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December 3  Today's Featured Search:
Biographies for Elementary level

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TitleRankPeriodLevelType
Cleopatra by Diane Stanley
Legendary leaders risked their kingdoms to win Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. A timeless story of love, war, and ambition, this pictorial biography is sure to entertain and educate. [More]
Classical
500BC-600AD
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Leonardo da Vinci by Diane Stanley
Older children will certainly appreciate the wealth of information in this complete and fascinating biography of Leonardo da Vinci.... [More]
Renaissance/
Reformation
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Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley
Against the fascinating tapestry of Frances history during the Hundred Years' War, Diane Stanley unfolds the story of the simple... [More]
Middle Ages
600-1300
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Michelangelo by Diane Stanley
Michelangelo Buonarroti, one of the greatest artists of all time, was not exactly a noble and humble man. Irritable, arrogant, and... [More]
Renaissance/
Reformation
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Peter the Great by Diane Stanley
Peter the Great, crowned tsar of Russia at the age of ten, believed that whatever he wanted he should have -- and the sooner the better.... [More]
Discovery/
Colonial
ElemBiography
Benjamin Franklin by Augusta Stevenson
I thought that it was a good book because I like biographies. I especially liked the part when he went to the Latin School and he couldn't... [More]
Discovery/
Colonial
ElemBiography
Abraham Lincoln by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
America was at a crossroads in 1939 as they debated whether to join the Allies in their battle against Hitler's relentless march across... [More]
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George Washington by Ingri D'Aulaire
Follows Washington from young boy to surveyor, to soldier in the French and Indian War where he became a war hero. Later Washington lead his troops through the dark and hungry days of the Revolution [More]
Discovery/
Colonial
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