Biography
Picture Books
Adler, David A. Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man.
This is the story of a legendary, talented,
modest, and courageous Yankee baseball player.
Brown, Dan. Odd Boy Out : Young Albert Einstein. This
famous physicist struggled during his early years in school and
was even considered “dull-witted.”
Carlson, Laurie. Boss of the Plains: The Hat that Won the
West. John Stetson’s design for a big and picturesque hat
became the symbol of Wild West fashion.
Krull, Kathleen. The Boy on Fairfield Street : How Ted Geisel
Grew Up to be Dr. Seuss. Ted was a boy from Springfield who
loved animals, books, and doodling.
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. Snowflake Bentley. Wilson Bentley
lived in Vermont, loved snow, and found a way to photograph
individual snowflakes that made him famous.duk
Pinckney, Andrea Davis. Duke Ellington. Stylized illustrations
make this book swing with the story of the Duke.
Sis, Peter. Starry Messenger. Galileo’s story is told with award
winning medieval style illustrations.
Stanley, Diane. Good Queen Bess. Beautifully illustrated
biography of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Chapter Books
Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes. This autobiography tells the
story of the six year old girl who helped break the cycle of school
segregation.
Freedman, Russell. Kids at Work : Lewis Hine and the
Crusade Against Child Labor. This biography uses the photos
of a famous photographer to tell the story of how his life work
changed America.
Mitchell, Barbara. CLICK! A story about George Eastman.
Read this story about the man who developed a camera that was
portable and easy to use.
Swanson, June. David Bushnell and his Turtle. David Bushnell
was an inventor from Connecticut whose submarine looked like
two turtle shells joined together.
Szabo, Corrine. Sky Pioneer : a Photobiography of Amelia
Earhart. Learn about this amazing woman’s life through her own
photographs and quotes.
History Maker Biography series
Abigail Adams
Geronimo
Benjamin Banneker
Jane Goodall
Colin Powell
John Deere
Coretta Scott King
Levi Strauss
Douglas MacArthur
Nat Love
Eli Whitney
Neil Armstrong
Frederick Douglass
Nellie Bly
George C. Marshall
Robert E. Lee
George S. Patton Jr.
W. K. Kellogg
Who Was….?
Abraham Lincoln
Biography series
Anne Frank
Annie Oakley
Marco Polo
Ben Franklin
Maria Tallchief
Daniel Boone
Mark Twain
Elvis Presley
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ferdinand Magellan
Neil Armstrong
Harriet Tubman
Queen Elizabeth
Helen Keller
Ronald Reagan
Johnny Appleseed
Sacagawea
King Tut
The Beatles
Leonardo da Vinci
Thomas Alva Edison
Louis Armstrong
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart