Meet Betsy Ross, the woman who reportedly stitched the first American flag.

Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more.

Learn how she worked hard as a seamstress and helped soldiers during the Revolutionary War by giving them food and water and nursing their wounds.