Her reign of 63 years and seven months is known as the Victorian Era, a period of industrial, cultural, scientific, and political change that was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. But Victoria was raised under close supervision and near
Bonnie Bader Who Was Christopher Columbus?-克里斯托弗·哥伦布是谁?
Learn all about Christopher Columbus' early life at sea, which led him to seek fortune by sailing west in hopes of creating new trade routes with the Indies. Kids will read about why he called himself the "Great Admirald of the Seas" and le
Ann Waldron Who Was Claude Monet?-克劳德·莫内是谁?
Claude Monet is considered one of the most influential artists of all time. He is a founder of the French Impressionist art movement, and today his paintings sell for millions of dollars. While Monet was alive, however, his work was often criticized and h
Jim Gigliotti Who Was Stephen Hawking?-史蒂芬·霍金是谁?
Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: Where did the universe come from?
Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Ga
Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Ga
Margaret Frith Who Was Louis Braille?-路易斯·布莱叶是谁?
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. Through touch, Braille opened the world of books
Sarah Fabiny Who Was Frida Kahlo?-Frida Kahlo是谁?
You can always recognize a painting by Kahlo because she is in nearly all--with her black braided hair and colorful Mexican outfits. A brave woman who was an invalid most of her life, she transformed herself into a living work of art. As famous for her se
April Jones Prince Who Was Frederick Douglass?-弗雷德里克·道格拉斯是谁?
Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, Frederick Douglass was determined to gain freedom--and once he realized that knowledge was power, he secretly learned to read and write to give himself an advantage. After escaping to the North in 1838, as a free man
Pam Pollack Who Was Susan B. Anthony?-苏珊·安东尼是谁?
Susan B. Anthony may be an international icon but her campaign for women’s rights had personal roots. Working as a school teacher in New York, Anthony refused to settle for less pay than her male colleagues which ignited her lifelong devotion to women’s e
Max Bisantz Who Was Selena?-赛琳娜是谁?
Discover why Selena, the Queen of Tejano music, became one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the twentieth century!
As a young girl, Selena Quintanilla sang in a band called Selena y Los Dinos with her brother and sister. The fami
As a young girl, Selena Quintanilla sang in a band called Selena y Los Dinos with her brother and sister. The fami
James Buckley Jr. Who Was Milton Hershey?-米尔顿·赫尔希是谁?
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 secret to mass-producing milk chocolate and the recipe
As a young man, he was not afraid to dream big and work hard. Eventually, he learned the secret to mass-producing milk chocolate and the recipe
Kirsten Anderson Who Was Andy Warhol?-安迪·沃霍尔是谁?
Best known for his screen prints of soup cans and movie stars, this shy young boy from Pittsburgh shot to fame with his radical ideas of what “art” could be. Working in the aptly named “Factory,” Warhol’s paintings, movies, and eccentric lifestyle blurred
James Buckley Jr. Who Was Ernest Shackleton?-欧内斯特·沙克尔顿是谁?
As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton’s incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times.
Jim Gigliotti Who Was Mother Teresa?-特蕾莎修女是谁?
Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life. She pledged herself to a religious order at the age of 18 and chose the name Sister Teresa, after the patron saint of missionaries. While teaching in India, where famine an
Jess M. Brallier Who Was Albert Einstein?-阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦是谁?
Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein-but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really know about Albert Einstein besides the funny hair and genius label? For instance, do they know that he was expelled from school as a kid? Finally, here's the st
Catherine Gourley Who Was Maria Tallchief?-Maria Tallchief是谁?
Born in 1925, Maria Tallchief spent part of her childhood on an Osage reservation in Oklahoma. With the support of her family and world-renowned choreographer George Balanchine, she rose to the top of her art form to become America's first prima ball
Katie Ellison Who Was Bob Marley?-鲍勃·马利是谁?
Get Up, Stand Up! for the king of reggae music!
Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and songwriter began his career with his band, The Wailing
Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and songwriter began his career with his band, The Wailing
Whitney Stewart Who Was Walt Disney?-沃尔特·迪斯尼是谁?
Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pictures with tar on the side of his family's white house.
His family was poor, and the happiest time of his childhood was spent living on a farm in Misso
His family was poor, and the happiest time of his childhood was spent living on a farm in Misso
James Buckley Jr. Who Was Roberto Clemente?-罗伯托·克莱门特是谁?
Growing up the youngest of seven children in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente had a talent for baseball. His incredible skill soon got him drafted into the big leagues where he spent 18 seasons playing right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Who Was Roberto
Ellen Morgan Who Was Jesus?-耶稣是谁?
This fascinating addition to the best-selling Who Was...? series does not settle questions of theology. Instead, it presents young readers with a biography that covers what is known historically about Jesus and places in his life in the context of his wor
Ellen Labrecque Who Was Winston Churchill?-温斯顿·丘吉尔是谁?
Born into aristocracy, Churchill cut his teeth as a young army officer in British India, the Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He rose in the ranks to First Lord of the Admiralty and was a staunch opponent of the encroaching German Nazis. Churchill served a
Meg Belviso Who Was Nelson Mandela?-纳尔逊·曼德拉是谁?
As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent twenty-seven years in prison and emerged as the inspiring leader of the new So
Michael Burgan Who Was Confucius?-孔子是谁?
Learn more about China's most famous teacher and philosopher, whose ideas are still influential today.
Born in 551 BC, Confucius was a young man when he set his heart and mind on learning as much as he could. By his thirties, he'd become a br
Born in 551 BC, Confucius was a young man when he set his heart and mind on learning as much as he could. By his thirties, he'd become a br
Michael Burgan Who Was Galileo?-伽利略是谁?
Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. H
Michael Burgan Who Was Henry Ford?-亨利·福特是谁?
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 changing America and the American workplace. Who Was He
Bonnie Bader Who was Robert E. Lee?-罗伯特·E·李是谁?
Robert E. Lee seemed destined for greatness. His father was a Revolutionary War hero and at West Point he graduated second in his class! In 1861, when the Southern states seceded from the Union, Lee was offered the opportunity to command the Union forces.