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All tagged Biography
Imagine hanging from a large rainforest tree in a makeshift harness made from seat-belt straps! Nobody has ever ventured into the rainforest canopy, so you have no idea what you will face. You don’t even know if the harness that you made yourself will hold!
The life of John Bunyan, the famed preacher and author, is outlined in this book. John Bunyan’s early life is riddled with misbehavior, willfulness, bad language and drinking. At sixteen, he joins the Parliamentary army and narrowly escapes with his life.
A long time ago, Emily married Washington Roebling. Washington Roebling was an engineer and his father, John A. Roebling also was an engineer. He built bridges and he had a new idea. He wanted to build a bridge across the East River in New York City using towers and steel cables.
Have you ever wondered where C.S. Lewis found inspiration for The Chronicles of Narnia? Look no further than this book. This book features favorite characters like Reepicheep, Aslan, Peter, Susan, Edmond and Lucy.
This book highlights the life of Mrs. Cleary and her love for books and desire to have interesting books for young children, especially boys to read. I would highly recommend this book!
Marie Curie - Based on the life of the famous scientist, this book is also packed full of facts.
Potatoes! What a lovely topic! This book highlights the life of Junius G. Groves. Mr. Groves was born into slavery, but was given his freedom at the end of the Civil War.
An informative and kid-friendly biography of Jacques Cousteau. The story starts with Mr. Cousteau’s childhood and continues throughout his life. It focuses on his love of the ocean and the journey he and his friends took to inform the general public about ocean life.
The book starts with funny and sobering stories from Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood.
This is the account of Leon Leyson, the youngest boy that was able to make it onto Schindler’s list. He and his family were forced to live in the ghettos of Krakow which was the appointed capital of the former country, Poland.
As a little girl, I was always fascinated by the lives of authors, especially the ones that wrote my favorite books. When I came across this biography of E.B. White, I was eager to read it. The book definitely delivered! I was entranced.
