A member of the Masai people describes his life as he grew up in a northern Kenya village, travelled to America to attend college, and became an elementary school teacher in Virginia.

 Discusses the childhood of Diego Rivera and how it influenced his art.

Illustrated biography about Anne Frank and her world.

As the Nazi Army invaded one European country after another at the onset of World War II, desperate Jewish families fled. Their lives were in danger, and many of them had nowhere to turn for help.

Sister Shako, an old woman whose family was killed in a vendetta, tends goats, including the wily, near-human Kolo. Her exploits and her relationship with the young male narrator are recounted.

Mary Malbunka shares her stories of playing with friends, building cubby houses, climbing trees, collecting sugar bag digging for honey ants, hunting for lizards, and learning about the seasons, animals and plants, she creates a vivid picture of a truly Australian childhood in which country-ngurra-is life itself.

A biography of Lo Tzu, the mysterious philosopher who is said to have been born at the age of eighty-one with snow-white hair, the ability to walk and talk, and unparalleled wisdom.

Follows the life of the strong-willed queen who ruled England in the time of Shakespeare and the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

Simple text and color illustrations present the life of Coco Chanel.

Sybil Wettasinghe’s biography in Sri Lanka