This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 128 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 2009 by Simon & Schuster .

Andrea Davis Pinkney is the author of numerous award-winning picture book biographies. A former editor at Essence Magazine who now edits children's books, she lives in Brooklyn, New York. Stephen Alcorn is an acclaimed painter and printmaker who has created artwork for a number of anthologies. He lives in Cambridge, New York.