Most Popular Books by Mike Venezia

Examines the work and life of Faith Ringgold.

A biography of the child prodigy who wrote more than 800 pieces of music before his untimely death at thirty-five.

Highlights the life and political career of the forty-second president of the United States, who is often associated with the sex scandal that occurred during his second term in office.

Clever illustrations and story lines give children a light yet realistic overview of this composer''s life and style and music.

Describes the life and work of the French Post-Impressionist artist, who tried new ideas in painting to express his love of nature.

Biography of the 34th President of the United States.

Highlights the life of the seventeenth president of the United States, who oversaw the reconstruction of the United States after the Civil War, often disagreed with Congress, and agreed to buy Alaska from Russia.

Clever illustrations and story lines, together with full-color reproductions of Sandro Boticelli''s actual works, give children a light yet realistic overview of this artist''s life and style.

"Consultant, Donald Freund, professor of composition, Indiana University School of Music"--Title page.

"Clever illustrations and story lines give children a light yet realistic overview of this composer''s life and style and music"--Amazon.com.

Meet scientist Marie Curie! Getting to Know the World''s Greatest Inventors and Scientists series combines a delightful mix of full-color historical reproductions, photos, and hilarious cartoon-style illustrations that bring to life the work and contributions of renowned scientists and inventors, combining poignant anecdotes with important factual information for readers (Ages 8-9). This book presents the life and accomplishments of the Polish-born scientist whose studies of radioactivity lead to the discovery of two new elements, for which she received two Nobel Prizes.

Mike Venezia once again uses his winning formula of combining humor with history to make learning fun. Each book in this series is an appealing mix of full-color historical images and photos, Mike''s hilarious cartoon-style illustrations, and simple, factual text describing each person''s path toward the nation''s highest office. These biographies are peppered with humbling and funny anecdotes that bring out the humanity of each of these historical figures and help kids realize that these were real people--not just names from history books. Andrew Jackson, nicknamed "Old Hickory" by his soldiers, was a military hero and one of the roughest, toughest presidents ever. He had a hard childhood; he fought in the Revolutionary War at the age of 14 and had lost his entire family by the time it was over. He went on to become a frontier lawyer, and then a national hero after winning the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. Jackson was a champion of working people. As the first president to grow up poor, he paved the way for people to take part in U.S. government even if they weren''t born wealthy and well connected.

Clever illustrations and story lines give children a light yet realistic overview of this composer''s life and style and music.

A biography of Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States.

Meet renowned physicist Albert Einstein Getting to Know the World''s Greatest Inventors and Scientists series combines a delightful mix of full-color historical reproductions, photos, and hilarious cartoon-style illustrations that bring to life the work and contributions of renowned scientists and inventors, combining poignant anecdotes with important factual information for readers (Ages 8-9). This book presents the life and accomplishments of the renowned physicist, discussing his theory of relativity and the ways in which it transformed the world''s understanding about how the universe works.

An introduction to the life of Zachary Taylor, a war hero with little political experience who became the nation''s twelfth president.

An introduction to the life of Thomas Jefferson, a man whose ideas helped create a new kind of government and who became the nation''s third president.