This brings back the memory of my first experience working in a library. The school
didn't have a librarian but a classroom teacher in charge of keeping the library in
order. As sixth graders, my girlfriend and I volunteered to help out. One day when
the teacher-librarian left us alone during recess we had the bright idea to make
the shelves look neater by putting all of the orange biographies together. After
that he taught us the Dewey Decimal System.
I think the series you are looking for is the Bobbs-Merrill Childhood of Famous
Americans series. I have fond memories of those books -- I think I read every one
that we had -- though this write-up in Booklist is less than favorable:
http://archive.ala.org/booklist/v98/oc2/69seriesbiographies.html
The books are being re-released by Patria Press:
http://www.patriapress.com/
Jan Davies, Library Media Specialist
Laurel High School
Laurel, Maryland
jgdavies2004@yahoo.com
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