Books in Picture Story Biographies Series series

Recounts the life of Ishi, sole survivor of a small band of Yahi Indians, who was found in 1911 near Oroville, California

Depicts the life of the vigorous and unconventional woman from Savannah who founded the American branch of the Girl Scouts

A brief biography of the British theoretical physicist who is well-known for his advances in the study of cosmology, accomplished despite being physically limited by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease.

Examines the life, education, and work of one of the founders of the NAACP

A biography of the Chinese American tennis player who, in 1989, became the youngest man to win the prestigious French Open tournament

A career biography of the Japanese conductor famous for directing major western orchestras worldwide

A biography of the Chinese American tennis player who, in 1989, became the youngest man to win the prestigious French Open tournament

Presents an account of the life of the Mexican American who helped organize farm workers into a powerful union.

A guide to the life and struggle of the recipient of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize reveals his belief that there can be a peaceful change in the apartheid policies of his violent, revolutionary homeland, South Africa

A biography of the shy wife of a senator, who after chaotic events in the Philippines, became President of four million people on more than one thousand islands.

Recounts the life of the doctor and scientist who became the first African-American woman in space on the space shuttle Endeavor in 1992, and explains how she prepared herself to become an astronaut

A biography of the California astrophysicist who became, with the second mission of the Challenger spacecraft in June 1983, the first American woman and the youngest American astronaut to orbit the earth.