Tag search:Biography

Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence

by John Duggleby
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
LAWRENCE-JACOB 1917-2000, ARTISTS-AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN_ART, Harlem Renaissance, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Biography, Black History Month, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS — 1 more, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4977
Status
Available

Uh Huh!: The Story Of Ray Charles (Modern Music Masters)

by John Duggleby
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Modern Music Masters
Status
Available

Who Was Stan Lee?

by Geoff Edgers
Paperback, 2014
Tags
(921) BIOGRAPHY, Small Green Dot, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Writers, Superheroes, Biography, Comic, Marvel, who was_series, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23 — 1 more, *Shelved in Who is_Series
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (88)
Barcode
6853
Status
Available

Who Was Paul Revere?

by Roberta Edwards
Paperback, 2011
Tags
INVENTORY LS 2022_23, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, American History, American Revolution, Biography, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Paul Revere, who was_series — 1 more, *Shelved in Who is_Series
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (43)
Barcode
7379
Status
Available

Who Was Neil Armstrong?

by Roberta Edwards
Paperback, 2008
Tags
Astronauts, who was_series, *Shelved in Who is_Series, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Biography, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Short Biography (Small Green Dot)
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (31)
Barcode
7170
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

Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life

by Candace Fleming
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
18th Century, American History, Inventors, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5689
Status
Available

George Washington -- Soldier, Hero, President (DK Readers, Level 3: Reading Alone)

by Justine & Ron Fontes
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Historical Fiction, American History, Presidents, Revolutionary War, American Revolution, George Washington, Colonial America, Small Green Dot, Biography, US Presidents
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5585
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

Georgia O'Keeffe

by Nancy Frazier
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
ARTISTS, O'KEEFFE-GEORGIA 1887-1986, PAINTERS, Art, Art History, Painting, Women, Women's History, ABSTRACT ART, Western Art, *New Mexico — 6 more, American Art, Southwest, Biography, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4962
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

Leonardo's Horse

by Jean Fritz
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
(940) HISTORY_EUROPE, (940.2) HISTORY_EUROPE_RENAISSANCE, Renaissance, LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519, *Italy, Art, Art History, Sculpture, Sculptors, Drawing, Painting — 6 more, ARTISTS, Painters, Inventors, Picture Books, Statues, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6471
Status
Available

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 Duel: The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

by Judith St. George
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, HISTORY (940-999), *North America, Biography, Alexander Hamilton, American History, Aaron Burr, (973) HISTORY_UNITED STATES
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6098
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

The diary of Anne Frank

by Frances Goodrich
Paper Book, 2000
Tags
Biography
Collection
HS/Stone House Library
Barcode
10233
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

El Greco of Toledo

by Greco
Paperback, 1982
Tags
GRECO-1541-1614-EXHIBITIONS, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, Spanish Studies, SPAIN-ARTISTS, MANNERISM, *Spain, Art, Art History, Painting, Biography — 4 more, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4953
Status
Available

Romare Bearden: Collage of Memories

by Jan Greenberg
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
BEARDEN-ROMARE 1911-1988, ARTISTS-AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN_ART, Harlem Renaissance, Collage, ARTISTS, Biography, Art, Art History, Black History Month, AFRICAN AMERICAN — 5 more, Jazz, Romare Bearden, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4934
Status
Available

Extraordinary Women in Politics (Extraordinary People)

by Charles Gulotta
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
(920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, WOMEN_POLITICS, Biography, Women, Government, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Extraordinary People
Barcode
5379
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

Baseball's Best: Five True Stories (Step into Reading)

by Andrew Gutelle
Paperback, 1990
Tags
Short Chapter Books (Lavender Dot), Baseball, Sports, Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron 1934-, Joe DiMaggio, Roberto Clemente, Sports_History, Biography, Lavender Dot — 2 more, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Barcode
3227
Status
Available

Humanitarians (Women in Profile Series)

by Carlotta Hacker
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Women, Series, Women's History, (920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP, Diana Princess of Wales, Dolores Huerra, Helen Keller, Graca Simbine Machel, Eleanor Roosevelt — 5 more, Mother Teresa, Small Green Dot, Disability, visual disabilities, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Women in Profile
Barcode
5403
Status
Available

Nobel Prize Winners (Women in Profile Series)

by Carlotta Hacker
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Women, WOMEN_SCIENCE, Series, Women's History, (920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP, Aung San Suu Kyi, Marie Curie, Nadine Gordimer, Barbara McClintock — 5 more, Toni Morrison, Mairead Corrigan, Betty Williams, Small Green Dot, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Women in Profile
Barcode
5402
Status
Available

Explorers (Women in Profile Series)

by Carlotta Hacker
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Explorers, Women, Women's History, (920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP, Isabella Bird Bishop, Amelia Earhart, Mary Kingsley, Annie Smith Peck, Freya Stark — 2 more, Valentina Tereshkova, Earhart_Amelia 1897-1937
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Women in Profile
Barcode
5354
Status
Available

Scientists (Women in Profile Series)

by Carlotta Hacker
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Women, WOMEN_SCIENCE, Women's History, ASTRONOMY, GRADE 6 Curriculum: ASTRONOMY, SPACE, (920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Rachel Carson — 8 more, Dian Fossey, Mary Leakey, Margaret Mead, Chien-shiung Wu, Small Green Dot, GRADE 7 Curriculum: ASTRONOMY, (520.92) ASTRONOMER_BIOGRAPHIES, (509.2) Biografies
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Women in Profile
Barcode
5404
Status
Available
Call number
920 Hac

Barry: The Bravest Saint Bernard

by Lynn Hall
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Dogs, Peach Dot, Rescue Dogs, *Switzerland, Saint Bernard dog, Biography, Readers_Animal Stories (Peach Dot), INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collections
LS/READERS [R], LS/READERS_House
Barcode
2692
Status
Available

