DK biography
Author
1)
Anne Frank
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
127 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life and efforts of Helen Keller as she struggled with being both blind and deaf with the help of her teacher, Annie Sullivan, and became an author and a campaigner for the rights of disabled people.
3)
John F. Kennedy
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a photographic introduction to the life and accomplishments of Albert Einstein, one of the most significant scientists of the twentieth century, discussing his boyhood, schooling, early career, family, and discoveries in the field of physics.
6)
Gandhi
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells the life story of Diana, Princess of Wales, describing her childhood at Park House and Althorp, her courtship with and much-publicized wedding to Prince Charles, their problematic marriage, her relationship with sons William and Harry, her charity work, and her early death.
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells the life story of aviator Amelia Earhart, discussing her difficult childhood, her start as a pilot, her rise to fame, and her disappearance in 1937.
9) Annie Oakley
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of the woman whose natural talent for shooting led her to become the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
10)
Charles Darwin
Author
11)
Benjamin Franklin
Author
12) Marie Curie
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish scientist whose work with radium helped to change the world.
13)
Mother Teresa: [a photographic story of a life]
Author
14)
Thomas Jefferson
Author
15)
Elizabeth I
16) Geology
Author
Language
English
Description
People throughout time have attempted to make sense of the earth, why there are earthquakes, how rocks are formed, and more. Earth, before people came to be and since, has a rich history. This book takes a look at some of the early scientific and cultural beliefs about the Earth and how discoveries have shaped our modern culture.
17)
Ronald Reagan
Author
18) Clara Barton
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of Clara Barton, a teacher who organized efforts to bring nursing care to wounded soldiers during the Civil War and who went on to become the founder of the American Red Cross.