Tag search:Biography

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

Leonardo

by Maria Constantino
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
(750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519, Art History, Art, Biography, *Italy, Renaissance, Painting, Reference, Drawing, ARTISTS — 8 more, PAINTERS, Scientists, RENAISSANCE-ARTISTS, Inventors, Sculptors, Sculpture, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4965
Status
Available
Call number
759.2 LEO

Leonardo da Vinci (First Impressions)

by Richard McLanathan
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
Biography, *Italy, RENAISSANCE-ARTISTS, Scientists, Inventors, Sculptors
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
First Impressions (Abrams)
Barcode
5768
Status
Available
Call number
921 LEO

Leonardo Da Vinci: Renaissance Genius (Trailblazer Biographies)

by Barbara O'Connor
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Biography, *Italy, RENAISSANCE-ARTISTS, Scientists, Inventors, Sculptors
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Trailblazer Biographies
Barcode
5769
Status
Available

Leonardo Da Vinci: Giants of Science

by Kathleen Krull
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Biography, *Italy, RENAISSANCE-ARTISTS, Scientists, Inventors
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Giants of Science (1)
Barcode
5767
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

Johann Gutenberg (Giants of Science)

by Michael Pollard
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
Biography, (921) BIOGRAPHY, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Press, Printing, Type, Inventors, Inventions
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5704
Status
Available
Call number
921 Gut

Great Composers

by Piero Ventura
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
Composers, Biography, History, music history, Picture Books, (780) MUSIC, 6th grade Curriculum: Medieval Music, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5015
Status
Available
Call number
780 Ven

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

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 — 12 more, Activities, Art, How-to, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, *Michigan, *Detroit, Painting, Art History, Biography, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
For Kids
Barcode
4957
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 — 5 more, Spanish Studies, WOMEN_ARTs, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Artists in Their Time
Barcode
4958
Status
Available

Diego Rivera: The Detroit Industry Murals (4-fold)

by Amy Pastan
Other, 2006
Tags
RIVERA-DIEGO, DETROIT-ART, MURALS, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, MEXICO-ARTISTS, Spanish Studies, MICHIGAN_ART, Art, Art History, *Detroit — 8 more, Detroit Industry Murals, Frescoes, Detroit Institute of Arts, *Michigan, Painting, Biography, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4987
Status
Available
Call number
759 Pas

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

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

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 — 6 more, Writers, Crafts, Paper Crafts, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (730) SCULPTURE, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4800
Status
Available

Boadicea: Warrior Queen of the Celts (Heroes and Warriors)

by John Matthews
Paperback, 1988
Tags
*Celtic, Ancient History, Biography, British History, Celtic history, History, field guide, WOMEN_SOLDIERS
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Heroes and Warriors (1988)
Barcode
5622
Status
Available

Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story (Scholastic Reader, Level 2)

by Ruby Bridges
Paperback, 2009
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, BRIDGES, RUBY, *African American, Civil Rights, Biography, Black History, Black History Month, Autobiography, Segregation, Social Studies — 1 more, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Barcode
2795
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

Martin Luther King JR. (People Who Made History)

by Thomas Siebold
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
Biography, AFRICAN AMERICAN_HISTORY
Collection
HS/Stone House Library
Barcode
10237
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

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

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

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

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

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

My Place

by Nadia Wheatley
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
History, Picture Books, Maps, (994) HISTORY_AUSTRALIA, *Australia, Historical Fiction, Diversity, Biography, Geography, self-identity
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6222
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

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

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

Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (and What the Neighbors Thought)

by Kathleen Krull
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, (796) OUTDOOR SPORTS, Athletes, Biography, Middle School, Sports, Jim Thorpe 1887-1953, Duke Kahanamoku, Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Johnny Weissmuller — 42 more, Gertrude Ederle, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Sonja Henie, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Sir Edmund Hillary, Maurice Richard, Maureen Connolly, Roberto Clemente, Wilma Rudolph, Arthur Ashe, Pete Maravich, Bruce Lee, PELE, Flo Hyman, Small Green Dot, *Brazil, GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA_BRAZIL, Brazil, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, AFRICAN AMERICAN_SPORTS, Black History Month, Olympics, Soccer, Martial Arts, Basketball, Tennis, WOMEN_SPORTS, Running, Baseball, Hockey, mountain climb, Track and Field, Ice Skating, Golf, Swimming, Football, surf, Volleyball, *Native American, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
...and What the Neighbors Thought
Barcode
5098
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 — 5 more, Biography, Fauvism, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Artists in Their Time
Barcode
4972
Status
Available

Rene Magritte: Now You See It-Now You Don't (Adventures in Art (Prestel))

by Adventures in Art
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Art, Magritte, *Belgium, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, MAGRITTE-RENE 1898-1967, SURREALISM, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Angela Wenzel, Painting, Art History — 3 more, Biography, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Abenteuer Kunst, Adventures in Art
Barcode
4968
Status
Available

Salvador Dali and the Surrealists: Their Lives and Ideas, 21 Activities (For Kids series)

by Michael Elsohn Ross
Paperback, 2003
Tags
Biography, ARTISTS, Art History, Painting, Salvador Dali, Art, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, DALI_SALVADOR (1904-1989), SURREALISM, PAINTERS, Spanish Studies — 3 more, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
For Kids
Barcode
4943
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

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

England's Jane: The Story of Jane Austen (World Writers)

by Juliane Poirier Locke
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
Biography, (921) BIOGRAPHY, *England, 18th Century
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5613
Status
Available

Plato: The Father of Logic (The Library of Greek Philosophers)

by Alex Sniderman
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Biography, Ancient History, *Greece, Ancient Greece, philosophers, (921) BIOGRAPHY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
The Library of Greek Philosophers
Barcode
5975
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

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

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

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 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

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 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

Paul Robeson: Actor, Singer, Political Activist (African-American Biographies (Enslow))

by David K. Wright
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Biography, *African American, 20th Century, AFRICAN AMERICAN_HISTORY, Music, Activists, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Harlem Renaissance, Actors, Singer, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
African-American Biographies
Barcode
6231
Status
Available
Call number
921 Rob
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