First Biographies (Capstone)
16 total works
A brief biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.
Simple text and illustrations introduce the life of the Powhatan Indian who worked throughout her life to establish peace between her people and the English.
Simple text and photographs introduce the life of the Italian explorer who sailed to America in 1492.
A simple biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the anti-slavery movement in the nineteenth century.
A brief biography of the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean and to fly alone across the United States, as well as the first pilot to fly alone across the Pacific Ocean.
Simple text and photographs present the life of Thomas Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, lightbulb, and movies with sound.