DK biography
Author
1)
Anne Frank
Author
2) Helen Keller
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
127 p. : ill (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life of Helen Keller who lost her sight and hearing at the age of two and still learned to read and write despite her handicap.
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the great Civil War president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, including illustrations of people, places, and artifacts of the times.
6) Gandhi
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Examines the life of Mohandas Gandhi.
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to one of America's most famous pilots, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while flying over the Pacific Ocean.
9) Annie Oakley
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of the woman whose natural talent for shooting led her to become the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
10)
Charles Darwin
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (come col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A juvenile biography of Benjamin Franklin, scientist, inventor, printer, writer, statesman, and Founding Father.
12) Marie Curie
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish scientist whose work with radium helped to change the world.
13)
Mother Teresa: [a photographic story of a life]
Author
14) Thomas Jefferson
Author
Series
Publisher
Dk Publishing
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Biography of the life story of Thomas Jefferson from his early education to his work in France, his time in the White House, to his retirement in Virginia.
15)
Elizabeth I
16) Geology
Author
Language
English
Description
People throughout time have attempted to make sense of the earth, why there are earthquakes, how rocks are formed, and more. Earth, before people came to be and since, has a rich history. This book takes a look at some of the early scientific and cultural beliefs about the Earth and how discoveries have shaped our modern culture.
17)
Ronald Reagan
Author
18)
Clara Barton
Author