Tag search:BIOGRAPHY

Socrates: The Public Conscience of Golden Age Athens (The Library of Greek Philosophers)

by Jun Lim
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Biography, Socrates, Ancient History, *Greece, Ancient Greece, philosophers, Greece
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
The Library of Greek Philosophers
Barcode
6268
Status
Available
Call number
921 SOC

A Bag of Marbles

by Joseph Joffo
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, Autobiography, World War II, Historical Fiction, Biography, French Literature, *France, Jewish, Memoir
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Un sac de billes (2)
Barcode
5818
Status
Available

Thomas Jefferson's Feast (Step into Reading)

by Frank Murphy
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Presidents, Historical Fiction, American History, Biography, Small Green Dot, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826, Food, Cooking
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5513
Status
Available

Alexander Graham Bell (On My Own Biography)

by Victoria Sherrow
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Alexander Graham Bell, Biography, Small Green Dot, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Inventors, Scientists, Historical Fiction, American History, Telephone
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Series
On My Own Biography
Barcode
5466
Status
Available

Can You Fly High, Wright Brothers? (Scholastic Science Supergiants)

by Melvin Berger
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Wright Brothers, AIRPLANES, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Wilbur Wright 1867-1912, Orville Wright 1871-1948, Small Green Dot, Biography, American History
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Series
Science Supergiants
Barcode
5591
Status
Available

Henri Matisse (First Impressions)

by Albert Kostenevich
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Biography, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Henri Matisse, MATISSE-HENRI 1869-1954, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Art, Artists-Biography, Art History, Painting, *France — 3 more, French Painters, Expressionism, Fauvism
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
First Impressions (Abrams)
Barcode
5791
Status
Available

Behind Enemy Lines: A Young Pilot's Story (Sterling Point Books)

by H. R. DeMallie
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, World War II, Pilots, Aviation, Germany, Memoir, Prisoners of War, AIRPLANES, Biography, American History, Historical Fiction
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5845
Status
Available

Thomas Jefferson: The Revolutionary Aristocrat (Milton Meltzer Biographies)

by Milton Meltzer
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
US Presidents, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5739
Status
Available

Thomas Jefferson and the American Ideal (Profiles of Great Americans for Young People)

by Russell Shorto
Hardcover, 1988
Tags
US Presidents, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5741
Status
Available

Thomas Jefferson: Architect of Democracy

by John B. Severance
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
US Presidents, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5740
Status
Available

A Girl from Yamhill

by Beverly Cleary
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Author's B-Day in April, 5th grade: Chapter Book: Classic and Near-Classic Tales, GRADE 5 Chapter Book: Classic and Near-Classic Tales
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Beverly Cleary's Memoirs (1)
Barcode
5639
Status
Available

Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir

by John Gunther
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Biography, Death, Cancer, Memoir
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Barcode
926
Status
Available

On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894

by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Paperback, 1976
Tags
Age 8-12, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Autobiography, Biography, Pioneers, Diaries, Little House, FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE, WESTWARD EXPANSION, GRADE 1: READ ALOUD
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Series
Little House Novels, Chronological Order (book 25.5), Little House: The Laura Years
Barcode
1789
Status
Available

Farmer Boy (Little House, Book # 2)

by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
GRADE 3 reading BOOK, Biography, Historical Fiction, Pioneers, Series, 19th Century, Age 8-12, Laura Ingalls Wilder, GRADE 1: READ ALOUD, FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Series
Little House Novels, Chronological Order (book 17), Little House: The Laura Years (2)
Barcode
1781
Status
Available

Cleopatra: The Queen of Dreams (What's Their Story?)

by Haydn Middleton
Paperback, 1997
Tags
Small Green Dot, Biography, Cleopatra, History, Ancient Egypt, *Egypt, Queens, (921) BIOGRAPHY
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Series
What's Their Story? (book 4)
Barcode
5480
Status
Available

