by Anne on November 2, 2009
James Polk, U.S. President
Nov. 2, 1795-June 15, 1849
Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt(Harcourt, 1998)
Another one-termer, Polk was the 11th president of the U.S. The tradition of playing “Hail to the Chief” when a president enters a room began with him. One paragraph describes his life of work in this collective biography.
Read Polk’s Inaugural address on March 4, 1845 at the Avalon Project at Yale.
book source: library
by Anne on October 1, 2009
James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, U.S. President
Oct. 1, 1924-
Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 1998)
Carter was a peanut farmer and a former governor of Georgia prior to taking office. This 39th president was and is an advocate for the homeless.
Visit the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia for more information.
James Stevenson, writer and illustrator
July 11, 19??-
When I Was Nine by James Stevenson (Greenwillow, 1986)
Stevenson writes and illustrates a slice-of-life story about his memorable summer in the 1930s. A charmer.
HarperCollinsChildrens.com highlights Stevenson’s titles.
James Brown, musician
May 3, 1933-Dec. 25, 2006
Shake, Rattle & Roll: The Founders of Rock & Roll by Holly George-Warren, illustrated by Laura Levine (Houghton Mifflin, 2001)
“The Hardest Working Man in Show Business” picked cotton, shined shoes, boxed, and played baseball before making it big.
NPR offers information about the man, the message and the soul.
by Anne on April 28, 2009
James Monroe, U. S. President
Apr. 28, 1758-July 4, 1831
Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 1998)
One paragraph in this collective biography is devoted to our 8th president. The Monroe Doctrine was named for him. He was one of three presidents to die on July 4th.
The White House offers a profile of Monroe on their site.
Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt(Harcourt, 1998)
