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Lives of the artists: masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought)
Par Kathleen Krull. 1995
Portraits of nineteen artists, providing information about their childhood years and the works that made them famous. Includes Michelangelo Buonarroti,…
Rembrandt van Rijn, Mary Cassatt, Henri Matisse, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Andy Warhol. For grades 3-6Lives of the athletes: thrills, spills (and what the neighbors thought)
Par Kathleen Krull. 1997
Portraits of twenty well-known athletes, filled with information about their childhood and how they handled fame and fortune. Includes Jim…
Thorpe, Babe Ruth, Sonja Henie, Jackie Robinson, Arthur Ashe, and Bruce Lee. For grades 3-6Lives of the writers: comedies, tragedies (and what the neighbors thought)
Par Kathleen Krull. 1994
This companion to Lives of the Musicians (RC 37607) features the stories of twenty writers, ranging from Hans Christian Andersen…
to E.B. White. In addition to biographical information, sketches of authors include details about their work habits and newsy tidbits such as whom they loved, what they wore, what they read, and what would make them laugh. For grades 4-7 and older readersBoy: tales of childhood
Par Roald Dahl. 1984
The esteemed novelist, short story writer, and author of children's books presents vignettes from his childhood. "Some are funny. Some…
are painful. Some are unpleasant. . . . All are true." For grades 6-9 and older readersMalcolm X: black rage (A People in focus book)
Par David Collins. 1992
Life of the charismatic African American leader and minister of the Nation of Islam who was assassinated in 1965. Describes…
his troubled youth and eventual incarceration for burglary. Also discusses the personal and spiritual transformation that led to his conversion to Islam while he was in prison. Some strong language. For grades 5-8You want women to vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Par Jean Fritz. 1995
Biography of Lizzie Cady Stanton. Born in 1815, Lizzie rebelled against the unjust treatment of women from the time she…
was a child. Later she fought alongside her friend Susan B. Anthony for the right to vote, but died in 1902, before women's suffrage came to pass. For grades 4-7Mon petit Mozart enchanté
Par Emilie Collet. 2022
Ma première histoire de saint François: livre audio (Livre sonore)
Par Antoana Oreski, Jean-François Kieffer. 2021
Steve Wozniak--inventor of the Apple computer
Par Martha Kendall. 1994
Biography of a man called the father of the computer age. When Wozniak was a boy, he was very good…
at math and electronics. He later dropped out of college to work in the field of computers and at twenty-six founded a computer company called Apple, which produced a "small, easy-to-use, and affordable home computer." The now very wealthy Wozniak volunteers to teach children about computers. For grades 6-9Rascal
Par Sterling North. 1963
Although his life is full with a Saint Bernard, a family of skunks, a raucous crow, and an unfinished canoe,…
Sterling is captivated by a tiny raccoon kit he names Rascal. The ingenious animal quickly takes over the house and Sterling's heart but also makes enemies by stealing corn and raiding chicken coops. Until he gets too big, Rascal shares many adventures with Sterling in the Wisconsin countryside. For grades 4-7Martin Luther King
Par Rosemary McNatt. 1995
Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King Jr. became a minister and a civil rights leader. His nonviolent…
opposition to racial segregation included marches, boycotts, sit-ins, and speeches. For grades 2-4Weidt recounts Geisel's life from his early days in Springfield, Massachusetts, through his death in 1991 at the age of…
eighty-seven. She describes the problems Geisel had getting his first book published, his marriage to Helen Palmer whom he met at Oxford University, and his charitable activities. For grades 3-6 and older readersJ.M. Barrie: the magic behind Peter Pan
Par Susan Aller. 1994
Barrie, who was born in Scotland in 1860, loved to play games and write stories. He knew he didn't want…
a "hum-dreadful-drum profession" and decided to become a writer. He moved to London and at twenty-eight had his first real publishing success. With a friend's family of boys as inspiration, Barrie went on to write the play Peter Pan, which has been popular since it first opened in 1904. For grades 5-8George Washington's mother (All aboard reading)
Par Jean Fritz. 1992
A biography of Mary Ball Washington, the strong-willed mother of the first president. Mary married Augustine Washington, a widower with…
two children, at the age of twenty-one (considered late at that time). George was their first child. Mary, who preferred living on a farm without close neighbors, never condoned George's soldiering, remained loyal to King George, smoked a pipe, and died at age eighty-one. For grades 2-4Barefoot dancer: the story of Isadora Duncan
Par Barbara O'Connor. 1994
Considered by many the mother of modern dance, Isadora Duncan admitted that "from the first, I have only danced my…
life." She quit school at thirteen in 1890 to devote herself to teaching dance. She later took her divorced mother and siblings overseas, where her unusual barefoot dancing made her a star. Duncan performed and taught dance until her accidental death in 1927. For grades 4-6I have a dream: the life and words of Martin Luther King, Jr
Par James Haskins. 1992
A straightforward biography of the leader of the civil rights movement that focuses on his impact on the nation and…
his belief in nonviolence. Includes excerpts from King's speeches, sermons, letters, and writings, and an introduction by Rosa Parks. For grades 5-8 and older readersGuglielmo Marconi
Par Nina Morgan. 1991
Guglielmo Marconi as a child admired Benjamin Franklin and Michael Faraday, scientists who made discoveries about electricity and magnetism. Marconi…
later grew up to become the inventor of wireless telegraphy, radio, and radar. The author traces the life of Marconi from his birth in Italy in 1874 through his work with electromagnetic waves and his development of wireless communication. For grades 4-7 and older readersAlexander Graham Bell
Par Andrew Dunn. 1991
Alexander Graham Bell is best known for his invention of the telephone. Bell, whose speech-scientist father produced an alphabet he…
called "visible speech," taught deaf children to talk using his father's system. The author traces Bell's life from his birth in Scotland in 1847 through his work with sound and the human voice that led to his development of the telephone. For grades 4-7 and older readersPancho Villa
Par Steven O'Brien. 1994
In the mid-1890s, Doroteo Arango, a sixteen-year-old peasant with a strong will and a growing hatred of the cruel, wealthy…
landowners, became a fugitive from the law and joined the gang of an infamous bandit. Arango changed his name to Francisco "Pancho" Villa. In 1910, with the onset of the Mexican Revolution, he gave up banditry to join the fight for freedom, attaining folk-hero status for his exploits. For grades 5-8 and older readersMy life with the chimpanzees
Par Jane Goodall. 1988
When Jane Goodall was five years old, she watched a chicken lay an egg and developed a lifelong fascination with…
animals. When she grew up she became an ethologist--a scientist who studies animal behavior. When Jane was twenty-six she journeyed to Africa to observe chimpanzees in the wild. She has made many important discoveries and gained worldwide recognition for her work. For grades 3-6 and older readers