "normal" world around her. This is a perfect book for both neurodivergent and neurotypical kids to learn more about neurodiversity. When Abigail was growing up,...

Little Steve didn't like to play ballInstead he invented, big and smallRead along and you'll surely see, How the Apple company came to be The story of the Mac, iPad, & iPhone, Reimagined for kids to bring into your homeEntrepreneurship is quite a big...