Harris, Laurie Lanzen

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Biography for beginners

sketches for early readers
2008
Contains biographical profiles of notable figures, and provides information about their birth, early life, school, career, home, and family of each featured individual.

Biography for beginners

sketches for early readers
2007
Contains biographical profiles of eight celebrities, designed especially for beginning readers, providing information about the birth, early life, school, career, home, and family of Jean de Brunhoff, Kevin Clash, Katie Couric, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Gordon Parks, Katherine Paterson, David Wiesner, and Mo Willems. Includes photographs, and addresses for further research.

Biography for beginners

inventors
2006
Contains profiles of eighty-three notable inventors from throughout history, each featuring a list of pertinent facts, and providing information about the individual's childhood, education, marriage and family, and the nature of his or her invention. Arranged alphabetically, with a time line of invention, and a subject index.

Biography for beginners

all authors
2005
Profiles the lives and literary careers of twenty-nine American children's authors and illustrators written on a third and fourth-grade reading level, and includes such notable writers as Dr. Seuss, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Beverly Cleary, and Stan and Jan Berenstain.

Biography for beginners

sketches for early readers
2006
Contains biographical profiles of eight celebrities designed especially for early readers, providing information about the birth, early life, school, career, home, and family of each featured individual; arranged alphabetically, with photographs and addresses for further research.

Biography for beginners

sketches for early readers
2005
Contains biographical profiles of nine celebrities, designed especially for readers ages six to nine, providing information about the birth, early life, school, career, home, and family of each featured individual; arranged alphabetically, with photographs and addresses for further research.

Biography for beginners

world explorers
2003
Profiles 107 world explorers, from 500 B.C. when Carthaginian explorer Hanno colonized West Africa, to such present-day adventurers as astronaut Neil Armstrong and ocean explorer Sylvia Earle.

Biography for beginners

presidents of the United States
1998
Contains biographical sketches of all forty-two presidents of the United States, designed especially for young readers ages seven to ten; arranged chronologically from George Washington to Bill Clinton, with paintings, photographs, and other illustrations from the presidents' lives.

Biography for beginners

women who made a difference
2011
Contains biographical profiles of sixty women from different walks of life who played important roles in the history of the world, including Abigail Adams, Rachel Carson, Jane Goodall, Joan of Arc, Maya Lin, Sally Ride, and Harriet Tubman.

Colonial America and the Revolutionary War

the story of the people of the colonies, from early settlers to revolutionary leaders
2009
Presents a history of the U.S. from 1750-1790 that covers the first settlements, immigrants, Native Americans, African-American slaves, the Revolutionary War, the first Congress, the Treaty of Paris, and more, with twenty-eight biographical profiles of various figures.

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