Influential Lives: Sets 1 - 2

This engaging, easy-to-read series of biographies explores the lives and accomplishments of recognizable and influential persons from entertainment, the arts, and politics. Teeming with full-color images, fascinating personal facts, and inspiring quotations directly from the individuals, these books will appeal to researchers looking for age-appropriate sources as well as leisure readers in grades 7 and up. Features include: High-interest books cover public figures who are on the rise in the cultural zeitgeist. Presents important people from multi-cultural backgrounds. Sidebars provide little-known information about each figure.