A biography of Herbert Hoover, thirty-first president of the United States, describing his career as mining engineer, millionaire businessman, stateman, humanitarian relief worker, and president during the Great Depression.

Examines the life and career of the eighth American president, who had the nickname "Old Kinderhook."

Follows the life and career of the man who served as a Union general, helped the North win the Civil War, and became the eighteenth president of the United States.

Follows the life and career of the scholar and educator who was president of the United States during World War I.

Discusses the life of Leonardo da Vinci and describes his unique style of art. Reviewed The Great Artists series of easy-to-read biographies offers an engaging and comprehensive look at the lives of some of the most notable artists of all time. Each book provides insight to an artist's childhood, influences, and works. From Impressionism to modern art, this series explores the artists' unique styles and will supplement young readers' art history curriculum....

Spanish artist Pablo Picasso was the co-inventor of Cubism with Georges Braque. He created paintings, drawings, etchings, photographs, sculptures, ceramics, and costume and set designs, and was constantly experimenting with different techniques, styles, materials, and themes. This biography highlights Picasso's childhood, education, exhibitions, travels to France and Italy, family life, experimentation with Surrealism, re-creations of classical works...

This biography of children's author Margaret Wise Brown presents her childhood, education, career, world travels, and life in the United States. The book discusses her major works such as Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, and The Important Book, as well as other publications and her work as an educator. Full-color photos, a glossary, and an index supplement the text. The Children's Authors series gives young readers an intimate look at the lives...

Examines the childhood, political career, and other activities of the thirty-ninth president of the United States.

Extraordinary environments endure through the efforts of conservationists such as John Muir. In this engaging biography, readers will learn about Muir's childhood in Scotland, his early love of nature, his education in Wisconsin, and the extensive travels that led him to California, where he established that Yosemite Valley was created by glaciers. Readers will discover Muir's influential friendships with conservationist John Burroughs, naturalist...