ELEMENTARY
♦ $ Harriet Beecher Stowe: Connecticut Girl by Mabel Widdemer
Childhood of Famous Americans Series
♦ The Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Maureen Ash
Cornerstones of Freedom Series
♥ The Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Ruth MacArthur
Famous Americans for Young Readers Series
♦ America's Mark Twain by May McNeer
♦ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: His Life by Catherine Owens Peare
♦ Mark Twain: His Life by Catherine Owens Peare
♦ $ The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder: Pioneer Girl by Megan Stine
♥ The Story of Opal-the journal of an Understanding Heart by Opal Whiteley
'A lyrical, lovely and deeply touching adaptation of an authentic journal kept by an orphaned 6 year old girl--later believed to be a French princess--living in an Oregon lumber camp.' The language may be a bit offsetting at first because it's written by a little girl who is just learning to write. But if you want a story full of imagination and love of nature, this is a wonderful book.
♦ Washington Irving: His Life by Catherine Owens Peare
♦ $ Nothing is Impossible: The Story of Beatrix Potter by Dorothy Aldis
You'll love this writer even more after you read this.
Childhood of Famous Americans Series
♦ The Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Maureen Ash
Cornerstones of Freedom Series
♥ The Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Ruth MacArthur
Famous Americans for Young Readers Series
♦ America's Mark Twain by May McNeer
♦ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: His Life by Catherine Owens Peare
♦ Mark Twain: His Life by Catherine Owens Peare
♦ $ The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder: Pioneer Girl by Megan Stine
♥ The Story of Opal-the journal of an Understanding Heart by Opal Whiteley
'A lyrical, lovely and deeply touching adaptation of an authentic journal kept by an orphaned 6 year old girl--later believed to be a French princess--living in an Oregon lumber camp.' The language may be a bit offsetting at first because it's written by a little girl who is just learning to write. But if you want a story full of imagination and love of nature, this is a wonderful book.
♦ Washington Irving: His Life by Catherine Owens Peare
♦ $ Nothing is Impossible: The Story of Beatrix Potter by Dorothy Aldis
You'll love this writer even more after you read this.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
♦ Harriet Beecher Stowe by Winifred Wise
♦ $ Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers by Jean Fritz
Harriet Beecher Stowe grew up in a family in which her seven brothers were expected to be successful preachers and the four girls were never to speak in public. But slavery made Harriet so angry she couldn't keep quiet. Although she used a pen rather than her voice to convince people of the evils of slavery, she became more famous than any of her brothers. She firmly believed that words could make change, and by writing Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe hastened the Civil War and changed the course of America history.
♦ Henry David Thoreau: A Man for Our Time by James Daugherty
$ Landmark Young Mark Twain and the Mississippi by Kane
♦ Nellie Bly, Reporter by Nina Brown Baker
♦ Writing About the Frontier: Mark Twain by Jean Rikhoff
Great Lives Series
♦ $ Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs
This biography of Louisa May Alcott who wrote Little Women was a 1934 Newbery Award winner.
♦ Making Poems for America: Robert Frost by Gorham Munson
Great Lives Series
♦ $ Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers by Jean Fritz
Harriet Beecher Stowe grew up in a family in which her seven brothers were expected to be successful preachers and the four girls were never to speak in public. But slavery made Harriet so angry she couldn't keep quiet. Although she used a pen rather than her voice to convince people of the evils of slavery, she became more famous than any of her brothers. She firmly believed that words could make change, and by writing Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe hastened the Civil War and changed the course of America history.
♦ Henry David Thoreau: A Man for Our Time by James Daugherty
$ Landmark Young Mark Twain and the Mississippi by Kane
♦ Nellie Bly, Reporter by Nina Brown Baker
♦ Writing About the Frontier: Mark Twain by Jean Rikhoff
Great Lives Series
♦ $ Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs
This biography of Louisa May Alcott who wrote Little Women was a 1934 Newbery Award winner.
♦ Making Poems for America: Robert Frost by Gorham Munson
Great Lives Series
HIGH SCHOOL
IA American Authors for Young Folks by Amanda Harris
IA America's Literary Masters by Vincent
Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, James Fenimore Cooper, George Bancroft, William Prescott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edgar Allen Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Lothrop Motley, Francis Parkman, Bayard Taylor, George William Curtis, Donald Grant Mitchell, James Russell Howell, Walt Whitman
♦ Fighting Journalist: Horace Greeley by Jules Archer
Messner Biography
IA Great Writers of America by W. Trent
♥ $ Joel Chandler Harris (Uncle Remus): Plantation Story Teller by Alvin F. Harlow
Messner Biography♥ Harriet Beecher Stowe: The Story of Her Life by Charles Edward Stowe
Written by her son and grandchildren.
