Nancy Harrison

Ruling Britain for more than forty years, Queen Elizabeth I was intelligent and tough enough to hold onto her life and her throne. This volume examines some of the most important parts of her life and contributions to English history.

This engaging biography looks at Ted Geisel, who loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. 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." Original.

Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad which she travelled by herself north to Philadelphia. Throughout her long life (she died at the age of ninety-two) and long after the Civil War brought an end to slavery, this amazing woman was proof of what just...

Highlights the life and accomplishments of the famous puppeteer and creator of the Muppets.

"Davy Crockett, the King of the Wild Frontier, is a man of legend. He is said to have killed his first bear when he was three years old. His smile alone killed another, and he skinned a bear by forcing him to run between two trees. Fact or fiction? Find out the real story of this folk hero, who did love to hunt bears, served as a congressman for Tennessee, and fought and died at the Alamo"-- "An illustrated biography of famous frontiersman Davy Crockett,...

An introduction to the life and accomplishments of the nineteenth-century British naturalist Charles Darwin.

Best known for his epic Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure. Tolkien spent his childhood roaming the British countryside with his family and could read and write by age four. He was naturally gifted with languages and used this skill as a signals officers in World War II as well as in his fantasy writing. By creating alternate universes...

"Descubre más acerca del verdadero Walt Disney en esta divertida y emocionante biografía ilustrada!"--Page 4 of cover. Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this biography reveals the man behind the magic.