From the category archives:
Paths to Peace: People Who Changed the World by Jane Breskin Zalben (Dutton, 2006)
Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner 1986 Wiesel is highlighted in this important collective biography about peacemakers.
Read a riveting interview with Wiesel on the Academy of Achievement-A Museum of Living History web site.
Shake, Rattle and Roll: The Founders of Rock & Roll by Holly George-Warren, illustrated by Laura Levine (Houghton Mifflin, 2001)
The ultimate showman, Lewis was raised in Louisiana and started playing the piano at age eight. In 1956 his career took off.
Lewis’ Official Web site offers additional information. Or visit the Rock and Roll Fall of Fame to read more about this 1986 inductee.
Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt Harcourt, 1994)
Most famous for his book Don Quixote, Cervantes takes the stage in this collective biography.
The Cervantes Project hosted by Texas A&M University offers bio info, images, bibliographies and more.
A Picture Book of Samuel Adams by David A. Adler, Michael S. Adler, illustrated by Ronald Himler (Holiday House, 2005)
From childhood to the Boston Tea Party to signing the Declaration of Independence, Adams and the 1700s are center stage.
Read up on Adams and others associated with The American Revolution.
Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 1993)
Gershwin wrote Broadway show tunes galore. Thanks, George (and your brother, Ira, too,) for Rhapsody in Blue, Swanee, I Got Rhythm and more.
Visit the Official Web site of George and Ira Gershwin.