$ The Story of John Greenleaf Whittier by Frances Cooke
Good and Beautiful Book. "John Greenleaf Whittier worked tirelessly on his father’s farm, making sure he finished the day’s work before allowing himself to pen the lines of poetry that filled his mind. Eventually, though a difficult choice, John Greenleaf Whittier risked his budding career as a successful poet, editor, and politician—and his life—to join the unpopular anti-slavery movement. As difficult as the decision was, Whittier knew that “the right must win and that duty must be done at all costs.” He dedicated the majority of his life to fighting slavery, and as a result, he lived in poverty most of his life and struggled to care for those he loved. Little did he know the poetry and legacy he left behind would touch the lives of thousands of people for decades after his death."
♦ $ First Woman Editor: Sarah J. Hale by Olive Woolley Burt
Messner Biography
♦ $ James Fenimore Cooper by Isabel Proudfit
Messner Biography
♥ $ Joseph Pulitzer: Front Page Pioneer by Iris Noble
Messner Biography
♦ $ Nellie Bly: First Woman Reporter by Iris Noble
Messner Biography
♦ O. Henry: The Story of William Sydney Porter by Jeannette Covert Nolan
Messner Biography
♥ The Autobiography of Mark Twain
♥ Walt Whitman: Builder for America by Babette Deutsch
Messner Biography
♦ Edna St. Vincent Millay: America's Best Loved Poet by Toby Shafter
Messner Biography
♥ Joseph Pulitzer: Front Page Pioneer by Iris Noble
Messner Biography
♦ Nellie Bly: First Woman Reporter by Iris Noble
Messner Biography
♦ William Shakespeare by Iris Noble
Messner Biography
IA America's Literary Masters by Vincent
Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, James Fenimore Cooper, George Bancroft, William Prescott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edgar Allen Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Lothrop Motley, Francis Parkman, Bayard Taylor, George William Curtis, Donald Grant Mitchell, James Russell Howell, Walt Whitman
♦ Fighting Journalist: Horace Greeley by Jules Archer
Messner Biography
IA Great Writers of America by W. Trent
♥ $ Joel Chandler Harris (Uncle Remus): Plantation Story Teller by Alvin F. Harlow
Messner Biography♥ Harriet Beecher Stowe: The Story of Her Life by Charles Edward Stowe
Written by her son and grandchildren.
$ The Story of John Greenleaf Whittier by Frances Cooke
Good and Beautiful Book. "John Greenleaf Whittier worked tirelessly on his father’s farm, making sure he finished the day’s work before allowing himself to pen the lines of poetry that filled his mind. Eventually, though a difficult choice, John Greenleaf Whittier risked his budding career as a successful poet, editor, and politician—and his life—to join the unpopular anti-slavery movement. As difficult as the decision was, Whittier knew that “the right must win and that duty must be done at all costs.” He dedicated the majority of his life to fighting slavery, and as a result, he lived in poverty most of his life and struggled to care for those he loved. Little did he know the poetry and legacy he left behind would touch the lives of thousands of people for decades after his death."
♦ $ First Woman Editor: Sarah J. Hale by Olive Woolley Burt
Messner Biography
♦ $ James Fenimore Cooper by Isabel Proudfit
Messner Biography
♥ $ Joseph Pulitzer: Front Page Pioneer by Iris Noble
Messner Biography
♦ $ Nellie Bly: First Woman Reporter by Iris Noble
Messner Biography
♦ O. Henry: The Story of William Sydney Porter by Jeannette Covert Nolan
Messner Biography
♥ The Autobiography of Mark Twain
♥ Walt Whitman: Builder for America by Babette Deutsch
Messner Biography
♦ Edna St. Vincent Millay: America's Best Loved Poet by Toby Shafter
Messner Biography
♥ Joseph Pulitzer: Front Page Pioneer by Iris Noble
Messner Biography
♦ Nellie Bly: First Woman Reporter by Iris Noble
Messner Biography
♦ William Shakespeare by Iris Noble
Messner Biography