Colin Powell

by Mary Hill

Published 1 September 2003
An easy-to-read biography of General Colin Powell who, in 2001, became the first African American to be appointed Secretary of State.

J.K. Rowling

by Mary Hill

Published 1 September 2003
Photographs and simple text introduce J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter novels.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

by Mary Hill

Published 1 September 2003
A biography of the nineteenth-century author whose anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" helped intensify the disagreement between North and South.

George W. Bush

by Mary Hill

Published 1 September 2003
Simple text introduces the political and family life of George W. Bush, who was inaugurated president of the United States in 2001.

Serena and Venus Williams

by Mary Hill

Published 1 September 2003

Sandra Day O'Connor

by Mary Hill

Published 1 September 2003