Women of Hope: African-Americans Who Made a Difference

by Joyce Hansen
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN, Women, Heroes, *African American, Biography, Black History, American History, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Women's History, Black History Month, Maya Angelou — 14 more, Mae Jemison, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Marian Wright Edelman, Ruby Dee, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Josephine Baker, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Photography, WOMEN_RIGHTS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (320) POLITICAL SCIENCE, (323) CIVIL_RIGHTS
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3535
Status
Available
Call number
323.4 Han

Claude Monet (Art for Young People)

by Peter Harrison
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
MONET_CLAUDE 1840-1926, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, IMPRESSIONISM, *France, French Painters, Art, Art History, Painting, Giverny, Biography — 3 more, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4963
Status
Checked out
Due May 9, 2024

Martin Luther King Jr. (Judge for Yourself)

by Christine Hatt
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Biography, Civil Rights, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (921) BIOGRAPHY, MLK_Martin Luther King Jr, Martin Luther King Jr., (920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN_HISTORY, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5762
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

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

Alan Turing : computing genius and wartime code breaker

by Harry Henderson
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Biography, Computer Pioneers
Collection
HS/Stone House Library
Series
Makers of Modern Science
Barcode
10235
Status
Available

JAMES HERRIOT'S CAT STORIES

by James Herriot
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
Cats, Autobiography, Biography, Short Stories, Veterinarians, *England, Yorkshire, Cats Stories, Pets, Memoir, Animal Stories — 2 more, Author's B-Day in October, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Series
All Creatures Great and Small - US (Stories)
Barcode
254
Status
Available

James Herriot's Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales

by James Herriot
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
Animals, Animal Stories, Veterinarians, *England, Yorkshire, Short Stories, Pets, Farm Animals, Memoir, Autobiography, Biography — 2 more, Author's B-Day in October, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
252
Status
Available

James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories

by James Herriot
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2015-16, Dogs, Animal Stories, Short Stories, Veterinarians, Memoir, Autobiography, Pets, *England, Yorkshire, Biography — 2 more, Author's B-Day in October, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
253
Status
Available

Introducing Picasso

by Juliet Heslewood
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
(750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, PICASSO-PABLO-1881-1973, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, SPAIN-ARTISTS, Spanish Studies, Sculptors, Art, Art History, Painting, Sculpture — 10 more, Cubism, *Spain, *France, Spanish Painters, French Painters, Pablo Picasso, Biography, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4979
Status
Available

William Shakespeare: Englands Greatest Playwright and Poet (Rulers, Scholars, and Artists of Renaissance Europe)

by David Hilliam
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
6263
Status
Available

Beatrix Potter's Art: A Selection of Paintings and Drawings

by Anne Stevenson Hobbs
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2016-17, Picture Books, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, POTTER-BEATRIX 1866-1943, DRAWING-ANIMALS, PAINTING-ANIMALS, NATURE-DRAWING & PAINTING, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Art, Art History — 7 more, Painting, Authors, Writers, *England, Biography, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4981
Status
Available

Rembrandt

by Jessica Hodge
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN 1606-1669, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, DUTCH PAINTING, NETHERLANDS-ARTISTS, Art, Art History, Painting, Holland, *Netherlands, Printing — 4 more, Biography, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4983
Status
Available

Who Was Marco Polo?

by Joan Holub
Paperback, 2007
Tags
(921) BIOGRAPHY, Biography, History, Explorers, 7th Grade Curriculum: Explorers, Marco Polo, *Italy, *China, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, who was_series — 2 more, Small Green Dot, Short Biography (Small Green Dot)
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (27)
Barcode
6860
Status
Available

Tormented genius; the struggles of Vincent van Gogh

by Alan Honour
Hardcover, 1967
Tags
Biography, ARTISTS
Collection
HS/Stone House Library
Barcode
10234
Status
Available

Biography of a Snowy Owl

by Alice Lightner Hopf
Hardcover, 1979
Tags
(590) ANIMALS_ZOOLOGY, (598) BIRDS, Owls, Biography, Birds, (500) PURE SCIENCE, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4442
Status
Available

The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever

by H. Joseph Hopkins
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Sessions, Kate 1883-1940, Biography, Trees, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2018-19, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/EASY BOOKS [E]
Barcode
2233
Status
Available

Gauguin (Eyewitness Art)

by Michael Howard
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
GAUGUIN-PAUL, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Post-Impressionism, Art, Art History, Painting, *France, French Painters, *Tahiti, Biography — 4 more, DK_Eyewitness Books, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Eyewitness Art, Eyewitness Books
Barcode
4950
Status
Available

Chaucer: Celebrated Poet and Author (Makers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance)

by Janet Hubbard-Brown
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Biography, (921) BIOGRAPHY, poet, Renaissance, Middle Ages
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5636
Status
Available

Great Black Heroes: Five Brave Explorers (Scholastic Reader, Level 4)

by Wade Hudson
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Short Chapter Books (Lavender Dot), AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Biography, Explorers, Mae Jemison, Matthew Henson, James Beckwourth, Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, Esteban Dorantes, Lavender Dot — 2 more, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Barcode
3237
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

Aristotle: Pioneering Philosopher And Founder of the Lyceum (The Library of Greek Philosophers)

by Mick Isle
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Biography, Ancient History, Aristotle, *Athens, Ancient Greece, *Greece, philosophers, ASTRONOMY, GRADE 6 Curriculum: ASTRONOMY, SPACE — 3 more, Greece, GRADE 7 Curriculum: ASTRONOMY, (520.92) ASTRONOMER_BIOGRAPHIES
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
The Library of Greek Philosophers
Barcode
5609
Status
Available
Call number
921 ARI
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