Lives

Lives

Author: Lee Bennett Hopkins

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1999-04-07

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 006027767X

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Poetry that makes us appreciate the magnitude of lives filled with courage, enthusiasm, inspiration. Lives: Poems About Famous Americans is the ideal introduction to sixteen American personalities who have changed the course of history. Favorite anthologist Lee Bennett Hopkins has brought together the work of a number of accomplished writers and poets, among them Jane Yolen, Nikki Grimes, and X. J. Kennedy, to portray such figures as Sacagawea, Babe Ruth, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Leslie Staubs portraits contain a poetry of their own, capturing a bit of history in the glint of smile or the reach of a hand. Lives is a book for all readers to savor. Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2000, National Council for SS & Child. Book Council


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Download or read book Lives written by Lee Bennett Hopkins and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1999-04-07 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry that makes us appreciate the magnitude of lives filled with courage, enthusiasm, inspiration. Lives: Poems About Famous Americans is the ideal introduction to sixteen American personalities who have changed the course of history. Favorite anthologist Lee Bennett Hopkins has brought together the work of a number of accomplished writers and poets, among them Jane Yolen, Nikki Grimes, and X. J. Kennedy, to portray such figures as Sacagawea, Babe Ruth, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Leslie Staubs portraits contain a poetry of their own, capturing a bit of history in the glint of smile or the reach of a hand. Lives is a book for all readers to savor. Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2000, National Council for SS & Child. Book Council

Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans

Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans

Author: Edward Eggleston

Publisher:

Published: 1895

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13:

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A primer relating many interesting episodes in United States history. Ease of reading is enhanced with a controlled vocabulary and short sentences; many words are divided into syllables to help readers sound out unfamiliar words.


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Download or read book Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans written by Edward Eggleston and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A primer relating many interesting episodes in United States history. Ease of reading is enhanced with a controlled vocabulary and short sentences; many words are divided into syllables to help readers sound out unfamiliar words.

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

Author: Beatrice Gormley

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1999-05

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0689820259

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Traces the life of the author of the well-loved stories of the March sisters, "Little Women" and its sequels.


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Download or read book Louisa May Alcott written by Beatrice Gormley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-05 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of the author of the well-loved stories of the March sisters, "Little Women" and its sequels.

Famous Americans

Famous Americans

Author: Liza Schafer

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 1994-12

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780590494748

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Ben Franklin...Harriet Tubman...Lewis and Clark.... Share their inspiring stories through these fact-based, original plays. Includes background information, discussion questions, extension activities, and literature links. For use with Grades 4-8.


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Download or read book Famous Americans written by Liza Schafer and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 1994-12 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ben Franklin...Harriet Tubman...Lewis and Clark.... Share their inspiring stories through these fact-based, original plays. Includes background information, discussion questions, extension activities, and literature links. For use with Grades 4-8.

Who's Bigger?

Who's Bigger?

Author: Steven Skiena

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 1107041376

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In this fascinating book, Steve Skiena and Charles Ward bring quantitative analysis to bear on ranking and comparing historical reputations by aggregating the traces of millions of opinions, just as Google ranks webpages. They present rankings of more than one thousand of history's most significant people in science, politics, entertainment, and all areas of human endeavor.


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Download or read book Who's Bigger? written by Steven Skiena and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating book, Steve Skiena and Charles Ward bring quantitative analysis to bear on ranking and comparing historical reputations by aggregating the traces of millions of opinions, just as Google ranks webpages. They present rankings of more than one thousand of history's most significant people in science, politics, entertainment, and all areas of human endeavor.

100 FAMOUS AMERICANS

100 FAMOUS AMERICANS

Author: Samuel Willard Crompton

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams

Author: Jean Brown Wagoner

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-06-24

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 143910820X

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Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Abigail Adams. Illustrated throughout.


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Download or read book Abigail Adams written by Jean Brown Wagoner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Abigail Adams. Illustrated throughout.

The Prince of Wales and Other Famous Americans

The Prince of Wales and Other Famous Americans

Author: Miguel Covarrubias

Publisher:

Published: 1925

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13:

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A 1925 book by Miguel Covarrubias, a Mexican cartoonist. The book features several dozen black-and-white caricatures of famous American (mostly New York-based) personalities from the 1920s. Many of the drawings were originally published in Vanity Fair magazine, which employed Covarrubias as a staff cartoonist. Cartoons of people including: Florence Mills, Otto Kahn, Willa Cather, Jack Dempsey, Charlie Chaplin, Calvin Coolidge, H.L. Menchen, George Jean Nathan, John D. Rockefeller, Ann Pennington, Al Smith, Jascha Heifetz, Mary Pickford, Theodore Dreiser, Harold Lloyd, Alfred Stieglitz, Ed Wynn, George Gershwin, George Horace Lorimer, Rudolph Valentino, Leopold Stokowski, Babe Ruth, Carl Van Vechten, Eddie Cantor, Alexander Woollcott, Mrs. Fiske, Joseph Hergesheimer, Emily Lewis.


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Download or read book The Prince of Wales and Other Famous Americans written by Miguel Covarrubias and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 1925 book by Miguel Covarrubias, a Mexican cartoonist. The book features several dozen black-and-white caricatures of famous American (mostly New York-based) personalities from the 1920s. Many of the drawings were originally published in Vanity Fair magazine, which employed Covarrubias as a staff cartoonist. Cartoons of people including: Florence Mills, Otto Kahn, Willa Cather, Jack Dempsey, Charlie Chaplin, Calvin Coolidge, H.L. Menchen, George Jean Nathan, John D. Rockefeller, Ann Pennington, Al Smith, Jascha Heifetz, Mary Pickford, Theodore Dreiser, Harold Lloyd, Alfred Stieglitz, Ed Wynn, George Gershwin, George Horace Lorimer, Rudolph Valentino, Leopold Stokowski, Babe Ruth, Carl Van Vechten, Eddie Cantor, Alexander Woollcott, Mrs. Fiske, Joseph Hergesheimer, Emily Lewis.

Living Biographies of Famous Americans

Living Biographies of Famous Americans

Author: Henry Thomas

Publisher:

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book Living Biographies of Famous Americans written by Henry Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tales of Famous Americans

Tales of Famous Americans

Author: Connie Roop

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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"A perfect introduction to some of the people who built, changed, and challenged our nation. Tales of famous Americans is sure to delight young readers"--Page 4 of cover.


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Download or read book Tales of Famous Americans written by Connie Roop and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A perfect introduction to some of the people who built, changed, and challenged our nation. Tales of famous Americans is sure to delight young readers"--Page 4 of cover.