Tag search:Biography

Jim Thorpe, Original All-American

by Joseph Bruchac
Paperback, 2008
Tags
Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2020-21, Athletes, Football, History, *Native American, Native American, Olympics, Sports, Sports_Biography, *Pennsylvania — 3 more, Jim Thorpe 1887-1953, Pentathlon, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6729
Status
Checked out
Due May 7, 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 — 1 more, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct)
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4953
Status
Available

Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velasquez (Art for children)

by Ernest Lloyd Raboff
Hardcover, 1970
Tags
VELASQUEZ-DIEGO 1599-1660, Velasquez, PAINTERS, Spanish Studies, SPAIN-ARTISTS, Spanish Painters, Painting, Art, Art History, Juan de Pareja, Biography — 1 more, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct)
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Art for Children
Barcode
4994
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

Shadow Life: A Portrait of Anne Frank and Her Family

by Barry Denenberg
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, World War II, *Amsterdam, Anne Frank, Nazism, Diaries, Biography, History, *Poland, RED DOT, *Netherlands
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5833
Status
Available

Monet and the Impressionists for Kids: Their Lives and Ideas, 21 Activities (For Kids series)

by Carol Sabbeth
Paperback, 2002
Tags
Monet, IMPRESSIONISM, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, Art History, Renoir, Degas, Cassatt, Gauguin, Seurat, Art — 3 more, Post-Impressionism, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
For Kids
Barcode
4931
Status
Available

Velázquez (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by Norbert Wolf
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
VELAZQUEZ-DIEGO 1599-1660, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, SPAIN-ARTISTS, Spanish Studies, Art, Art History, Painting, *Spain, Biography, Baroque — 4 more, Spanish Painters, Velasquez, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct)
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4995
Status
Available

The Land Remembers: The Story of a Farm and it's People

by Ben Logan
Paperback, 1985
Tags
*Wisconsin, Farm, Farm Life, 20th Century, American History, Farming, Nature, Biography, (974) HISTORY_STATES OF USA
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6166
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 Was Harriet Beecher Stowe?

by Dana Meachen Rau
Paperback, 2015
Tags
STOWE_HARRIET BEECHER (1811-1896), Abolitionists, WOMEN_BIOGRAPHY, Civil War, Slavery, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, Women, Women's History, Authors — 5 more, Writers, Uncle Tom's Cabin, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, American History, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (98)
Barcode
5447
Status
Checked out
Due Apr 18, 2024

American Heroes

by Marfe Ferguson Delano
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Heroes, US History, American History, Biography, American Revolution, Civil War, (973) HISTORY_UNITED STATES
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6122
Status
Checked out
Due Apr 18, 2024

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

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

LOUIS ARMSTRONG

by Collier
Hardcover, 1985
Tags
Biography, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Jazz
Collection
HS/Stone House Library
Barcode
10232
Status
Available

The Sky's the Limit: Stories of Discovery by Women and Girls

by Catherine Thimmesh
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
Biography, grade 6, grade 5, Inventions, Inventors, WOMEN_SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY, (500) PURE SCIENCE, GRADE 6 Curriculum: ASTRONOMY, GRADE 7 Curriculum: ASTRONOMY, INVENTORY LS 2022_23 — 1 more, Science
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4053
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 — 5 more, Painting, Authors, Writers, *England, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4981
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

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
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4977
Status
Available

Raphael (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by Christof Thoenes
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
RAPHAEL SANTI 1483-1520, RENAISSANCE-ARTISTS, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, Renaissance, *Italy, Art, Art History, Painting, Biography, Raphael — 2 more, School of Athens, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4982
Status
Available

The Amazing Paper Cuttings of Hans Christian Andersen

by Beth Wagner Brust
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
Paper Cuttings, Hans Christian Andersen, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2015-16, *Denmark, Biography, 19th Century, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Authors, Art, Paper, Paper Art — 3 more, Writers, Crafts, Paper Crafts
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4800
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

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

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 — 1 more, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4983
Status
Available

John Singer Sargent

by Kate F. Jennings
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
SARGENT-JOHN SINGER 1856-1925, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Art, Art History, Painting, American Painting, Portraits, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4989
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

