Kids Book Index
McDivitt, Lindsey; Illustrated by Eileen Ryan Ewen
Born in 1906 in Croswell, Michigan, Gwen Frostic grew up loving art and the outdoors. Although an illness left her with weak hands and slurred speech, her mother encouraged her, sending her to school and providing her with art supplies.
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Monumental American ManTonya BoldenFrederick Douglass (1818–1895) is best known for the telling of his own emancipation. But there is much more to Douglass’s story than his time spent enslaved and his famous autobiography.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Mary Shelley: The Strange True Tale of Frankenstein’s CreatorCatherine ReefOn the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Unpresidented: A Biography of Donald TrumpBrockenbrough, MarthaA riveting, meticulously researched, and provocative biography of Donald J. Trump from the author of Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary . Now with a new epilogue about the 2019 impeachment hearing and COVID-19 response!Biography, Autobiography, and MemoirOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details