Kiki's Corner - Penguin Random House

Born on Christmas Day, 1642 A secretive man who spent years trying to turn ordinary metals into gold One of the greatest geniuses of all time Isaac Ne..

A mischievous boy from France with a big imagination A talented man who wrote about prehistoric beasts, hot-air-balloon races, and undersea creatures ..

A boy who could ride a horse with his arms behind his back A fierce and brave soldier A powerful emperor betrayed by his best friends He came. He saw...

A boy king The ruler of Egypt who died before he was twenty A three-thousand-year-old mummy Ever since Howard Carter uncovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb..

From a town called Vinci An inventor Painted the world-famous Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scien..

A young boy whose father owned a marble quarry A talented man who was a painter, a sculptor, and a poet The great artist who created the statue of Dav..

A boy who loved to make his own model planes A teenager who got his pilot’s license before his driver’s license The very first person to set foot on t..

An inventor who once worked with Thomas Edison An engineer whose experiments with electricity, remote control, and wireless communication changed the ..

A teenager imprisoned in the dreaded Tower of London An admirer of William Shakespeare A beloved ruler known as “Good Queen Bess” Our bestselling seri..

A curious girl who dreamed of the sea An award-winning nature writer The environmentalist who inspired worldwide conservation movements Though she gre..

Just in time for Roahl Dahl Month! Roald Dahl is one of the most famous children’s book authors ever. Now in this Who Was . . . ? biography, children ..

A New York City kid named Stanley Lieber A hotshot writer at a comic-book company The creator of some of the most famous superheroes of all time Stanl..

A teenager whose nickname was “Einstein” A famous physicist and author A great thinker who put forth a widely accepted theory on the beginning of time..

teve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six short years. In this Who Was...? biography, children w..

A curious child who fed worms to a friend to see if she would fly like a bird A boy who left school at the age of twelve and was hard of hearing all h..

A boy who loved to play practical jokes An ambulance driver in France during World War I The creator of Mickey Mouse Walt Disney always loved to enter..

High-school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio Inventors who manufactured their own brand of bicycles The men who built and flew the first successful airplane..

Discover how Willy Wonka from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, became the world's most marvelous chocolatier! The official movie tie-in..

Quirky questions exercise imaginations in this Bright & Early Board Book adaptation of a Dr. Seuss classic! Written in simple rhyme, this board book e..