Easy Biographies

Blue Jenkins smiling in a white t-shirt

150 pages

Blue Jenkins made positive changes in his community and workplace, from his involvement in unions to protesting "anti-Negro" hiring policies in the 1960s.

A young man smiling in front of a wooden house

Breaking Through

Francisco Jiménez

193 pages

In this sequel to The Circuit, Francisco Jiménez and his family are forced to leave California for Mexico in the 1950s and 1960s.

A smiling middle-aged woman with short hair smiling in front of foliage and a large body of water

Cindy Bentley: Spirit of a Champion

Bob Kann & Carolyn Hoffman

88 pages

Cindy Bentley had intellectual disabilities, and despite challenges, becomes a Special Olympics athlete and advocate for people with disabilities.

A man with a cloth and hat over his head. He is reaching out with one hand and looking through a hole in the cloth.

56 pages

Based on a true story, Joseph Merrick suffers a condition that causes people to laugh at him. At 27, he finds a friend for the first time in his life.

A young girl smiles. A scene with marching people and a night sky shines above her head.

The Endless Steppe

Esther Hautzig

243 pages

Ester and her family live in exile in the endless steppe of Siberia. Only the strength of family sustains them and gives them hope for the future.

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A leaf on a globe.

Generation Us: The Challenge of Global Warming

Andrew Weaver

117 pages

Generation Us explains the phenomenon of global warming, outlines the threat it presents to future generations and offers a path toward solutions to the problem.

Mai Ya smiling in traditional Hmong dress

Mai Ya's Long Journey

Sheila Terman Cohen

80 pages

Follow Mai Ya Xiong, a young Hmong woman, on her journey from a refugee camp in Thailand to life as an adult in Wisconsin.

A man on a boat. There are ropes and men behind him.

50 pages

Captain Bligh's angry sailors take control of his ship. Based on a true story that happened in 1789.



A man in a metal mask holds a gun in one hand and money in the other hand.

Ned Kelly: A True Story

Christine Lindop

60 pages

Ned Kelly learns how to fend for himself -- outside the law. Follow his story as Australia's most famous outlaw.

A man in shorts gathers vegetation from water with other people.

122 pages

A true story of Africa's great statesman from childhood to his presidency of South Africa, and his status as a world statesman.

She Dared: Malala Yousafzai (New!)

Jenni L. Walsh

109 pages

Malala Yousafzai spoke out against extremist groups wanting to stop girls from going to school, even after being attacked, Learn about Malala's incredible recovery and her journey to becoming a world-famous advocate of girls' rights and education -- and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner.

A giant ship is tipped upward, sinking into the ocean while people on a boat watch.

Titanic

Tim Vicary

37 pages

What happened to the Titanic? This book describes what happened to the Titanic the night it sank in 1912.


A man stands on a pile of hay on a wagon looking at an airplane in the sky

145 pages

See how Orville and Wilbur Wright grow up and eventually take off on the world's first flying machine.

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