Children's Literature: Biography
Biographies
These are just a few of the many biographies of available in the library. To locate more, search the GIL online catalog for the subject heading Biographies (Children's Collection) .
Influential Women
- Fannie Lou Hamer and the Fight for the Vote byCall Number: E185.97.H35 C35 1993ISBN: 1562943235Publication Date: 1993-10-01A biography of the civil rights activist who fought for African American voter registration.
- Jeannette Rankin byCall Number: E748.R223 W64 2007ISBN: 9781590784372Publication Date: 2007-05-01A fascinating biography of Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
- Marie Curie byCall Number: QD22.C8 K75 2007ISBN: 0670058947Publication Date: 2007-10-04Marie Curie, the woman who coined the term radioactivity, won not just one Nobel prize but two - in physics and in chemistry.
- Our Country's First Ladies byCall Number: E176.2 .B38 2007ISBN: 1426300077Publication Date: 2007-01-09Step inside the White House and meet the women who have played the roles of partners, confidantes, hostesses, and activists in the midst of American history. Read of fascinating lives led by the wives (and sometimes daughters, nieces, and friends) of our country's leaders.
Scientists
- Albert Einstein byCall Number: QC16.E5 K75 2009ISBN: 9780670063321Publication Date: 2009-10-15Albert Einstein. His name has become a synonym for genius. His wild case of bedhead and playful sense of humor made him a media superstar'the first, maybe only, scientist-celebrity.
- Genius or Madman? byCall Number: QC16.N7 A83 2008ISBN: 9780531177709Publication Date: 2007-09-01Today Sir Isaac Newton is recognized as one of the foremost scientific geniuses of all time. But it wasn't always that way. Find out about the unconventional scientist who invented calculus. Learn why many thought him to be a madman in the day.
- Gregor Mendel byCall Number: QH31.M45 B37 2006ISBN: 9780810954755Publication Date: 2006-09-01Regarded as the world's first geneticist, Gregor Mendel overcame poverty and obscurity to discover one of the fundamental aspects of genetic science: how traits are inherited from one generation to the next.
- Rachel Carson byCall Number: QH31.C33 L48 2007ISBN: 0670062200Publication Date: 2007-04-05Rachel Carson combined her love of science and writing in her awardwinning and controversial book, Silent Spring. Revealing the dangers of pesticide use, it brought readers a new awareness of man#146;s contamination of the environment and ultimately led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Athletes
- Campy byCall Number: GV865.C3 A35 2007ISBN: 9780670060412Publication Date: 2007-03-15Roy Campanella loved baseball. A professional player from the age of fifteen, he later became the first African-American catcher to integrate Major League Baseball.
- Mighty Jackie byCall Number: GV865.M53 M67 2004ISBN: 0689863292Publication Date: 2004-02-01For as long as she could remember, Jackie Mitchell's father had told Jackie she could be good at whatever she wanted, as long as she worked at it. Jackie worked at baseball. She worked hard. She had one pitch -- a wicked, dropping curve ball. But no seventeen-year-old girl could pitch against Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. It was unthinkable. Then on April 2, 1931, the New York Yankees stopped in Tennessee for an exhibition game against the Chattanooga Lookouts. And on that day Jackie Mitchell made baseball history.
- Twelve Rounds to Glory byCall Number: GV1132.A4 S65 2007ISBN: 0763616923Publication Date: 2007-11-13A dynamic author-illustrator team follows the threetime heavyweight champ through twelve rounds of a remarkable life.
Authors, Artists & Musicians
- Becoming Billie Holiday byCall Number: PZ7.5.W31 Be 2008ISBN: 9781590785072Publication Date: 2008-10-01Before the legend of Billie Holiday, there was a girl named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie Holiday, possibly the greatest jazz singer of all time.
- Before John Was a Jazz Giant byCall Number: ML3930.C535 W43 2008ISBN: 0805079947Publication Date: 2008-04-01Carole Boston Weatherford and Sean Qualls have composed an amazingly rich hymn to the childhood of jazz legend John Coltrane.
- My Name Is Gabito byCall Number: PQ8180.17.A73 Z613 2007ISBN: 9780873589345Publication Date: 2007-10-01Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of our time. He is a tremendous figure, enormously talented, and unabashedly admired. This is his story, lovingly told, for children to enjoy.
- When Marian Sang byCall Number: ML3930.A5 R93 2002ISBN: 9780439269674Publication Date: 2002-10-01The woman who emerges most profoundly from this harmonious biography is a role model of courage, for even in the face of enormous obstacles Marian maintained her grace and dignity and fulfilled her dreams.