William Shakespeare: Playwright and Poet (Signature Lives: Renaissance Era)

by Pamela Hill Nettleton
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
SHAKESPEARE-WILLIAM 1564-1616, AUTHORS-ENGLISH, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Authors, Writers, Theater, Renaissance, Plays, *England, Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2012-13 — 1 more, Poets
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6264
Status
Available

To Be a Princess: The Fascinating Lives of Real Princesses

by Hugh Brewster
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
(920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP, Princess, Biography, Elizabeth I, Marie Antoinette, Queen Victoria, Kaiulani-Princess of Hawaii 1875-1899, Elizabeth II, Anastasia, Women's History, Middle Ages — 4 more, Royalty, Queens, India, Russia
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5377
Status
Available

Robert Louis Stevenson: Finding Treasure Island

by Angelica Shirley Carpenter
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Biography, (921) BIOGRAPHY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6272
Status
Available

The Endless Steppe

by Esther Hautzig
Paperback, 1987
Tags
Autobiography, Biography, Historical Fiction, History, Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, Jewish, Memoir, *Poland, *Russia, *Siberia, World War II — 1 more, RED DOT
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5819
Status
Available

Great Escapes of World War II

by George Sullivan
Paperback, 1988
Tags
Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, History, Historical Fiction, Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, Short Stories, World War II, RED DOT
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Scholastic Biography
Barcode
5841
Status
Available

Who Was Jim Thorpe?

by James Buckley Jr.
Paperback, 2023
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2023-24, *Native American, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Biography, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), *Shelved in Who is_Series, who was_series, Olympics, OLYMPICS-BIOGRAPHY, Small Green Dot
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ)
Barcode
7456
Status
Checked out
Due May 7, 2024

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass
Paper Book, 1995
Tags
Biography, AFRICAN AMERICAN_HISTORY
Collection
HS/Stone House Library
Barcode
10236
Status
Available

Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark (Step-Into-Reading, Step 4)

by Johanna Hurwitz
Paperback, 1997
Tags
Biography, Women, Women's History, Blind_Deaf, Disability, WOMEN_BIOGRAPHY, Blindness, Deaf, Courage, Physically Handicapped, Short Biography (Small Green Dot) — 3 more, Small Green Dot, American History, visual disabilities
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5518
Status
Available

Pocahontas

by Joseph Bruchac
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Native American, Biography, Jamestown, POCAHONTAS D. 1617, John Smith, Historical Fiction, Colonial America, American History, Powhatan, Women, Women's History — 7 more, THANKSGIVING, WOMEN_BIOGRAPHY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, *Native American, Indigenous Peoples Day, GRADE 8 Curriculum: NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY, HOLIDAYS_THANKSGIVING
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5796
Status
Available
Call number
921 POC

The Double Life of Pocahontas

by Jean Fritz
Hardcover, 1987
Tags
Native American, Biography, Jamestown, POCAHONTAS D. 1617, John Smith, Historical Fiction, Colonial America, American History, Powhatan, Women, Women's History — 11 more, THANKSGIVING, WOMEN_BIOGRAPHY, *Native American, Indigenous Peoples Day, (974) HISTORY_STATES OF USA, (970) HISTORY_NORTH AMERICA, GRADE 8 Curriculum: NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY, GRADE 8: Reading Book, *Virginia, Make Way for Reading, HOLIDAYS_THANKSGIVING
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6135
Status
Available

The True Story of Pocahontas (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)

by Lucille Recht Penner
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Native American, Biography, Jamestown, POCAHONTAS D. 1617, John Smith, Historical Fiction, Colonial America, American History, Powhatan, Women, Women's History — 7 more, THANKSGIVING, WOMEN_BIOGRAPHY, *Native American, Indigenous Peoples Day, GRADE 8 Curriculum: NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, HOLIDAYS_THANKSGIVING
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Barcode
2994
Status
Available

The Education of Little Tree

by Forrest Carter
Paperback, 1990
Tags
Biography, Cherokee indians, Historical Fiction, History, Native American, *Native American, Memoir, Depression 1929, Autobiography, Trees, Indigenous Peoples Day
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Barcode
1205
Status
Available

