When Frida was a teenager, a terrible road accident changed her life forever. Unable to walk, she...

Rosa Parks grew up in Alabama, where she learned to stand up for herself at an early age. Rosa went...

Little Kylie grew up with her parents and her younger sister, Dannii, in Melbourne, Australia. She...

Beyoncé was quiet as a child but always enjoyed singing and dancing. At a young age, she went to see...

Alan grew up in England, where his best friends were numbers and a little boy called Christopher...

Born on the tiny island on Zanzibar off the coast of modern-day Tanzania, young Farrokh dreamt of...

Born into a family of Samoan and Black wrestlers, little Dwayne travelled with his parents and...

Little Martin grew up in a family of preachers: his dad was a preacher, his uncle was a preacher...

When he was little, Muhammad Ali had his bicycle stolen. He wanted to fight the thief, but a...

As a child, Leo developed his passion for soccer playing games with his brothers and cousins in the...

Growing up in foster care, Simone's gymnastics training was an anchor in her life. She first tried...

As a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the piano...

In her debut picture book, Misty Copeland tells the story of a young girl–an every girl–whose confidence is fragile and who is questioning her own ability to reach the heights that Misty has reached. Misty encourages this young girl's faith in herself and shows her exactly how, through hard work and dedication, she too can become Firebird.

Lilly Ann Granderson, who was enslaved, secretly learned to read and write as a child and passed on...

On a Maine summer day in 1884, twelve-year-old Penobscot Indian Louis Sockalexis first fell in love...

As a young boy, Lonnie was always building things, from bamboo shooters to rockets—he even built a...

A boy in a drought-ravaged village in Africa wonders how things work. Teaching himself English from old science books, he builds a windmill for his village. A true story of perseverance, patience, and innovation.