Hello everyone,
We are a group of students, some practicing media specialists and some
classroom teachers, who are completing our Masters in Library Science. For
our Selection and Use class, we have had to compile a Group Book Order of
the best 10-15 titles in a certain category and grade level. We chose
Biographies, since there are so many new things being done with this genre
lately.
Below is our list. Please let us know what you think.
Title Author ISBN Publisher Dewey Summary Reviews
Copyright Cost
Grades, Pages Action Jackson Greenburg, Jan
0-761-3770-3 Roaring
Brook Press 921 or 759.13 A biography of Jackson Pollack and his art
work. W 6/03; HBM 11/02; BCCB 11/02; SLJ* 10/02; BL* 9/05; Sibert Honor
book 03 © 2002 $22.30 Grades 2-5, 32 pages Anne Frank
Poole,
Josephine 0-375-93242-9 Knopf
921 or 940.53 A short biography of Anne Frank, who hid from the Nazi's
during WWII. SLJ* 9/05; LMC* 8/05; HB 11/05; K 7/15/05; BL* 6/05; PW*
5/23/05; BCCB 9/05 © 2005 $21.59 Grades 4-7, 36 pages
Champ : The Story
Of Muhammad Ali, The Bolden, Tonya 0-375-92401-9 Knopf 921or
796.83 Chronicles the life and career of boxing great, Muhammad Ali SLJ*
1/1/05; HB 4/1/05; BL 11/15/04; BCCB 1/1/05 © 2004 $21.59 Grades K-3, 36
pages Confucius: The Golden Rule Freedman, Russell
0-439-13957-0 Arthur
A. Levine Books 921 or 181 An illustrated introduction to the life and
teachings of Chinese philosopher Confucius SLJ* 9/02; LMC* 1/03; PW*
8/02; BL* 10/02; K* 7/02; W 6/03; ALA Notable 03 © 2002 $16.99 Grades 3-8,
48 pages Daring Nellie Bly: America's Star Reporter,
The Christiansen 0-375-81568-6 Knopf 070.92 Biography of Nellie Bly, a
stunt reporter for an 1800’s newspaper BL 9/03; SLJ 10/03; NB 4/04 ©
2003 $14.40 Grades 3-5, 32 pages Genius: A
Photobiography Of Albert
Einstein Delano, Marfe 0-7922-9545-5 National Geographic 921 or
530 Presents a biography of Albert Einstein W 11/05; BL* 4/05; BCCB
7/05;
LMC 10/05; SLJ* 5/05; HB 10/05; K 3/15/05 © 2005 $30.12 Grades 4-7, 63
pages Harvesting Hope: The Story Of Cesar Chavez
Krull 0-15-201437-3 Harcourt 331.88 Biography of migrant worker
Cesar
Chavez who fights for equal rights. SLJ 6/03; BL 6/03; HB 10/03 ©
2003 $14.45 Grades 2-4, 48 pages Jump! : From The
Life Of Michael
Jordan Cooper, Floyd 0-399-24230-9 Philomel Books 921 or 796.323
Story of how basketball great Michael Jordan worked for years to become
good enough to beat his toughest competitor--his older brother SLJ
12/1/04; HB 4/1/05; BL 9/1/04; BCCB 1/1/05 © 2004 $13.59 Grades K-3, 40
pages My Life With Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up
With Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Farris 0-689-84387-9 Simon and Schuster books for
young readers 323 Biography of Martin Luther King Junior as told from his
sister’s point of view SLJ2/03; BL2/03; HB3/03 © 2003 $15.26
Grades
K-3, 35 pages Promises To Keep : How Jackie Robinson
Changed
America Robinson, Sharon 0-439-42592-1 Scholastic 921 or
796.357 Robinson’s daughter tells of her father, the first African
American to play in the major leagues. SLJ* 3/1/04; BL* 2/15/04; HB
10/1/04; BCCB 4/1/04 © 2004 $14.40 Grades 3-6, 64 pages
Sequoyah : The
Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing Rumford,
James 0-618-36947-3 Houghton Mifflin 921 or 975.004 Biography of the
Cherokee who developed the first written alphabet and language for his
people SLJ* 10/1/04; HB 4/1/04; BCCB 1/1/05; BL 10/15/04; ALA Notable ©
2004 $13.60 Grades K-3, 32 pages Talkin' About
Bessie: The Story Of
Aviator Elizabeth Coleman Grimes, Nikki 0-439-35243-6 Orchard Books 921
or
629.13 A biography of the first African American woman to receive a pilot
license. SLJ* 10/02; LMC* 1/03; BL 6/03; HB* 1/03; W 6/03; ALA
Notable
03; Coretta Scott King Award 03 © 2002 16.95 Grades 3-6, 48
pages To Fly: The Story Of The Wright Brothers
Old, Wendie C.
0-618-133347-X Clarion Books 921 or 629.13 Examines the work the two
Wright brothers did to develop their first machine-powered aircraft. SLJ*
10/02; BCCB* 11/02; HB 11/02; BL 10/02; W 6/03 © 2002 16.00 Grades 3-6, 48
pages Voice Of Her Own: Phyllis Wheatly, Slave Poet,
A Lasky 0-7636-0252-3 Candlewick Press 811 Biography of Phyllis
Wheatly SLJ 1/03; HB 10/03; BCCB 2/03 © 2003 $14.44 Grades K-3, 40
pages When Marian Sang: The True Recital Of Marian
Anderson The Voice
Of A Century Ryan, Pam Munoz 0-439-26967-9 Scholastic Press 921 or
782.1 A
biography of the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan
Opera and civil right activist Marian Anderson. SLJ* 11/02; PW* 10/02; K*
9/02; BL 6/03; LMC* 1/03; W 6/03; ALA Notable 03; Robert F. Sibert Honor
Award 03 © 2002 $16.95 Grades K-5, 37 pages
The layout is a little off center, so I have made the titles in red.
Thanks for looking.
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