Illustrated biographies
Biographies are full of names. The pictures help you put a face to each one.



On the weekend she curls up with a biography, and the names start to blur.
Donna, 28, works in an officeHow it works



Good to know
- Not every book has them. For now it's mostly biographies.
- The pictures are drawings in one house style, not photographs.
- Hiding pictures turns them off in every book.
Pictures from one book
Shoe Dog
The other features

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Select a line you don't get and tap “I don't understand”. Two or three plain sentences appear below, and you can keep asking.
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