Kathleen Krull
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Here are the life stories of such diverse figures as Vivaldi, Mozart, Scott Joplin, Nadia Boulanger, and Woody Guthrie. Readers will learn of both their musical natures and the personal, humorous characteristics that make their lives so fascinating. Living, breathing anecdotes--the stuff of which the best biography is made.
Author
Series
Giants of science (Viking) volume 5
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
©2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
This biography profiles the life and times of German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, whose contributions to the field earned him a Nobel Prize.
Author
Series
Giants of science (Viking) volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
For more than thirty years-half his life-he was obsessively devoted to investigating everything in the natural world. Nothing escaped his interest-how our eyes see, why the sky is blue, what forces build mountains, how light travels, where water comes from, and-most fascinating of all to Leonardo-the inner workings of the human body. Nothing stopped him. It was illegal to dissect human corpses, so he did autopsies in secret, even devising a clever...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the Boston Tea Party, including the events leading up to the party, its immediate effects on American-British relations, and why it is still an important event today.
8) Isaac Newton
Author
Series
Giants of science (Viking) volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Isaac Newton was not only briiliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive. Here is a portrait of the man, contradictions and all, than places him against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of Harry Houdini, whose dramatic style and amazing physical abilites made him one of the most famous magicians and contortionists of all time. Introducing the astonishing, the unforgettable ... HOUDINI! He made himself a living legend and became the most famous name in magic. But Harry Houdini, like his acts, was fascinating and mysterious. As a child, he was often on the edge of homelessness, so he would charge crowds...
10) Sacajawea
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Sacajawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in American history. She traveled over four thousand miles by foot, canoe, and horse-all while carrying a baby on her back! Without her, the Lewis and Clark expedition might have failed. Two hundred years later, we still can see how her unique journey demonstrated the strength and value of women"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Highlights the lives of women including Cleopatra, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Joan of Arc, Isabella I, Elizabeth I, Nzingha, Catherine the Great, Marie Antoinette, Victoria, Harriet Tubman, Tz'u-Hsi, Gertrude Bell, Jeannette Rankin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Eva Peron, Wilma Mankiller, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Rigoberta Menchu.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Profiles 18 of history's most noteworthy scientists, from Zhang Heng and Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and Barbara McClintock, sharing lesser-known facts about their favorite activities, relationships, and eccentricities.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A millennia-long history of animal keeping shares facts about what zookeeping has taught humanity and how individual lives have been profoundly shaped by the wild creatures found in zoos all over the world.
15) Charles Darwin
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and work of the British biologist made famous by his theory of natural selection.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"You might know that Columbus discovered America, Lewis and Clark headed west with Sacajawea, and Sally Ride blasted into space. But what do you really know about these bold explorers? What were they like as kids? What pets or bad habits did they have? And what drove their passion to explore unknown parts of the world? With juicy tidbits about everything from favorite foods to first loves, Lives of the Explorers reveals these fascinating adventurers...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A picture-book biography on science superstar Neil deGrasse Tyson, the groundbreaking American astrophysicist whose work has inspired a generation of young scientists and astronomers to reach for the stars!"--
18) Judy Blume
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Judy Blume wrote her way through controversy and censorship to become a pioneer who helped make it okay for kids and teens to discuss their everyday concerns, including the kinds of things people don't always like to talk about. Now more than forty years into her career of writing frank and funny books, Judy still has the amazing ability to connect with young readers and adults"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the creator of "The Wizard of Oz, " looking at the diverse occupations he had that helped inspire him to write his timeless classic and create its unique characters in the later stages of his life.