Life Is So Good: One Man's Extraordinary Journey through the 20th Century and How he Learned to Read at Age 98

by George Dawson
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Biography, *African American, Black History Month
Collection
HS/Stone House Library
Status
Available

Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

by Margaret Frith
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2020-21, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Electricity, History, Science, who was_series, *Shelved in Who is_Series, Thomas Edison — 2 more, Inventors, Scientists
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (21)
Barcode
6697
Status
Available

Harriet Tubman: Freedom Leader (Townsend Library)

by Tanya Savory
Paperback, 2008
Tags
Biography, AFRICAN AMERICAN_HISTORY, Black History, *African American, Harriet Tubman, Black History Month, INVENTORY HS 2023_24
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Status
Available

The Wonders We Seek: Thirty Incredible Muslims Who Helped Shape the World

by Saadia Faruqi
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
Muslim, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2023-24, Biography, Immigration, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, muslim cultural history, Malala_Yousafzai, (920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
7460
Status
Available

The Dreamer (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers)

by Pam Munoz Ryan
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
Pablo Neruda, *Chile, Biography, Poetry, Historical Fiction, dreams, Family, magical realism, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, 8th grade Reading Assignments (2016/17), 8th grade: Library on Wheels — 10 more, CHILE, SOUTH AMERICA, *South America, GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA_CHILE, 6th grade: Realistic Fiction (RF): Other, abuse, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Barcode
520
Status
Available
Call number
Fic Rya

My Name Is Tani . . . and I Believe in Miracles: The Amazing True Story of One Boy’s Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion

by Tanitoluwa Adewumi
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
Refugees, Africa, *Africa, Chess, Champions, RED DOT, Biography, Autobiography, Memoir, *Nigeria, AFRICAN AMERICAN — 2 more, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, Middle School
Status
Available

Rudolf Steiner: An Illustrated Biography

by Johannes Hemleben
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Waldorf, Parent Library, Biography, anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner, philosophers
Collections
*Waldorf Selections, EC/Parent Library [yellow dot]
Status
Available
Call number
Waldorf

Little Crow: Leader of the Dakota

by Gwenyth Swain
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Biography, *Native American, Indians, (970) HISTORY_NORTH AMERICA, Dakota Indians, leaders, Native American, Indigenous Peoples Day, GRADE 8 Curriculum: NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5969
Status
Available

George Washington's World

by Genevieve Foster
Paperback, 1997
Tags
American History, 18th Century, American History-18th Century, American Revolution, George Washington, Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (921) BIOGRAPHY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
The World of...
Barcode
7231
Status
Available

Abraham Lincoln's World, Expanded Edition

by Genevieve Foster
Paperback, 2003
Tags
Abraham Lincoln, American History, Biography, Civil War, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, 19th Century, History, Presidents, US Presidents, US History, INVENTORY LS 2022_23 — 2 more, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (921) BIOGRAPHY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
7225
Status
Available

Biographies for 8th Grade History:Twenty Remarkable Men and Women

Paperback, 2009
Tags
(920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP, Biography, 8th grade History, Waldorf, Simón Bolivar, Marie Curie, Gandhi, Helen Keller, Mao Zedong, Nelson Mandela, MLK_Martin Luther King Jr — 40 more, César Chávez, Wangari Maathai, Harriet Tubman, 8th grade Reading Assignments (2016/17), 8th grade: Library on Wheels, Spanish Studies, African Biography, *China, Scientists, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, India-Biography, *Shelved in Waldorf Section, Martin Luther King Jr., Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), *India, John Harrison, Eli Whitney, Sequoyah, Benito Juarez, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Clara Barton (1821-1912), Janusz Korcsak, *Poland, *USA, *France, *Mexico, *England, *South America, *Kenya, *South Africa, Nien Cheng, Jomo Kenyatta, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_CHINA, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_INDIA, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, Disability, visual disabilities, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
7234
Status
Available

