As a girl, Amelia Earhart aspired to a future that would take her beyond the family and medical problems of her younger years, as well as the restrictions imposed on her because she was… More →

Athletes chronicles the fascinating lives and achievements of remarkable female athletes around the world. Such countries as Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Norway are explored along with… More →

Who tried again and again to help people look beautiful and feel happy, healthy, and natural? Bobbi Brown! She changed the makeup industry by working hard to create lipsticks and other… More →

Carly Rae Jepsen grew up in Mission, British Columbia. After graduating from high school, Carly was a hopeful on the television competition Canadian Idol. She finished third, but her story… More →

Carrie Underwood is a country music singer and songwriter. This book details her life and quick rise to fame as a winner of the television competition American Idol. The hot, young star has… More →

Clara Barton was known for founding the American Red Cross, but what about before that? Find out what happened when Barton was younger, and what she did that made her famous later on. More →

Local merchant Mr. Rummage tells the story of Cleopatra's coin to Digby and his sister Hannah. This book relates the biography of the young pharaoh queen, Cleopatra, and her historic rule of… More →

For nearly two decades, Dian Fossey immersed herself in the study of mountain gorillas in Africa. She became known as a highly respected primatologist - a scientist who studies apes and other More →

Dolly Parton is known as one of the most famous singer/songwriters in country music, but what about before that? What happened when Parton was younger? What did she do then that led to her… More →

Born in 1930 in a small mining town in New Mexico and raised in the farming region of California's San Joaquin Valley, Dolores Huerta (born Dolores Fernández) grew up in a climate charged by… More →