On My Own Biography

Engage readers’ interest and imagination! These award-winning biographies feature full-page illustrations. Written in story format, each book features pivotal episodes that reveal what kind of person the subject is (or was) and how he or she came to be famous.

Cover: Vincent van Gogh
Cover: Clyde Tombaugh and the Search for Planet X
Cover: Will Rogers
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John Brown
Martha Washington
Nathan Hale: Patriot Spy
Pocahontas
Babe Didrikson Zaharias: All-Around Athlete
Daniel Boone
Jesse Owens
Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas
Mother Teresa
Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter
Will Rogers
Aunt Clara Brown: Official Pioneer
Cesar Chavez
Alexander Graham Bell
Johnny Appleseed
Prudence Crandall: Teacher for Equal Rights
Booker T. Washington
Sojourner Truth
Clyde Tombaugh and the Search for Planet X
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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On My Own Biography

Engage readers’ interest and imagination! These award-winning biographies feature full-page illustrations. Written in story format, each book features pivotal episodes that reveal what kind of person the subject is (or was) and how he or she came to be famous. View →