Category Archives: Biography
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Those Rebels, John and Tom
Posted on May 19, 2012 by Ami in Biography, Nonfiction, Picture BooksBy Barbara Kerley The famous tale of how American leaders came to create the Declaration of Independence is an often-told history lesson, but this new picture book for older readers vivdly tells of the events leading up to it, featuring John Adams’s and Thomas Jefferson’s famously [...]
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Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
Posted on February 3, 2012 by Jennifer in Biography, Kansas, Nonfiction>by Candace Fleming This fascinating biography has lots of photos and well-researched information about Amelia Earhart’s life, including questions researchers have run into about the authenticity of some stories Amelia told about herself. Apparently, she liked to embellish her past a bit to spice things up for the media. Between chapters that follow Amelia through [...]
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Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshall
Posted on June 2, 2010 by Jennifer in Biography, Nonfictionby Vaunda Nelson This fascinating look at a little known Wild West hero received a Coretta Scott King award this year. Nelson researched the life of African-American Bass Reeves, from his childhood in slavery to his 32 years as U.S. Marshall under the powerful Judge Isaac C. Parker. Reeves sought out criminals “on the lam” [...]
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Albert Einstein
Posted on February 25, 2010 by Jennifer in Biography, Nonfictionby Kathleen Krull This is a fascinating, relatively short biography (130 pages) of Albert Einstein, starting with his childhood experiences that inspired him to question scientific theories all his life. It was interesting to find out that he was kind of a difficult person – he was not liked by most of his teachers and [...]
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The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West by Sid Fleischman
Posted on May 6, 2009 by Jennifer in Biography, Humorous Stories, NonfictionI believe Mark Twain would find this biography of his life very ammusing and fun to read. Sid Fleischmann, accomplished author of many books for young people, has captured the tone of Mark Twain’s adventursome tales and used this style to describe the many ups and downs, twists and turns, and upside-down roundabouts of Mark [...]
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