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Series

Language

English

Description

A biography of the Powhatan Indian woman who befriended the English settlers at Jamestown, Virginia, and helped maintain peace between her tribe and the colonists.

2) Booker T. Washington

Author

Series

Publisher

Raintree Childrens Books

Pub. Date

c1988

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Traces the life of the black educator who rose from slavery to found Tuskegee Institute.

3) Jackie Robinson: he was the first

Author

Adler, David A

Series

First biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

48 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

Traces the life of the talented and determined athlete who broke the color barrier in major league baseball in 1947 by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers.

4) Christopher Columbus: great explorer

Author

Adler, David A

Series

First biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1991

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

48 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

Chronicles the life, voyages, and discoveries of the intrepid explorer.

5) Annie Oakley

Author

Series

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

c1995

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Language

English

6) Christopher Columbus

Author

Series

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

c1995

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Language

English

7) Kit Carson

Author

Series

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

c1995

Physical Desc

31 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Language

English

8) Sacagawea

Author

Series

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers

Pub. Date

c1995

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Language

English

9) Bill Clinton

Author

Series

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

c1997

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Language

English

Description

Introduces the life and accomplishments of the Democrat who was elected president to two successive terms, 1992 and 1996.

10) Diego Rivera

Author

Series

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

c1997

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Language

English

Description

Introduces the life and accomplishments of the artist who invented a Mexican style of painting and who brought art out of museums and onto public walls.

11) Johnny Appleseed

Author

Series

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

c1997

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 27 cm.

Language

English

Description

Relates the life and accomplishments of John Chapman.

12) Nelson Mandela

Author

Series

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

c1997

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of the son of a Thembu chief who became a civil rights activist, political prisoner, and president of South Africa.

13) P.T. Barnum

Author

Wright, David K

Series

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

c1997

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Language

English

Description

Introduces the life and accomplishments of the man who is known as the creator of "the greatest show on Earth."

14) Rosa Parks

Author

Series

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

c1997

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Language

English

Description

A brief biography of the African American who, in refusing to obey a discriminatory rule about bus seating, set off both the Montgomery Bus Boycott and a movement that changed the nation's laws.

15) Sandra Day O'Connor

Author

Series

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers

Pub. Date

c1997

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Language

English

Description

Introduces the life and accomplishments of the first woman to be named to the Supreme Court.

16) Wilma Mankiller

Author

Series

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

c1997

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 27 cm.

Language

English

Description

Scholastic first biographies

Describes the life of the Indian activist who became the first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

17) Let's read about-- Christopher Columbus

Author

Weinberger, Kimberly

Series

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

c2001

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., maps. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Scholastic first biographies

A simple biography of the Italian explorer who became the first European to discover the West Indies islands in three historic voyages sponsored by Spain's monarchy.

18) Let's read about-- Martin Luther King, Jr

Author

Baker, Courtney

Series

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

2001

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Language

English

19) Daniel Boone: a Buddy book

Author

Gosda, Randy T

Series

First biographies
Buddy book

Publisher

Abdo Pub. Co

Pub. Date

2002

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill., map ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

A simple biography of the well-known frontiersman, Daniel Boone.

20) George Washington Carver

Author

Rustad, Martha E. H

Series

Publisher

Pebble Books

Pub. Date

c2002

Physical Desc

24 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.

Language

English

Description