Tag search:Biography

Escape North!: The Story of Harriet Tubman (Step into Reading, Level 3)

by Monica Kulling
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Harriet Tubman 1820?-1913, Slaves, Slavery, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Women, Women's History, Underground Railroad, American History, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, Biography — 4 more, GRADE 8 Curriculum: NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5580
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

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

Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna

by Joseph Lemasolai-Lekuton
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
*Africa, Autobiography, Biography, *Kenya, Education, Masai, Memoir, Multicultural, lions, African literature, HISTORY (940-999) — 2 more, GRADE 7 Curriculum: AFRICA, Africa
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5934
Status
Available

Faith Ringgold (Portraits of Women Artists)

by Robyn Montana Turner
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
RINGGOLD- FAITH 1930-, AFRICAN AMERICAN_ART, ARTISTS-AFRICAN AMERICAN, Harlem Renaissance, Biography, Art, ARTISTS, WOMEN_BIOGRAPHY, WOMEN_ARTs, Quilting, Author's B-Day in October
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Portraits of Women Artists for Children
Barcode
4985
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

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

First Flight: The Wright Brothers (DK Readers, Level 4)

by Caryn Jenner
Paperback, 2003
Tags
Wright Brothers, AIRPLANES, Wilbur Wright 1867-1912, Orville Wright 1871-1948, Biography, American History, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Barcode
3136
Status
Available

Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation (Images of Aviation)

by Charles R. Mitchell
Paperback, 2002
Tags
INVENTORY LS 2022_23, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, Aviation, Aviation_History, Aviators, Biography, (921) BIOGRAPHY, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, Women's History, WOMEN_BIOGRAPHY, World War II
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Images of Aviation
Barcode
7420
Status
Available

Francis Scott Key

by Melissa Whitcraft
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2015-16, Civil War, *USA, *Maryland, Star Spangled Banner, National Anthem, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5759
Status
Available

Frank Lloyd Wright (Basic Architecture Series)

by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
WRIGHT-FRANK LLOYD-1867-1959, Architects, ARTISTS, Architecture, Art, Art History, Building, Houses, Dwellings, Shelters, Modern Art — 9 more, Modernism, ARCHITECTURE-HISTORY, Biography, American Architecture, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 7 Curriculum: GEOMETRY_MEASUREMENT_PERSPECTIVE DRAWING
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4996
Status
Available

Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids: His Life and Ideas, 21 Activites (For Kids series)

by Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen
Paperback, 1994
Tags
WRIGHT-FRANK LLOYD-1867-1959, Architects, ARTISTS, Architecture, Art, Art History, Building, Houses, Dwellings, Shelters, Modern Art — 9 more, Modernism, ARCHITECTURE-HISTORY, Biography, American Architecture, GRADE 3 Curriculum: SHELTERS, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (720) ARCHITECTURE, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 7 Curriculum: GEOMETRY_MEASUREMENT_PERSPECTIVE DRAWING
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
For Kids
Barcode
4774
Status
Available

Franz Marc (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by Susanna Partsch
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
MARC-FRANZ 1880-1916, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, German Expressionism, BLUE RIDER, GERMANY-ARTISTS, GERMAN STUDIES, Franz Marc, *Germany, Art, Art History — 4 more, Biography, Printing, Expressionism, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Taschen : Basic Art
Barcode
4970
Status
Available

Frederic Remington

by Sophia Craze
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
REMINGTON-FREDERIC 1861-1909, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, WESTWARD EXPANSION, FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE, WESTERN ART, West, Art, Art History, Frederick Remington, Painting — 3 more, American History, Western Painting, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4984
Status
Available

Free At Last, The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Level 4: Proficient Readers)

by Angela Bull
Paperback, 2000
Tags
MLK_Martin Luther King Jr, Biography, *African American, Black History, Civil Rights, US History, readers, Black History Month, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, American History — 1 more, Martin Luther King Jr.
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5525
Status
Available

Frida Kahlo (Artists in Their Time)

by Jill A. Laidlaw
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Biography, Art, Frida Kahlo, *Mexico, Women, Women's History, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, KAHLO-FRIDA 1907-1954, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, MEXICO-ARTISTS — 3 more, Spanish Studies, WOMEN_ARTs, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct)
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Artists in Their Time
Barcode
4958
Status
Available

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: Their Lives and Ideas, 24 Activities (For Kids series)

by Carol Sabbeth
Paperback, 2005
Tags
KAHLO-FRIDA 1907-1954, RIVERA-DIEGO, Crafts, MEXICO-ARTISTS, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, Spanish Studies, DETROIT-ART, MICHIGAN_ART, *Mexico, Surrealism — 10 more, Activities, Art, How-to, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, *Michigan, *Detroit, Painting, Art History, Biography, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct)
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
For Kids
Barcode
4957
Status
Available

From the Good Mountain: How Gutenberg Changed the World

by James Rumford
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
GUTENBERG-JOHANN 1397?-1468, Printing, BOOKS-HISTORY, Inventions, MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION-PRINTING, GERMAN PRINTERS-BIOGRAPHY, GERMAN STUDIES, Books, Biography, Picture Books, Picture Book Biography — 6 more, Gutenberg, Germany, German History, (000) GENERALITIES_COMPUTERS_UFOs, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3394
Status
Available

Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space

by Libby Jackson
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Astronauts, SPACE, Space Travel, Space Exploration, Women, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Biography, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
7422
Status
Checked out
Due May 6, 2024

Gaudí (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by Maria Antonietta Crippa
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
GAUDI-ANTONI 1852-1926, Architects, ART NOUVEAU, SPAIN-ARCHITECTS, Spanish Studies, ARTISTS, Art, Art History, Barcelona, *Spain, Architecture — 6 more, Sagrada Familia, CATHEDRALS, Churches, Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct)
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Taschen : Basic Architecture (1)
Barcode
4949
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 — 1 more, DK_Eyewitness Books
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Eyewitness Art, Eyewitness Books
Barcode
4950
Status
Available

