From the monthly archives:
Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 1998)
One paragraph about the 14th president who put the first Christmas tree in the White House can be found in this collective biography.
Read Pierce’s Inaugural Address on Friday, March 4, 1853, posted on The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School.
book source: library
Despite All Obstacles: LaSalle and the Conquest of the Mississippi by Joan Elizabeth Goodman, illustrated by Tom McNeely (Mikaya Press, 2001)
Follow La Salle from his birth in France through his Mississippi adventures through a text filled with excerpts from letters, diaries and journals.
The Handbook of Texas Online provides a biographical sketch of La Salle.
book source: library
Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 1994)
Singer spent his childhood in a Jewish ghetto in Poland. He escaped the Holocaust, became a writer and won the Nobel Prize in literature for his work.
Isaac Bashevis Singer is profiled at the Jewish-American Hall of Fame.
book source: library
Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 1998)
One pithy paragraph about the 20th president who had a dog named Veto is included in this book about U.S. presidents.
Visit the White House to learn more about Garfield.
book source: library
Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 2000)
Indira Gandhi served as the Prime Minister of India during portions of the 1960s, 70s and 80s. This remarkable woman is highlighted in this book dedicated to women who have changed the world.
Remembering Indira Gandhi highlights Gandhi’s contributions.
book source: library
