| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 3 - 6 | R | 5.8 | 8922 |
Black-and-white illustrations on every spread and a lower reading level than other biographies in this age group makes this a highly accessible biography for upper elementary students.
A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, publisher, inventor, scientist, and statesman who ...
Black-and-white illustrations on every spread and a lower reading level than other biographies in...
Annie Oakley was the original power girl in an age when most women stayed home. During the late 1...
Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs, jail c...
Born in 1925, Maria Tallchief spent part of her childhood on an Osage reservation in Oklahoma. Wi...
Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo acro...
A biography of the ninteenth-century woman who escaped slavery and helped many other slaves get t...
At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and ...
When Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain in 1519, he believed he could get t...
For a long time, the main role of First Ladies was to act as hostesses of the White House...until...
As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting “useless” experim...
Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age—literally! (He was six feet four...
In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called th...
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and, to an audience of over 450 million peop...
Claude Monet is considered one of the most influential artists of all time. He is a founder of th...
As the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as our first African-American president. Wi...
Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great ...
Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality....
Just in time for baseball season! Babe Ruth came from a poor Baltimore family and, as a kid, he ...
Everyone loves Harry Potter. Now kids can learn about Harry's creator! In 1995, on a four-hour-de...
A life in the wild! Jane Goodall, born in London, England, always loved animals and wanted to stu...
Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, phi...
A look at the life and accomplishments of the famous pioneer, Daniel Boone.
Put on your blue suede shoes and get ready for the latest title in the Who Wasa]? series! The Kin...
In her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young girl. Bu...
Sacagawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in American history,...
Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, whe...
Did you know that John Adams had to coax Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Indepen...
From his childhood in rural Illinois to moviemaking days in Hollywood and on to a career in polit...
A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. Best...
If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It...
The man who saved the lives of his PT-109 crewmen during WWII and became the 35th president fough...
Presents the life and accomplishments of the famous artist, scientist, engineer, and inventor.
Our bestselling series is fit for a queen! The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and dangero...
Over a long, turbulent life, Picasso continually discovered new ways of seeing the world and tran...
Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pict...
Jim Henson broke into television with a five-minute puppetry segment when he was only a freshman ...
In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Thi...
As a kid, Jackie Robinson loved sports. And why not? He was a natural at football, basketball, an...
In 1775, Paul Revere of Boston made his now-famous horseback ride warning colonists of an impendi...
Just in time for Roahl Dahl Month! Roald Dahl is one of the most famous children's book authors e...
Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six ...
It seems entirely fitting that Maurice Sendak was born on the same day that Mickey Mouse first ma...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and wa...
Learn about the real man behind the legend.
This accessible, appealing biography shines the light on Thomas Edison, the inventor of the elect...
"Find out more about the real William Shakespeare in this fun and exciting illustrated biography!...
"A biography of the Beatles, the world's most famous rock band"--Provided by publisher.
Explains the life and times of the Egyptian ruler King Tut, covering the story of the tomb's disc...
Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back! More th...
