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A Picture Book of Simon Bolivar by David A. Adler, illustrated by Robert Casilla (Holiday House, 1992)
Bolivar had an impressive resume: President of Greater Colombia, President of Bolivia, President of Peru, and President of Venezuela. Read about his life and politics in this simple biography.
Read an article about Bolivar written for children on the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Mandela: From the Life of the South African Statesman by Floyd Cooper (Philomel, 1996)
Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist, became the first President of South Africa elected by blacks and whites.
You’ll find information about Mandela and his work at the Nelson Mandela Foundation site.
Peter the Great by Diane Stanley (HarperCollins, 1999)
A Tsar from the age of ten, Peter the Great worked to bring Russia into the modern world.
A brief bio of Peter the Great can be found at the St. Petersburg Times.
Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 2000)
As Queen of Spain, Isabella I financed the travels of Christopher Columbus.
Learn more about Isabella of Castile at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby, illustrated by Chris Soentpiet (Scholastic, 1995)
More than anything else, young Booker T. Washington wanted to learn how to read. Follow his journey in this story based on his childhood.
A biography of Washington, a famous African-American is posted at the Thomson/Gale web site.
