This is a series of inspiring biographies and history titles that are perfect for young middle-grade readers.
Each book is complete with facts, interesting anecdotes, and compelling black-and-white illustrations. Sidebars on related topics, a timeline, and a bibliography enhance readers understanding of each person. This set will match your readers who are beyond easy-to-read but not quite ready for long, detailed nonfiction.

Inside - Who Was George Washington?

Inside - Who Was Marie Curie?
Kids—even kids who don't normally enjoy reading—love these WHO WAS? books. Your library kids will be asking for more and more titles!
Each book is fun to read because it is liberally illustrated and the information is easy to digest. Plus, each book is written more like a story and contains truly interesting lessons about each person, place, or event.
Even adults like reading these books because the story is full of unique details and little-known facts that adults may not remember from their school days. And as one gets older, you realize how much can be learned from the past; so revisiting persons and events from history can provide important lessons for both young and old.
Please Note:Some books may have a small non-returnable mark on the spine.
If a title is out of stock we will substitute with another title from this series.
Volumes in this Series:
- A.A. Milne
- Abigail Adams
- Abraham Lincoln
- Albert Einstein
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Alexander the Great
- Alexander Hamilton
- Amelia Earhart
- Anne Frank
- Annie Oakley
- Babe Ruth
- Barack Obama
- Beatrix Potter
- Benedict Arnold
- Benjamin Franklin
- Betsy Ross
- Bill Gates
- Blackbeard
- Booker T. Washington
- Brothers Grimm
- Bruce Lee
- Catherine the Great
- Charles Dickens
- Charles Schulz
- Christopher Columbus
- Chuck Jones
- Clara Barton
- Claude Monet
- Confucius
- Coretta Scott King
- Dalai Lama
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Daniel Boone
- Davy Crockett
- Derek Jeter
- Dolly Parton
- Dr. Seuss
- E.B. White
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Elvis Presley
- Ernest Hemingway
- Ernest Shackleton
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Frederick Douglass
- Galileo
- Gandhi
- Genghis Khan
- George Washington
- George Washington Carver
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Harriet Tubman
- Harry Houdini
- Helen Keller
- Henry Ford
- Henry VIII
- H.J. Heinz
- Ida B. Wells
- Isaac Newton
- Jackie Chan
- Jackie Robinson
- Jacqueline Kennedy
- Jacques Cousteau
- Jane Austen
- Jesse Owens
- Jesus
- Jim Henson
- Jim Thorp
- Jimmy Carter
- Joan of Arc
- Johnny Appleseed
- Johnny Cash
- John F. Kennedy
- John McCain
- Julia Child
- Julius Caesar
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- King Tut
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Leif Erikson
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Lewis Carroll
- Levi Strauss
- Louis Braille
- Lucille Ball
- Malala Yousafzai
- Marco Polo
- Marie Antoinette
- Marie Curie
- Mark Twain
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Maya Angelou
- Michelangelo
- Michelle Obama
- Michael Jordan
- Milton Bradley
- Milton Hershey
- Mister Rogers
- Mother Teresa
- Muhammad Ali
- Napoleon
- Navajo Code Talkers
- Neil Armstrong
- Nellie Bly
- Nelson Mandela
- Nikola Tesla
- Norman Rockwell
- Paul Revere
- Pelé
- Ponce de León
- Princess Diana
- P.T. Barnum
- Queen Elizabeth
- Queen Victoria
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Richard Nixon
- Roald Dahl
- Robert E. Lee
- Robert Ripley
- Roberto Clemente
- Ronald Reagan
- Rosa Parks
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Sam Walton
- Seabiscuit
- Selena
- Sitting Bull
- Sojourner Truth
- Stanley and Livingstone
- Steve Jobs
- Susan B. Anthony
- Temple Grandin
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Thomas Alva Edison
- Thomas Jefferson
- The Tuskegee Airmen
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Walt Disney
- Wayne Gretzky
- William Shakespeare
- Winston Churchill
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- The Wright Brothers