Biography & Autobiography

The bestselling story of the young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian villa...

In 1906 eight year-old Ralph Moody moves with his family from New Hampshire to a Colorado...

Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving pers...

Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he pain...

Although Elisabeth Elliot is possibly best known for her story of grief and the surname o...

In 1848 Vermont, railroad foreman Phineas Gage sat above a hole, preparing to blast throu...

Everyone loves Harry Potter. Now kids can learn about Harry's creator! In 1995, on a four...

On a sunny day in Dallas, Texas, at the end of a campaign trip, President John Fitzgerald...

As a kid, Jackie Robinson loved sports. And why not? He was a natural at football, basket...

Between 1854 and 1930, more than 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children were sent west on...

We can all be heroes. That’s the inspiring message of this New York Times Bestselli...

From Chelsea House's Black Americans of Achievement series comes a biography of the great...

The Diary of Anne Frank is read and loved by children throughout the world. Yet few of th...

Two thousand years ago, Jesus walked across Galilee; everywhere he traveled he gained fol...

Discover the man behind the chocolate bar! Milton Hershey’s life was filled with in...

Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fi...

In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been c...

Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age—literally! (He was...

Growing up the youngest of seven children in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente had a talent f...

After breaking or tying more than sixty records in hockey, it's no wonder that Wayne Gret...

Read the story of the Founding Father who inspired the smash Broadway musical.Born in the...

We can all be heroes. That’s the inspiring message of this New York Times Bestselli...

Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein-but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really...

In her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young ...

Scientists have a reputation for being focused on their work—and maybe even dull. B...

When Derek Jeter was eight years old, he announced that he was going to play baseball for...

A breathtaking and dramatic account of the JFK assassination by the New York Times bests...

In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alab...

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." This was one of the most famous catch-phrases...

Ben Franklin was the scientist who, with the help of a kite, discovered that lightning is...

Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. won the world heavyweight championship at the age of 22, the ...

Her reign of 63 years and seven months is known as the Victorian Era, a period of industr...

When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. It wasn't until ye...

Joey is the first ever picture book about the young life of Joe Biden, the 47th Vice Pres...

An astonishing account of the assassination of America's most beloved and celebrated civi...

From Senator Kamala Harris comes a picture book with an empowering message: Superheroes a...

Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly s...

The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, physicist and chemist Marie Curie is the 19th hero ...

As a fourteenyearold, he was Malcolm Little, the president of his class and a top student...

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and, to an audience of over 450 mill...

As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world.  Nelso...

Bruce Lee was a Chinese American action film star, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, an...

Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back!...

Grab your Js and hit the court with this Who Was? biography about NBA superstar Michael J...

Abraham Lincoln stood out in a crowd as much for his wit and rollicking humor as for his ...

Born in a little cabin in Tennessee, Dolly Parton always dreamed big, and she was right t...

Over a long, turbulent life, Picasso continually discovered new ways of seeing the world ...

The 18th book in the New York Times bestselling series of biographies about her...

The name of Florence Nightingale is a household word, but the exact nature and scope of h...

No one thought Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass would ever become friends. The for...