Radiant Child; The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Javaka Steptoe
Age: 5+
Interests: artists, art, biography, New York, city life
Radiant Child
07 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+, Uncategorized Tags: art, artists, biography, city life, New York
I, Juan de Pareja
26 May 2017 Leave a comment
in books 11+ Tags: art, art history, artists, biography, history, painting, racism, slavery, Spain
I, Juan de Pareja
by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
Age: 11+
Interests: history, art history, painting, Spain, biography, slavery, racism More
Amos Fortune, Free Man
05 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: American history, biography, history, racial tension, religion, slavery
Amos Fortune, Free Man
Elizabeth Yates
illustrated by Nora S. Unwin
Age: 9 +
Interests: history, American history, biography, slavery, racism, religion
Daniel Boone
24 Sep 2014 2 Comments
in Books, books 10+ Tags: adventure, American history, biography, First Nations, history, nonfiction, pioneer life, violence, war
Daniel Boone
written and illustrated by James Daugherty
Age: 10+
Interests: American history, history, pioneer life, biography, war, violence, adventure, First Nations
Lincoln: A Photobiography
28 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: American history, biography, country life, history, politics, war
Lincoln: A Photobiography
by Russell Freedman
Age: 9+
Interests: history, American history, biography, politics, war
Grandpa Green
04 Mar 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: biography, family history, gardening, grandparents
Grandpa Green
by Lane Smith
Age: 4+
Interests: grandparents, family history, history, biography, gardening
The Radium Woman
20 Jan 2014 2 Comments
in Books, books 10+ Tags: biography, history, Paris, Poland, science, scientists, strong girls
The Radium Woman
by Eleanor Doorly
illustrated by Robert Gibbings
Age: 10
Interests: science, scientists, biography, history, strong girls, Paris, Poland
Invincible Louisa
28 May 2013 Leave a comment
in books 11+ Tags: American history, biography, nonfiction, strong girls, war, writers
Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of “Little Women”
by Cornelia Meigs
Age: 11+
Interests: biography, writers, nonfiction, American history, strong girls, Little Women
Going Solo
05 Nov 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: adventure, Africa, airplanes, autobiography, biography, history, nonfiction, travel, war
by Roald Dahl
London: Jonathan Cape, 1986
210 pp.
Age: 10+
Interests: biography, travel, Africa, adventure, airplanes, war, history
Also by Roald Dahl: Boy: Tales of Childhood (autobiography about the years preceding this book)
Related Posts: A Roald Dahl Reading List More
War Boy: A Country Childhood
22 May 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: airplanes, autobiography, biography, British history, country life, England, history, nonfiction, war
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1989
by Michael Foreman
Pavilion Books, 1989
92 pp.
Age: 9+
Interests: history, war, World War II, autobiography, England, airplanes
Next (also by Foreman): War Games: Village Green to No Man’s Land, After the War Was Over
Related Movies: Hope and Glory
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