Louis Braille certainly wasn't your average teenager. Blind from the age of four, he was only fifteen when in 1824 he invented a reading system that converted printed words into columns of raised dots
Who was the real Charlie Chaplin? Kids will learn all about the comic genius who created "The Little Tramp"! Charlie Chaplin sang on a London stage for the first time at the age of five. Performing pr
Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pictures with tar on the side of his familyA's white house. His family was poor, and the happiest time of h
As a child his passions were comics and cars, but George Lucas grew up to be one of the most successful filmmakers of all time. He is a producer, screenwriter, director and entrepreneur whose company
While other kids played sports, Steven Spielberg was writing scripts and figuring out camera angles. He went from entertaining his Boy Scout troop with home movies to amazing audiences around the worl
Stanley Lieber was just seventeen when he got his first job at Timely Comics in 1939. Since then, the man now known as Stan Lee has launched a comic book empire, made Marvel Comics a household name, a
Known as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time, Alfred Hitchcock’s unique vision in movies like Psycho and The Birds sent shivers down our spines and shockwaves through the film industry.
Bruce Lee was a Chinese American action film star, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and philosopher. His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional martial arts film to a new l
"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！ "海倫‧凱勒是一位眼不能視，耳不能聽的人，但是她從不放棄，經不懈努力後成為最受歡迎作家，同時也是一位環遊世界的旅行家。海倫‧凱勒出生在距今近
Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinki
A little boy who hated being indoors A father who rescued his daughter from kidnappers ""The Great Pathfinder"" who led pioneers out West All of theabove! Find out more about the real Daniel Boone
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
Born on a small farm in rural Michigan, Henry Ford’s humble beginnings were no match for his ambition. Ford quickly created a manufacturing dynasty, bringing affordable cars to the masses and forever
Discover the man behind the chocolate bar! Milton Hershey’s life was filled with invention and innovation. As a young man, he was not afraid to dream big and work hard. Eventually, he learned the secr
Over 300 side-splitting jokes based on the New York Times best-selling series.If you want to know exactly why Milton Hershey's wife married him, look no further. (Because she wanted lots of Hershey's
In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two majo
Find out how stories about his son’s stuffed bear, famously known as Winnie the Pooh, made A. A. Milne one of the world’s best-known children’s authors.Born in England in 1882, Alan Alexander Milne gr
Whether you call it football or soccer, there''s no disputing that David Beckham is one of the best players in the history of the game! Whenever a young David Beckham was asked what he wanted to be wh
Get ready to journey around the world with Nellie Bly--one of America's first investigative journalists. Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman had no idea that the open letter she'd written to a local newspaper i