The Genius of Leonardo

by Guido Visconti
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519, Renaissance, Art, Art History, Painting, Drawing, *Italy, ARTISTS, Inventors, Sculptors, Sculpture — 5 more, Picture Books, Painters, Scientists, Biography, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/EASY BOOKS [E]
Barcode
2349
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

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 — 3 more, American Art, Southwest, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4962
Status
Available

Giants of Science - Louis Pasteur

by Fiona MacDonald
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
Biography, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Louis Pasteur
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5798
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

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science

by Joyce Sidman
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
BUTTERFLIES-MONARCH, SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION, Insects, Entomology, Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2018-19, Naturalists, 17th Century, Germany, *Germany, (500) PURE SCIENCE — 4 more, (595.7) INSECTS, (595.78) BUTTERFLIES_MOTHS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (590) ANIMALS_ZOOLOGY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4401
Status
Available

Great African Americans in Government (Outstanding African Americans)

by Karen Dudley
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Black History Month, AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN_HISTORY, Black History, (323) CIVIL_RIGHTS, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (320) POLITICAL SCIENCE, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Outstanding African Americans
Barcode
3529
Status
Available

Great African Americans in Literature (Outstanding African Americans)

by Pat Rediger
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Outstanding African Americans
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

Great Composers

by Piero Ventura
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
Composers, Biography, History, music history, Picture Books, (780) MUSIC, 6th grade Curriculum: Medieval Music
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5015
Status
Available
Call number
780 Ven

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

Great Girls in Michigan History (Great Lakes Books Series)

by Patricia Majher
Paperback, 2015
Tags
WOMEN_BIOGRAPHY_MICHIGAN, MICHIGAN_BIOGRAPHY, MICHIGAN-HISTORY-BIOGRAPHY, Michigan, Women's History, Women, Biography, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (970) HISTORY_NORTH AMERICA, GRADE 8 Curriculum: NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6152
Status
Checked out
Due Apr 18, 2024

The Great Gretzky (All Aboard Reading)

by S. A. Kramer
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Hockey, Sports, Athletes, Biography, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Barcode
3105
Status
Available

Great Women Athletes (Step-Into-Reading, Step 5)

by Darice Bailer
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Athletes, Women, Biography, WOMEN_SPORTS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Barcode
2775
Status
Available

Hana's Suitcase: A True Story

by Karen Levine
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, World War II, Biography, Auschwitz, History, *Japan, *Auschwitz, Jewish, Concentration Camps, historic story, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_JAPAN
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Holocaust Remembrance
Barcode
5831
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

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

Henri Matisse (Artists in Their Time)

by Jude Welton
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
MATISSE-HENRI 1869-1954, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Art, Matisse, Henri Matisse, Art History, Painting, *France, French Painters, Expressionism — 3 more, Biography, Fauvism, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Artists in Their Time
Barcode
4972
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

Holbein (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by Norbert Wolf
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
HOLBEIN-HANS 1497-1543, GERMANY-ARTISTS, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, GERMAN STUDIES, RENAISSANCE-ARTISTS, Renaissance, Hans Holbein the Younger, Art, Art History, Painting — 7 more, Biography, Northern Renaissance, *Germany, *England, Tudor, Henry VIII, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Taschen : Basic Art
Barcode
4955
Status
Available

Hope Is an Arrow: The Story of Lebanese-American Poet Khalil Gibran

by Cory McCarthy
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
*Lebanon, Khalil Gibran, Biography, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, Poets, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2023-24, Arab_Americans, immigrant, Poetry
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
1808
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

Hundertwasser for Kids: Harvesting Dreams

by Barbara Stieff
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
ARTISTS, Architects, Ecology, HUNDERTWASSER-FRIEDENSREICH- 1928-2000, GERMAN STUDIES, PAINTERS, ENVIRONMENTALISM, Conservation, Painting, Art, Art History — 4 more, Architecture, *Austria, *New Zealand, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4956
Status
Available

I Have A Dream

by Martin Luther King Jr.
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
US History, MLK_Martin Luther King Jr, *African American, Civil Rights, Speeches, Picture Books, Racism, Social Studies, Biography, Black History Month, Coretta Scott King Awards — 5 more, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, Black History, Martin Luther King Jr., INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3525
Status
Available

Imagine: The Spirit of 20th-Century American Heroes

by Gina Misiroglu Editor
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
American History, Photography, Heroes, Biography, Inspirational, (973) HISTORY_UNITED STATES
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6119
Status
Available

Impressionism (Eyewitness Art)

by Jude Welton
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Painters, Painting, *France, French Painters, Art History, Biography, Art, *Paris, Manet, Monet, Renoir — 7 more, Degas, Caillebotte, Pissarro, Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Seurat, DK_Eyewitness Books
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Eyewitness Art, Eyewitness Books
Barcode
4932
Status
Available

The Impressionists (Art for Children)

by Yolande Blanquet
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Painters, Painting, *France, French Painters, Art History, Biography, Art, *Paris, Pissarro, Manet, Degas — 5 more, Cezanne, Alfred Sisley, Monet, Berthe Morisot, Renoir
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4927
Status
Available

In Search of the Little Prince

by Bimba Landmann
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
SAINT-EXUPERY-ANTOINE DE 1900-1944-BIOGRAPHY, Authors-Biography, Pilots, THE LITTLE PRINCE, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Picture Book Biography, Picture Books, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Antoine de Saint Exupery, Writers — 5 more, Authors, Biography, *France, Small Green Dot, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5570
Status
Available
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