Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages, step right up for Who HQ's entertaining biography of P. T. Barnum: politician, businessman, and The Greatest Showman on Earth!After moving from Connecticut
The wife of Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King was a civil rights leader in her own right, playing a prominent role in the African American struggle for racial equality in the 1960s.Here's a g
Robert E. Lee seemed destined for greatness. His father was a Revolutionary War hero and at West Point he graduated second in his class! In 1861, when the Southern states seceded from the Union, Lee
Ulysses S. Grant certainly does not have the typical war hero ?back story.” Although a graduate of West Point, he never wanted to be a soldier and was terrified when he first saw battle. However, dur
Filled with broken hearts and black ravens, Edgar Allan Poe’s ghastly tales have delighted readers for centuries. Born in Boston in 1809, Poe was orphaned at age two. He was soon adopted by a Virginia
Born in Connecticut in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist, author, and playwright. Slavery was a major industry in the American South, and Stowe worked with the Underground Railroad to he
An entertaining biography of the man behind Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web, two of the best loved children's books of all time.Today, most people remember E. B. White as the beloved children's book author who gave us Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, but did you know that most of his career was spent writing for famous magazines like The New Yorker? His lifelong dream to write a children's book about a mouse would take years to get published before it became the classic book we know and love today. A few years later, White would publish yet another children's book inspired by a pig he had raised and a spider whose webs he loved to admire in his barn.
Alexander the Great conquers the New York Times best-selling Who Was…? series! When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon, he already had grand ambitions. He complained that his father, the great kin
Born in Wisconsin in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright became obsessed with a set of building blocks his mother had given to him on his ninth birthday. He grew up to become the father of organic architecture a
Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washingtoni Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. H
"Who Was 系列 (試讀年齡：學習英文三年以上)Who Was 系列屬於傳記型讀物，適合學習英文三年以上小朋友閱讀，對於一些國外偉人的名字與生平，直接閱讀英文，想必會有更深入的瞭解。以上系列，對於想加強英文的成人讀者，也是很不錯的選擇喔！ ""僅僅六歲的年紀，卻以傑出的琴藝讓奧地利女皇讚嘆不已；僅僅35歲的一生，完成的協奏曲、奏鳴曲、交響曲以及歌劇等作品達600個之多，曲曲為不
The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous black female journalist in nineteenth-century America.Born into slavery in 1862, Ida B
Learn how a Prussian princess grew up to be Russia’s longest-ruling female leader!Born in 1729, Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbs was never supposed to come to power. But at age sixteen, she married the
A poignant and non-didactic exploration of difference, self-acceptance, the power of friendship, and inner strength. Milo is a penguin who, unlike the other penguins, does not like the cold. When he takes a chance and goes on a trip to a faraway place where it’s warm, he finds friends who accept him, and with their support he learns to accept himself. When he returns home, he is even able to befriend others who are different.The Penguin Who Was Cold is an endearing tale of a young penguin named Milo who does not want to dive into the icy water of the pack ice to catch fish. Unlike his comrades, he stays put, standing alone at the edge of the ice and contemplating the cold sea. When a whale appears and offers to take him on a trip, Milo readily accepts. It is the beginning of a fabulous journey. In the faraway South Seas, Milo is amazed by the colors, the warmth of the water and the air, and most of all the friendly welcome he receives from the tropical animals who accept him for who he
Susan B. Anthony may be an international icon but her campaign for women’s rights had personal roots. Working as a school teacher in New York, Anthony refused to settle for less pay than her male coll
"Who Was 系列 (試讀年齡：學習英文三年以上) Who Was 系列屬於傳記型讀物，適合學習英文三年以上小朋友閱讀，對於一些國外偉人的名字與生平，直接閱讀英文，想必會有更深入的瞭解。以上系列，對於想加強英文的成人讀者，也是很不錯的選擇喔！ ""他，是個好奇心與觀察心極強，待蟲如友的小孩；他，12歲就離開學校，一生都是個重聽患者；他，是人人皆
"Who Was 系列 (試讀年齡：學習英文三年以上)Who Was 系列屬於傳記型讀物，適合學習英文三年以上小朋友閱讀，對於一些國外偉人的名字與生平，直接閱讀英文，想必會有更深入的瞭解。以上系列，對於想加強英文的成人讀者，也是很不錯的選擇喔！ " 除了畫出鼎鼎大名的蒙娜麗莎之外，你還知道達文西其他的豐功偉業嗎? 讓Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? 帶領你進入時光機，
Joan of Arc was born in a small French village during the worst period of the Hundred Years' War. For generations, France had been besieged by the British. At age 11, Joan began to see religious visio
