From the category archives:
Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 1997)
Grange, a college football player-turned-professional was the first to make $100,000 a year. And yes, he had red hair.
A bio and stats of Grange can be found at the Official Site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
A Picture Book Biography of Anne Frank by David A. Adler, illustrated by Karen Ritz (Holiday House, 1994)
The world knows Anne Frank because of the diary she kept while the Nazis reigned. This book describes Frank’s life before, during and after she and her family went into hiding.
Read the story of Frank, visit the museum, try the activities and read the latest news of the Anne Frank House.
Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 1998)
Bush banned broccoli from the White House. Number 41, was a former director of the CIA and the father of five, one whom would become Number 43.
The George Bush Presidential Library on the campus of Texas A&M is the source for Bush info.
Author: A True Story by Helen Lester (Houghton Mifflin, paper, 2002)
A lively account of how Lester, an acclaimed picture book author found her passion.
Lester’s website offers an interview with her, a photo album and a look at her books.
Peter the Great by Diane Stanley (HarperCollins, 1999)
A Tsar from the age of ten, Peter the Great worked to bring Russia into the modern world.
A brief bio of Peter the Great can be found at the St. Petersburg Times.
