Funny and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell the tales from the challenging yet defining growing-up years of great writers, artists, athletes, and presidents.

Hilarious childhood biographies and full-color illustrations show how Tiger Woods, Gabby Douglas, Bruce Lee, Billie Jean King, and other budding sports champions faced kid-sized challenges growing up.Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you: Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such a troublemaker, his family sent him to reform school. Race car champion Danica...

Funny and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell the tales from the growing-up years of Beverly Cleary, J. R. R. Tolkien, and 13 other great writers.Did you know that Sam Clemens aka Mark Twain loved to skip school and make mischief (with his best friend Tom, of course!)? That a young J. R. R. Tolkien was bitten by a huge tarantula—or as he called it, “a spider as big as a dragon”? Or that toddler Zora Neale Hurston took her first step...

Ja Morant is known for his epic slam dunks. But the Memphis Grizzlies standout started out practicing jumps on tractor tires with his dad. Soon, Morant realized backyard games couldn't contain his quick runs and neat passes. He played in youth leagues, on his high school team, and at Murray State University. After his incredible college play, it was no surprise when Morant joined the NBA as the Grizzlies' new point guard. Learn all about up-and-coming superstar Ja Morant, including his die...

Funny and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell tales from the challenging yet defining growing-up years of Albert Einstein, Jane Goodall, Marie Curie, and 12 other brilliant scientists.In this funny and informative collection, bestselling author David Stabler brings the childhoods of sixteen scientific trailblazers to life through stories and vibrant illustrations by Anoosha Syed. Instead of focusing only on groundbreaking discoverie...

Rev your engines and get ready for this exciting look at how Dale Earnhardt Jr. lived up to his family legacy and became one of the greatest professional stock car racing drivers in the world.No one was surpised when Dale Earnhardt Jr. began his racing career at age seventeen. His father and grandfather were professional racers, and he spent most of his childhood servicing cars at his dad's dealership. Now Dale was ready for his own turn in the driver's seat. He st...

Discover why comedian and actress Carol Burnett is one of the most iconic entertainers of the twentieth century.From an early age, Carol Burnett developed a love for entertainment, teaching herself to "Tarzan yell" at age nine. After graduating from high school, Burnett studied theater arts and English at UCLA, which only solidified her passion for acting. She fell in love with making audiences laugh, landing her first breakthrough role in Broadway's Once Upon ...

Hilarious childhood biographies and full-color illustrations reveal how Leonardo da Vinci, Beatrix Potter, Keith Haring, and fourteen other great artists in history coped with regular-kid problems.Jackson Pollock’s family moved constantly—he lived in eight different cities before he was sixteen years old. Georgia O’Keeffe lived in the shadow of her “perfect” older brother Francis. And Jean-Michel Basquiat triumphed over poverty to become one of the world’s most inf...

How did a peanut farmer from a small town in Georgia become the 39th President of the United States? Find out in this addition to the #1 New York Times best-selling Who Was? series!Everyone was rather surprised when small-town farmer Jimmy Carter first announced that he’d be running for president in 1976. When Jimmy told his mother, she replied, “President of what?” But this former naval officer and governor of Georgia was ready for the role.Jimmy ...

Soccer is a way of life in Argentina. Fans go wild over the country's national teams. From Maradona to Messi, Argentina has produced some of the greatest soccer players in history. Learn more about Argentina's rise to power in men's soccer and how the women's national team is rapidly growing in popularity.

Every great author started out as a kid. Before the bestsellers, fan clubs, and beloved stories we know today, the world's most celebrated writers had regular-kid problems just like you. Sam Clemens (aka Mark Twain) loved to skip school and make mischief, with his best friend Tom of course! A young J. R. R. Tolkien was bitten by a huge tarantulaor as he called it, a spider as big as a dragon. Toddler Zora Neale Hurston took her first steps when a wild hog entered her house and started chas...

Meet some of the most endangered species in the world, from the panthers of Florida to the mountain gorillas of central Africa, while exploring the history of extinction, the role of humans in environmental conservation, and the incredible species that share our earth.In What Are Endangered Species?, readers will travel around the world, on sea and on land, to learn about the animals, insects, and plants that are in danger of disappearing from our planet. ...