Sterling biographies

Author

Phillips, Ellen Blue Yeatts, Tabatha Carson, Mary Kay Higgins, Maria Mihalik Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta Hodge, Marie Jones, Victoria Garrett Woodside, Martin Mullin, Rita Thievon Dixon-Engel, Tara Olmstead, Kathleen Fleming, Alice Hopping, Lorraine Jean Blackaby, Susan Berne, Emma Carlson Borzendowski, Janice Fischer, David Sullivan, George Teitelbaum, Michael Gigliotti, Jim Labrecque, Ellen Buckley, James Timblin, Stephen Stanley, George Edward Zimmerman, Dwight Jon

1) Abraham Lincoln: from pioneer to president

Author

Phillips, Ellen Blue

2) Albert Einstein: the miracle mind

Author

Yeatts, Tabatha

3) Alexander Graham Bell: giving voice to the world

Author

Carson, Mary Kay

4) Benjamin Franklin: revolutionary inventor

Author

Higgins, Maria Mihalik

5) Franklin D. Roosevelt: our national hero

Author

Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta

6) John F. Kennedy: voice of hope

Author

Hodge, Marie

7) Marian Anderson: a voice uplifted

Author

Jones, Victoria Garrett

8) Thomas A. Edison: the man who lit up the world

Author

Woodside, Martin

Series

Sterling biographies

Publisher

Sterling

Pub. Date

[2007]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

Description

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A biography of America's most famous inventor Thomas Edison.

9) Thomas Jefferson: architect of freedom

Author

Mullin, Rita Thievon

10) The Wright brothers: first in flight

Author

Dixon-Engel, Tara

Series

Sterling biographies

Publisher

Sterling

Pub. Date

[2007]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the Wright brothers, who became famous as the inventors of the airplane.

11) Jacques Cousteau: a life under the sea

Author

Olmstead, Kathleen

12) Martin Luther King, Jr.: a dream of hope

Author

Fleming, Alice

13) Matthew Henson: the quest for the North Pole

Author

Olmstead, Kathleen

14) Neil Armstrong: one giant leap for mankind

Author

Dixon-Engel, Tara

15) Chief Joseph: the voice for peace

Author

Hopping, Lorraine Jean

Series

Sterling biographies

Publisher

Sterling

Pub. Date

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

Description

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Examines the life and actions of Chief Joseph, leader of a band of Nez Perce people in the nineteenth century, discussing his dedication to peace in a turbulent time, and his efforts to keep his people safe.

16) Cleopatra: Egypt's last and greatest queen

Author

Blackaby, Susan

17) Helen Keller : courage in darkness

Author

Berne, Emma Carlson

18) Marie Curie: mother of modern physics

Author

Borzendowski, Janice

19) Babe Ruth: legendary slugger

Author

Fischer, David

20) Geronimo: Apache renegade

Author

Sullivan, George

Series

Sterling biographies

Publisher

Sterling

Pub. Date

[2010]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

Description

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Presents the life of the famed Apache warrior, from his youth and the tragic massacre of his family to his vengeful actions against the unfaithful American government in retaliation for their cruelty to his people.

21) Jackie Robinson: champion for equality

Author

Teitelbaum, Michael

22) Jesse Owens: gold medal hero

Author

Gigliotti, Jim

Series

Sterling biographies

Publisher

Sterling

Pub. Date

[2010]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

Description

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A biography of famous African-American runner Jesse Owens.

23) Jim Thorpe: an athlete for the ages

Author

Labrecque, Ellen

24) Lou Gehrig: iron horse of baseball

Author

Buckley, James

25) Muhammad Ali: king of the ring

Author

Timblin, Stephen

26) Pocahontas: a life in two worlds

Author

Jones, Victoria Garrett

Series

Sterling biographies

Publisher

Sterling

Pub. Date

[2010]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

27) Sacagawea: crossing the continent with Lewis & Clark

Author

Berne, Emma Carlson

28) Sitting Bull: great Sioux hero

Author

Stanley, George Edward

Series

Sterling biographies

Publisher

Sterling

Pub. Date

[2010]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

Description

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Presents the life of the famous Sioux chief Sitting Bull, from his youth and participation in the Battle of the Little Bighorn to his involvement in many of the Native American conflicts of his time.

29) Tecumseh: Shooting Star of the Shawnee

Author

Zimmerman, Dwight Jon

Series

Sterling biographies

Publisher

Sterling

Pub. Date

[2010]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 5

Language

English