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81) Jane Austen
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of well-known English novelist, Jane Austen, including her childhood, and her works.
82) Mother Teresa
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, map ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa, who spent most of her life serving "the poorest of the poor" in Calcutta, India.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court--and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Born a slave in New York sometime around 1797, she was later sold and separated from her family. Even after she escaped from slavery, she knew her work was not yet done. She changed her name and traveled, inspiring everyone she met...
87) Helen Keller
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A brief biography highlights some of the struggles and accomplishments in the life of Helen Keller.
88) Frida Kahlo
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, including her childhood, her art, and her marriage to Diego Rivera.
89) Grandma Moses
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life and work of the twentieth-century American painter known as Grandma Moses.
93) Laura Bush
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of the former Texas librarian and teacher who, as the wife of the forty-third president, became first lady in 2001.
95) Grandma Moses
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of Anna Mary Robertson, the artist who was known as Grandma Moses, describing the inspiration behind and development of her paintings.
97) Georgia O'Keeffe
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
46 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the twentieth-century American painter who drew much of her artistic inspiration from nature.
98) Tara Lipinski
Author
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
23 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the youngest skater ever to win United States and World Figure Skating Championships and go on to win a gold medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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