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Title: Wangari’s Trees of Peace Author: Jeanette Winter Illustrator: Jeanette Winter Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; First Edition (September 21, 2008) ISBN: 9780152065454 Audience:Ages 4-8 (preschool – grade 3) Summary: Wangari Maathai was born in 1940 in Ihithe, a small

This is the first in a series of reviews of biographies for children and young people. For background on this series, please refer to the introductory article found here. Title: The Story of Ruby Bridges Author: Robert Coles Illustrator: George Fold Publisher: Scholastic

Virginia Thomas, co-author of Children’s Literature for All God’s Children and one of our regular book reviewers on Storypath, has written an introduction to the role of biography with children and youth as a prelude to reviews of six particular biographies. The book

Title: Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney Illustrator: Brian Pinkney Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: 2013 ISBN: 9780316070133 Audience: Grades 2 – 4 Summary:  Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahalia Jackson were born, a

  Title:  The Holy Twins, Benedict and Scholastica Author:  Kathleen Norris Illustrator:  Tomie dePaola Publisher: Puffin Books ISBN:  978-0-14-241111-7 Audience:  5-8 year olds Summary:  This story of a pair of twins is written with care and imagination.  The story captures

Name of Book: Joan of Arc: Religious and Military Leader Author: Janet Hubbard-Brown Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers ISBN:  9781694137101 Audience:  Middle school age.  This book is part of a series entitled Women of Achievement which examines the lives of influential women

Name of Book:  Into the Wild Author:  Jon Krakauer Illustrator:  None Publisher:  Anchor ISBN: 978-0307387172 Audience:  Although this is written for adults, I think this book could be used effectively with high school age adolescents through young adults. Summary:  In 1992

Name of Book:  Ted Studebaker: A Man Who Loved Peace Author:  Joy Hofacker Moore Illustrator: Jim Guenther Publisher:  Herald Press, 1987 ISBN:  9780836134278 Audience:  From the words of the author, “I perceive this book as one that touches all persons, form the two-year-old who

Name of Book:  Invincible Louisa Author:  Cornelia Meigs Publisher:  Little, Brown and Company ISBN:  978-0316565943 Audience:  An Amazon reviewer self-identified as “10-year old reader states “It is a wonderful book for 11, 12, and 13 year olds, or 10 year olds who are advanced

Name of Book: John Calvin Author: Simonetta Carr Illustrator: Emmanuele Taglietti Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books ISBN: 9781601780553 Audience: Ages: 7-10 Summary: This is a biography of the reformer, John Calvin, that provides the reader with the basics of Calvin’s