Non-Fiction

About the Book Get to know the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader and one of the most popular world leaders today.Two-year-old Lhamo Thon...

About the Book As the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as our first African-American president. With black-and-white illustra...

About the Book Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In ...

About the Book Ever since Howard Carter uncovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, the young pharaoh has become a symbol of the wealth and m...

About the Book At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and she spent the rest of her li...

About the Book At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning f...

About the Book Best known for his epic Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. ...

About the Book The story of one of the most influential civil rights activist of our time. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he he...

About the Book Bruce Lee was a Chinese American action film star, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and philosopher. His Hong Kong and Hollywo...

About the Book Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs, jail cells, and locked trunks. But do t...

About the Book As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world.  Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid an...

About the Book Over a long, turbulent life, Picasso continually discovered new ways of seeing the world and translating it into art. A restless g...

About the Book Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pictures with tar on the side of his fa...

About the Book Rev your engines and get ready for this exciting look at how Dale Earnhardt Jr. lived up to his family legacy and became one of the ...

About the Book Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her famil...

bout the Book Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. won the world heavyweight championship at the age of 22, the same year he joined the Nation of Islam and ...

bout the Book Alexander the Great conquers the New York Times best-selling Who Was...? series!When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon, he alrea...

bout the Book In her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young girl. But Hitler brought her childhood to an...

Discover how Earhart became a pioneer of the skies, and read about her mysterious disappearance.Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce...

Considered by many to be the greatest American President, Abraham Lincoln went from humble beginnings to the highest office in the land.Fact-filled...

Meet Barack Obama! Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Co...

Christopher Columbus was looking for a faster trade route to China. Instead of finding spices, he opened the way to a part of the world no one in E...

Explore the lives and life cycles of some AMAZING creatures........