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

by Jean Lee Latham
Paperback, ?
Tags
Newbery Medal, Historical Fiction, *Massachusetts, Nathaniel Bowditch, Navigation, Sailing, Ships, American History, Math, Mathematics, Biography — 2 more, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, ship_boat_shipwreck
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Barcode
1337
Status
Available

Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science

by Jeannine Atkins
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
MERIAN-MARIA SIBYLLA-1647-1717, ANNING_MARY (1799-1847), MITCHELL-MARIA-1818-1889, Scientists, Naturalists, PALEONTOLOGISTS, ASTRONOMY, Historical Fiction, GERMAN STUDIES, Biography, Novel in Verse — 4 more, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2016-17, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 6 Curriculum: ASTRONOMY, GRADE 7 Curriculum: ASTRONOMY
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
15
Status
Available

Who Was Ernest Shackleton?

by James Buckley Jr.
Paperback, 2013
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, 20th Century, *Antarctica, Biography, who was_series, *Shelved in Who is_Series, Explorers, *South Pole, Series, History, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY — 2 more, (921) BIOGRAPHY, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (59)
Barcode
6854
Status
Available

Who Was Stephen Hawking?

by Jim Gigliotti
Paperback, 2019
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2023-24, Biography, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, *Shelved in Who is_Series, who was_series, Science, Small Green Dot
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ)
Barcode
7463
Status
Available

Who Were the Navajo Code Talkers? (Who Was?)

by James Buckley Jr.
Paperback, 2021
Tags
*Native American, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2023-24, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Biography, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), *Shelved in Who is_Series, who was_series, Military, CRYPTOGRAPHY, History — 2 more, Navajo Indians, Small Green Dot
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ)
Barcode
7449
Status
Available

Who Was Maria Tallchief?

by Catherine Gourley
Paperback, 2002
Tags
*Native American, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2023-24, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Biography, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), *Shelved in Who is_Series, who was_series, Ballet, History, Dance — 2 more, Women, Small Green Dot
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (5)
Barcode
7450
Status
Checked out
Due May 14, 2024

Who Was Queen Elizabeth II? (Who was?)

by Megan Stine
Paperback, 2021
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2023-24, Biography, (921) BIOGRAPHY, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), who was_series, *Shelved in Who is_Series, Elizabeth II, Small Green Dot
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ)
Barcode
7458
Status
Available

Who Was Anne Frank? (Who was?)

by Ann Abramson
Paperback, 2007
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2023-24, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Anne Frank, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Biography, Small Green Dot
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (26)
Barcode
7453
Status
Available

Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin

by Tracy Newman
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Music, violin, Disability, immigrant, *Israel, Musicians, Polio, Picture Books, Perseverance — 4 more, Jewish, *Jewish, Biography, resilience
Collection
LS/EASY BOOKS [E]
Status
Available

The Story of My Life

by Helen Keller
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Disability, visual disabilities, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Autobiography, Helen Keller, Deafness, Blindness, Blind_Deaf, Biography — 2 more, 20th Century, Classics
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5751
Status
Available

Theodoric's Rainbow

by Stephen P. Kramer
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
(940) HISTORY_EUROPE, (940.1) HISTORY_EUROPE_early history to 1453 (including Middle Ages), Middle Ages, Biography, *Germany, Picture Books, Science, Scientists, Optics, 14th Century, European History — 6 more, prisms, Theodoric of Freiberg, Rainbows, GERMAN STUDIES, Medieval, Monks
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6435
Status
Available

Leonardo Da Vinci: Dreams, Schemes, and Flying Machines (Adventures in Art (Prestel))

by Adventures in Art
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519, Renaissance, Science, Inventors, Art, 16th Century, *Italy, Flying Machines, (940) HISTORY_EUROPE, (940.2) HISTORY_EUROPE_RENAISSANCE, Discovery — 9 more, ARTISTS, Heinz Kuhne, Art History, Sculpture, Sculptors, Drawing, Painting, Painters, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Abenteuer Kunst, Adventures in Art
Barcode
6469
Status
Available
Call number
940.2 Adv
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