When I think of books for holiday gift-giving, there’s nothing more fun and challenging than matching a new biography with its ideal recipient. Delving into a cradle-to-grave account of someone’s life ...

There is a page in The Girl Who Was a Forest, a picture book biography on the life of EK Janaki Ammal, in which young Janaki’s father tells her she is a seed. Tears sting her eyes because she wants to ...

Why do only famous people have biographies? This is the question that two young sisters,7-year-old Aishvarya, and 11-year-old Vaishali, asked their parents. They were reading biographies in school and ...

There are many interesting biographies you can find in the neighborhood library or bookstore. They often share a side of famous people we didn’t know or appreciate. Lake Effect essayist Mark Siegrist ...

Why do only famous people have biographies? This is the question that two young sisters,7-year-old Aishvarya, and 11-year-old Vaishali, asked their parents. They were reading biographies in school and ...