Tag search:Biography

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

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

Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2017
Tags
Biography, African American, Civil Rights
Collection
HS/Stone House Library
Barcode
10230
Status
Available

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

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

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

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

Amos Fortune, Free Man

by Elizabeth Yates
Hardcover, 1950
Tags
Slavery, AFRICAN AMERICAN_HISTORY, Newbery Medal, Biography
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
637
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

The Art of Maurice Sendak

by Selma G. Lanes
Hardcover, 1980
Tags
Drawing, SENDAK-MAURICE-1928-2012, Authors, ARTISTS, Illustrators, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, Illustration, Where the Wild Things Are, Art, Art History, Painters — 3 more, Painting, Biography, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4990
Status
Available

August Macke (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by Taschen
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
MACKE-AUGUST 1887-1914, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, German Expressionism, BLUE RIDER, GERMANY-ARTISTS, GERMAN STUDIES, Art, Art History, *Germany, Biography — 2 more, Expressionism, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4967
Status
Available

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

Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare

by Diane Stanley
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
SHAKESPEARE-WILLIAM 1564-1616, Authors-Biography, Authors, William Shakespeare, Writers, Plays, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Picture Book Biography, Picture Books, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18 — 6 more, Renaissance, *England, Biography, Theater, Small Green Dot, Poets
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5572
Status
Available

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 — 41 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, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2015-16, 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, Disability, visual disabilities, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE, Waldorf Selection
Collections
*Waldorf Selections, LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
2117
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

Black Elk Speaks: The Complete Edition

by John G. Neihardt
Paperback, 2014
Tags
Native American, Biography
Collection
HS/Stone House Library
Barcode
10228
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

Botticelli (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by Barbara Deimling
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
BOTTICELLI-SANDRO 1445-1510, RENAISSANCE-ARTISTS, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, Renaissance, *Italy, Florence, Art, Art History, Painting, Birth of Venus — 4 more, Primavera, Biography, Sandro Botticelli, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Taschen : Basic Art
Barcode
4936
Status
Available

Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times (The Midwife Trilogy)

by Jennifer Worth
Paperback, 2012
Tags
Autobiography, Biography, Childbirth, *England, History, midwife, Midwifery, *London, Memoir, Poverty, Nursing — 4 more, Women, EC new collection 2022_23, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, EC Motherhood
Collection
EC/Parent Library [yellow dot]
Series
Midwife Trilogy (1)
Barcode
6970
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

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

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

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

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

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

The Children's Book of Heroes

by William J. Bennett Editor
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
INVENTORY LS 2022_23, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, Helen Keller, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Biography, Anthology, History, Mother Teresa, Picture Books, Short Stories — 12 more, Jackie Robinson, David and Goliath, Knights, Poetry, (800) LITERATURE, (808.8) SHORT STORIES, world history, Valley Forge, Literature, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE, GRADE 3 Curriculum: OLD TESTAMENT, Bible Stories
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
7393
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

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

Davy Crockett: A Life on the Frontier (Ready-To-Read:)

by Stephen Krensky
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
Crockett-Davy 1786-1836, Pioneers, *Tennessee, FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE, Congress, Alamo, Explorers, American History, Historical Fiction, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot — 1 more, Biography
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Series
Stories of Famous Americans
Barcode
8485
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

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

The diary of Anne Frank

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

Diego

by Jonah Winter
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
RIVERA-DIEGO, MURALS, Spanish Studies, DETROIT-ART, PAINTERS, MICHIGAN_ART, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Bilingual, *Shelved in Spanish Language section, *Mexico, Spanish — 10 more, *in Spanish, Picture Book Biography, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), *Michigan, Art, Small Green Dot, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), INVENTORY LS 2022_23, ARTISTS, Biography
Collections
*World Languages, LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4014
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

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

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

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 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

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

Eat My Dust! Henry Ford's First Race (Step into Reading)

by Monica Kulling
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Ford-Henry, automobile racing, Cars, Biography, Historical Fiction, Inventors, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Automobiles, Racing, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Barcode
3109
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

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

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

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
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