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Direct linkLibresco, Andrea S. – Social Education, 2018
The annual "National Council for the Social Studies" (NCSS) Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People list often contains picture books that profile citizen role models--people who worked to change society for the better. In 2018 the list includes beautiful, thoughtful biographies of people who chose "doing good" over…
Descriptors: Books, Activism, Childrens Literature, Social Studies
May, Laura A.; Holbrook, Teri; Meyers, Laura E. – Children's Literature in Education, 2010
American publishers have published numerous children's books about Barack Obama over the past several years; most take the form of informational biographies. This article reports on a research project aimed at how these books incorporate sociohistorical narratives, particularly those related to the civil rights movement. Though the features of the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Civil Rights, Ideology, Biographies
Kingman, Lee, Comp.; And Others – 1978
As part of a continuing series, this fourth volume of "Illustrators of Children's Books" concentrates on the decade from 1967 to 1976. Four essays in Part One of the book discuss the state of the illustrator's art ("Book Illustration"), European picture books in the decade ("A View from the Island"), the Japanese picture book ("Where the Old Meets…
Descriptors: Artists, Biographies, Books, Children
Peer reviewedBigelow, William – Language Arts, 1992
Reviews several children's biographies of Columbus and challenges the image of Columbus portrayed in these books. Calls upon educators to be more critical when having elementary school students read about Columbus. (MG)
Descriptors: Biographies, Books, Childrens Literature, Critical Reading
Wyatt, Flora R.; Coggins, Margaret; Imber, Jane Hunter – 1998
This sourcebook provides brief biographies of 65 popular children's nonfiction authors. Each profile focuses on how authors go about writing information books by giving a firsthand account of the challenges and rewards of nonfiction writing. Each biography provides a selected bibliography of the author's work, a photo, and a message to the student…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Authors, Biographies, Books
Brown, Dale W. – Elem Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Biographies, Books, Catalogs
Ward, Nancy – Elementary English, 1973
Pays tribute to Laura Ingalls Wilder's style as a writer of children's books and comments on her life as a woman. (RB)
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Books, Childrens Literature
Hopkins, Lee Bennett – Elementary English, 1973
Describes the life and writings of children's author, Jean Craighead George. (RB)
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Books, Childrens Literature
Lichtenberg, Margaret Klee – Ms., 1973
An annotated bibliography of 68 non-sexist books for children. (RB)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Biographies, Books, Childrens Literature
Bissett, Donald S.; Moline, Ruth E. – Elementary English, 1975
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Biographies, Book Reviews, Books
Peer reviewedScience and Children, 2000
Lists outstanding science trade books for children in the categories of Biography, Earth and Space Science, Integrated Science, Life Science, Physical Science, and Technology and Engineering. Explains the book selection process. (YDS)
Descriptors: Biographies, Biological Sciences, Books, Childrens Literature
Peer reviewedPovsic, Frances F. – Reading Teacher, 1980
Lists and annotates children's books that present Polish folklore and legends, biographies of famous Polish people, personal accounts of life in Poland, and stories about Polish Americans and people living in Poland. (ET)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Autobiographies, Biographies, Books
Kuntz, Patricia – 1980
This bibliography comprises a list of 236 reviewed children's books about the Middle East. All books were published since 1970 in the United States. For the purpose of this document the countries of the Middle East number 16: Bahrain, Cyprus, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab…
Descriptors: Biographies, Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Download full textNorby, Shirley; Ryan, Gregory – 1992
This book provides biographical information about 19 stylistically different illustrators of children's picture books. The illustrators and illustrations selected for representation demonstrate the many changes and styles in book illustration that have occurred during the past 50 years. Focus is upon how and why these individuals became children's…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Artists, Biographies
White, Virginia L., Comp.; Schulte, Emerita S., Comp. – 1979
Growing from an awareness of the significant increase in the number of professional books in the field of children's literature, this bibliography has been compiled to meet the needs of teachers, librarians, parents, and others interested in children and their books. The books selected represent new publications (since 1967) and revisions of or…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Biographies, Books
