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Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1988]

Physical Desc

47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Traces the life and accomplishments of the printer, philosopher, scientist, inventor, and statesman.

2) Abraham Lincoln: president of a divided country

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1989]

Physical Desc

44 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A simple biography of the Civil War president.

3) Christopher Columbus: a great explorer

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1989]

Physical Desc

46 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of the fifteenth-century Italian seaman and navigator who unknowingly discovered a new continent while looking for a western route to India.

4) Ludwig van Beethoven: musical pioneer

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[1989]

Physical Desc

45 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Language

English

5) Martin Luther King, Jr: a man who changed things

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1989]

Physical Desc

45 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A simple biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader who helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

6) Black Elk: a man with a vision

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1990]

Physical Desc

45 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A simple account of the life of Black Elk, the visionary and Oglala medicine man who had a vision of universal peace and felt that he saw his people's dream die at Wounded Knee.

7) Daniel Boone: man of the forests

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1990]

Physical Desc

47 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of explorer and pioneer Daniel Boone.

8) Laura Ingalls Wilder: author of the Little house books

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1990]

Physical Desc

46 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who actually lived in the little houses about which she wrote.

9) John Chapman: (the man who was Johnny Appleseed)

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

1991.

Physical Desc

47 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Relates how John Chapman's distribution of apple seeds and trees across America made him a legend.

10) John Muir: man of the wild places

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1991]

Physical Desc

47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of the naturalist who was an early proponent of wilderness preservation and helped start the Sierra Club.

11) Roberto Clemente (baseball superstar)

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

1991.

Physical Desc

47 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Describes the athletic achievements and philanthropic deeds of the professional baseball player who died in a plane crash in 1972.

12) Thomas Jefferson: author, inventor, president

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1991]

Physical Desc

47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Describes the life of the third American president, who was an accomplished statesman, author, and inventor.

13) Thurgood Marshall: first African-American Supreme Court justice

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1991]

Physical Desc

47 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of the first Afro-American to be appointed to the Supreme Court.

14) George Washington Carver: scientist and teacher

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

1992.

Physical Desc

46 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Describes the life and accomplishments of the former slave who became a scientist and devoted his career to helping the South improve its agriculture.

15) Johann Sebastian Bach, great man of music

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

1992.

Physical Desc

47 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of the prolific eighteenth-century composer and organist who created some of the world's greatest instrumental and religious music.

16) John Philip Sousa, the march king

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

1992.

Physical Desc

47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A simple biography of the famous band leader and composer who was known as the March King.

17) Lewis Carroll: author of Alice in Wonderland

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

1992.

Physical Desc

47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A brief biography of the nineteenth-century British mathematician, teacher, photographer, and author, best known for his "Alice" books.

18) Mark Twain: author of Tom Sawyer

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

1992.

Physical Desc

47 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A simple biography of Samuel Clemens, who grew up on the Mississippi River and gained literary renown under the name Mark Twain.

19) Rachel Carson: friend of nature

Author

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

1992.

Physical Desc

47 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of the biologist whose writings helped initiate the environmental movement.

20) Margaret Wise Brown--author of Goodnight moon

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1993]

Physical Desc

44 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description