Known for her remarkable paintings and her mystique, Georgia O'Keeffe, one of America's finest artists, created evocative paintings that reflected her adopted home of New Mexico. This title lets you read about the journey of this artist.

Lets you find out about the people behind your favorite tales and why they felt compelled to write for children. This title offers insights with 'Did You Know?' boxes that highlight interesting facts about the authors. It contains the 'Popular Books' and 'Popular Characters' sections that allow students to discover works by their favorite authors.

Lets you find out about the people behind your favorite tales and why they felt compelled to write for children. This title offers insights with 'Did You Know?' boxes that highlight interesting facts about the authors. It contains the 'Popular Books' and 'Popular Characters' sections that allow students to discover works by their favorite authors.

Best known for his books chronicling the adventures of Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey has built a reputation as one of his generation's most inventive writers and illustrators. Yet as a young boy, he seemed unlikely to ever become a success. Suffering from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, this one-time class clown was sent out from class to sit in the hallway so often that he had his own desk waiting for him, which he kept stocked with paper, pencils, and crayons. There, he could allow his imagination to go to work, drawing comic books to entertain his friends and creating...

As a child, Angelina Jolie was teased about her unusual looks, and while making her way in the acting world, she was often overshadowed by her Academy Award-winning father, Jon Voight. But Jolie soon came into her own. Hailed as one of Hollywood's greatest beauties, she won an Academy Award of her own, along with a reputation for being an actress of uncommon commitment and bravery. A one-time bad girl, Jolie is one of the world's best-known humanitarians, traveling the globe as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations and bringing comfort to refugees in many troubled regions. The daughter...

Traces the life, career, and influence of the beloved French Chef Julia Child, from her childhood in California and her clerical work in a World War II spy station to her marriage to Paul Child and her choice to work as a television cooking instructor.