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Sorry this took so long to make it as a hit. Here are some responses for
the top 10 Biographies You Shouldn't Be Without:
The Story of Ruby Bridges
Johnny Appleseed
The Heroine of the Titanic
My Great-Aunt Arizona
One Giant Leap
Sadako
Those are the most popular with my K-3 students. Also very popular are David
Adler's A Picture Book of......series.
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I'm home right now, so I don't have access to my Biography section at the
moment, but I absolutely LOVE the David Adler series of "A Picture Book of
Helen Keller"...etc. Perfect for grades 2-4. Even though they are picture
books, they give a nice amount of information and a timeline. I also like
that very old series (most of them written by Augusta Stevens) back from my
childhood 30 years ago! They have revised them to look a bit more current.
Can't remember the series name off hand, but they used to be gold/mustard
colored books with a green band. Now they are navy blue!
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You definitely need all of the David Adler's Picture Book Biographies.
Russell Freedman's Photobiography of Abraham Lincoln and other photobiog. he
has written.
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Any biography by Milton Meltzer. He has written over 100 books for
children, won the Laura Ingalls Wilder award for lifetime achievement, and
was recently featured on Book TV.
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Hands down for me is the autobiography by R.L. Stine, "It Came from
Ohio." My 4th, 5th and 6th graders just love it!! Of course, he
comes from a small town very close to our school, which helps a little
too. This is a great idea! I look forward to your post.
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Wilma Unlimited
the Gertrude Ederle biography by David Adler
the Picture Book of Amelia Earhardt (there are lots of them by David Adler)
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
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Well, this is not my top 10 list, but I must put a solid vote in for
Omnigraphics Biography Today series for elementary and middle schools. You
get one volume a year with biographies on popular newsmakers from the year
in
areas such as entertainment, politics, prize winners, etc.
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Memories of Anne Frank : reflections of a childhood friend -- Alison
Leslie Gold
Sacagawea -- by Judith St. George
Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte (first Native American Woman doctor) -- by
J.L. Wilkerson
26 Fairmount Avenue (Tomie DePaola)
Duke Ellington -- by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Caldecott Honor Book)
Small Steps: The Year I got Polio (Peg Kehret)
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery -- by Russell Freedman
Zlata's Diary: A child's life in Sarajevo (Zlata Filipovic)
The Libarian Who Measured the Earth -- by Kathryn Lasky
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For younger students: Glorious Flight by the Provensens, My Great -Aunt
Arizona by Gloria Houston; all of James Stevenson's and Tomie dePaola's.
For older students: Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges and Behind Rebel Lines
by Seymour Reit.
There are two series that I rate highly: Creative Minds published by
Carolrhoda and The Picture Book biographies by David Adler. I think all the
books are well done.
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Kristen Patschke Clark
Library Media Specialist
Sequoyah Elementary
Knoxville, Tennessee
patschkek@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us
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