A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison by David A. Adler, illustrated by John and Alexandra Wallner, Holiday House, New York, NY, 1996
The biography of the man who invented the light bulb, the phonograph and got 1,093 U. S. patents for his inventions.
What I Had Was Singing: The Story of Marian Anderson by Jeri Ferris, Carolrhoda Books, Inc. Minneapolis MN, 1994
Marian Anderson's career marked a number of firsts in the civil rights movement as she became one of the world's top classical concert and opera singers in spite of discrimination against blacks.
Louis Armstrong Jazz Musician by Patricia & Frederick McKissack, Enslow Publishers, Inc., Berkley Heights, NJ 2001
Louis Armstrong was another great African American musician who had to overcome poverty and discrimination to become one of the world's most famous jazz musicians as a trumpet player, singer, and band leader.
Paul Cezanne written and illustrated by Mike Venezia, Childrens Press Division of Grolier Publishing, New York, NY, 1998
Paul Cezanne tried new ways of painting to express his own view of what he saw, painting in ways that went beyond the impressionist methods of his contemporaries and pointed the way to more modern methods of painting.
Susan B. Anthony: Daring to Vote by Barbara Keevil Parker, The Millbrook Press, Brookfield CT, 1998
The biography of Susan B. Anthony who spent her life fighting for civil rights both for the abolition of slavery and for women's right to vote as a leader of the women's suffrage movement.
To Be a Princess by Hugh Brewster & Laurie Coulter, paintings by Laurie McGaw, HarperCollins Publishers, Madison Press, New York, NY 2001
This book recounts the lives of 12 real princesses of different countries from history up to the present day.
Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell by Tom L. Matthews, photographs from the American Museum of Natural History, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC 1999
While he was always inventing, starting at the age of 11 with a wheat husking tool, Alexander Graham Bell is best known as the inventor of the telephone.
The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin by James Cross Giblin, illustrated by Michael Dooling, Scholastic Press, New York, NY 2000
Benjamin Franklin was a printer, author, scientist, and diplomat who greatly influenced the founding of the United States.
Extraordinary Women Athletes by Judy L. Hasday, Childrens Press Division of Grolier Publishing, New York, NY, 2000
Brief biographies of 50 women athletes, mainly of the 20th century, including some you may not know about like mountain climber Annie Smith Peck who lived from 1850 to 1935, and some like skater Kristi Yamaguchi and tennis star Martina Hingis who are well known today.
Dance of the Swan: A Story About Anna Pavlova by Barbara Allman, illustrated by Shelly O. Haas, Carolrhoda Books, Inc. Minneapolis MN, 2001
The life of the famous Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. A selective bibliography and several web sites are included in the reference material at the end.
Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter by Sally M. Walker, illustrations by Phyllis V. Saroff, Carolrhoda Books, Inc. Minneapolis MN, 2001
Mary Anning, one of the first women paleontologists, discovered many of the best and most complete fossils in nineteenth-century England, but, as a woman, received little credit for her work.
Galileo: Astronomer and Physicist by Paul Hightower, Enslow Publishers, Inc., Berkley Heights, NJ 2001
Galileo Galilei, who had earlier discovered and proved laws about gravity by dropping two different weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, discovered the moons which circle around Jupiter during the Renaissance and then had to battle the Catholic Church's teaching that everything in the heavens revolved around the Earth for the rest of his life.
Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews by Ann Bausum,photographs from the American Museum of Natural History, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC 2000
Roy Chapman Andrews explored many areas, discovered dinosaur bones in Mongolia, pioneered modern paleontology field research and became the director of the American Museum of Natural History.
W. K. Kellogg: Generous Genius by Rachel Epstein, Childrens Press Division of Grolier Publishing, New York, NY, 2000
The story of the founder of the company that invented and made Corn Flakes the breakfast of millions.
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