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

M.L.K.: The Journey of a King

by Tonya Bolden
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Black History, *African American, Civil Rights, Biography, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Martin Luther King Jr., INVENTORY LS 2022_23, MLK_Martin Luther King Jr, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5761
Status
Available

100 Women Who Shaped World History (100 Series)

by Gail Rolka
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Women, Women's History, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, History, Biography, Martha_Graham, Margaret Mead, Jane Addams, Indira Gandhi — 10 more, Clara Barton (1821-1912), Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Elizabeth I, Golda Meir, POCAHONTAS D. 1617, Rosa Parks, Black History Month, Ada Lovelace, STOWE_HARRIET BEECHER (1811-1896), GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5396
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

No Truth Without Ruth: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

by Kathleen Krull
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Supreme Court, US Supreme Court Justice, Lawyers, Strong Women, Biography, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2018-19
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5506
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

Seurat and La Grande Jatte

by Robert Burleigh
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
SEURAT-GEORGES 1859-1891, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Post-Impressionism, *France, French Painters, Art, Art History, Painting, Pointillism, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4991
Status
Available

Miro (Famous Artists)

by Nicholas Ross
Paperback, 1995
Tags
MIRÓ-JOAN 1893-1983, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Spanish Studies, ABSTRACT ART, *Spain, Art, Art History, Painting, Spanish Painters, Biography — 1 more, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct)
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Famous Artists
Barcode
4974
Status
Available

Cezanne (Famous Artists Series)

by Antony Mason
Paperback, 1993
Tags
CEZANNE-PAUL 1839-1906, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Art, Art History, Painting, *France, IMPRESSIONISM, Post-Impressionism, Paul Cezanne, French Painters — 1 more, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Famous Artists
Barcode
4939
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

Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of African American Artists

by Tonya Bolden
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN_ART, ART-AFRICAN AMERICAN, ARTISTS-AFRICAN AMERICAN, Harlem Renaissance, Art History, Art, AFRICAN AMERICAN, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Biography, ARTISTS, Black History Month — 5 more, Black History, Painting, Painters, Sculpture, Sculptors
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4922
Status
Available

Chagall

by Shearer West
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
CHAGALL-MARC, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Art, Art History, Painting, *Russia, Russian Painters, Jewish Art, Marc Chagall 1887-1985, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4940
Status
Available

Children of Promise: African-American Literature and Art for Young People

by Charles Sullivan
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN_ART, ART-AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN_POETRY, POETRY-AFRICAN AMERICAN, PHOTOGRAPHY-AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN_PHOTOGRAPHY, Harlem Renaissance, Art, Art History, Poetry, Painting — 9 more, Photography, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Literature, Anthology, American History, Civil Rights, Black History Month, Black History, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5271
Status
Available

Michelangelo

by Charles Sala
Paperback, 2003
Tags
Michelangelo, ARTISTS, RENAISSANCE-ARTISTS, Sculptors, PAINTERS, Architects, Art, Sculpture, *Italy, Art History, Sistine Chapel — 6 more, David, Architecture, ST. PETER, Pieta, Painting, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4973
Status
Available

A Picture for Marc (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

by Eric A. Kimmel
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Marc Chagall 1887-1985, ARTISTS, Painters, Short Chapter Books (Lavender Dot), Art, Historical Fiction, ARTISTS-RUSSIA, *Russia, Biography, Lavender Dot, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
3261
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

Diego Rivera: The Detroit Industry Murals

by Linda Bank Downs
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
RIVERA-DIEGO, MURALS, DETROIT-ART, MICHIGAN_ART, KAHLO-FRIDA 1907-1954, PAINTERS, Spanish Studies, ARTISTS, MEXICO-ARTISTS, Art, Art History — 9 more, *Detroit, Detroit Industry Murals, Frescoes, Detroit Institute of Arts, *Michigan, Painting, Biography, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4986
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

Degas and the Dance: The Painter and the Petits Rats, Perfecting their Art

by Susan Goldman Rubin
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
DEGAS-EDGAR, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Ballet, Dance, IMPRESSIONISM, Art, Art History, Painting, Dancers, Edgar Degas — 3 more, French Painters, *France, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4944
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

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

Matisse (Famous Artists)

by Antony Mason
Paperback, 1995
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
Famous Artists
Barcode
4971
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 — 2 more, Jazz, Romare Bearden
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4934
Status
Available

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
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4963
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
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