George Washington Carver worked to become a top agricultural scientist and used his knowledge to...

Facts and photographs about the inspiring journeys of these history-making men and women are...

Facts and photographs about the inspiring journeys of these history-making men and women are...

Once upon a time in France, a baby was born under the summer sun. His parents named him Jacques. As...

An introduction to the life of the young seventeenth-century Native American woman who befriended...

Facts and photographs about the inspiring journeys of these history-making men and women are...

Thomas Jefferson was our nation's third president, but his contributions to the United States started years before. Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence-the document that is the foundation of country. Throughout his life he continued to work for the betterment of the nation. Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present.

This book briefly highlights the life of the Wright brothers and their historic flight at Kitty Hawk...

Meet Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to travel to space. Mae Jemison was a bright child who was always fascinated by science. A top student and gifted dancer ignored naysayers and worked hard to achieve her dream of becoming a doctor and an astronaut.

Easy-to-read, large-type text, illustrations, and photographs make this series the perfect...

Misty Copeland is one of the most famous dancers in the world. But before she was dancing for...

Readers are introduced to Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman astronaut.

This emergent-reader...

The perfect combination of simple text and vivid illustrations and photos, Scholastic First...

A biography of the escaped slave who became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist...

An introduction to the life and career of the ichthyologist, Eugenie Clark, whose interest in fish...

The most effective method used to influence children to read is to incorporate the information that interests them the most. National Geographic Readers are educational, high-interest, and comprehensive for children. In this title, readers will learn about the fascinating life and legacy of our 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln and his historic decision to abolish slavery. Readers will also learn why this decision impacted the United States, as well as the extent of Lincoln's impact as a fearless leader of the Civil War.

This book shows what Harriet Tubman’s life was like when she was enslaved and follows her brave journey to freedom. Harriet, often called the “Moses of Her Race,” didn’t stop once she escaped. She returned again and again to lead more than three hundred enslaved people to new, free lives as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

As a young Navajo boy, Chester Nez had to leave the reservation and attend boarding school, where he...

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

As a child, Ansel Adams just couldn't sit still. He felt trapped indoors and never walked anywhere-...

Brief text and pictures present the life of a man, born a slave, who became a scientist and devoted...

This is the story of snowflake photographer Wilson Bentley’s childhood. He was a self-sufficient...

Eleanor Roosevelt started out as a quiet, shy girl, but she grew up to become someone who cared deeply about people everywhere. She married Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1904, and later became America’s First Lady when he was president from 1932 to 1945.

This picture-book biography recounts the boyhood of a real Lakota Sioux named Slow, who grew up in...