Bibliography of Biographies for Talent Development Compiled by Ann Robinson, Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education Person Title Author Publisher AR Level Louisa May Alcott Louisa May & Mr. Thoreau’s Flute Julie Dunlap & Dial Books 3.9 Marybeth Lorbiecki Marian Anderson Marian Anderson: A Voice Uplifted Victoria Garnett Sterling 7 Jones Marian Anderson The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Russell Freedman Clarion Books 8.2 Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights Marian Anderson When Marian Sang Pam Ryan & Brian Scholastic Press 5.2 Selznick Mary Anning Stone Girl, Bone Girl Laurence Anholt & Orchard Books 4.5 Sheila Moxley Mary Anning Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Don Brown Houghton Mifflin 5.4 Remarkable Discoveries Mary Anning Mary Anning and the Sea Dragon Jeannine Atkins Farrar Straus Giroux 4.6 Fred and Adele Astaire Footwork: The Story of Fred and Adele Astaire Roxane Orgill Candlewick Press (ages 4 to 8) John James Audubon The Boy Who Drew Birds Jacqueline Davies Houghton Mifflin 4.4 John James Audubon Into the Woods: John James Audubon Lives Robert Burleigh Simon & Schuster 4.7 His Dream Alia Muhammad Baker The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq Jeanette Winter Harcourt, Inc. 3.2 Ann Bancroft & Ann and Liv Cross Antarctica: A Dream Come Zoe Alderfer Ryan Da Capo Press (ages 7 Liv Arnesen True! & Nicholas Reti to 12) Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker Kevin Conley Chelsea House (grades 6 to 12) Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker Catherine Welch Barnes & Noble 4.2 John Bardsley Sparrow Jack Mordicai Gerstein Farrar Straus Giroux 3.7 Ibn Battuta Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta James Rumford Houghton Mifflin 4.0 1325-1354 Wilson A. Bentley My Brother Loved Snowflakes Mary Bahr & Laura Boyd Mills Press 3.4 Jacobsen Wilson A. Bentley Snowflake Bentley Jacqueline Briggs Houghton Mifflin 4.1 Martin & Mary Azarian Stephen Bishop Journey to the Bottomless Pit Elizabeth Mitchell Viking 5.3 Kid Blink Kid Blink Beats the World Don Brown Roaring Book Press 5.2 Charlotte, Branwell, The Brontes: Scenes from the Childhood of Catherine Brighton Frances Lincoln (ages 4 to Emily, and Anne Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne 8) Bronte Clara Brown One More Valley, One More Hill Linda Lowery Landmark 7.2 Alexander Calder Sandy’s Circus Tanya Lee Stone Viking (ages 6+) George Washington A Weed is a Flower ALIKI Aladdin Paperbacks (ages 4-8) Carver George Washington Carver: A Life in Poems Marilyn Nelson Front Street 5.9 Carver George Washington George Washington Carver Tanya Bolden Abrams Books for (ages 9 to Carver Young Readers 12) Calamity Jane Calamity Jane: Her Life and Legend Doris Faber Houghton Mifflin (ages 9 to 12) Willa Cather Writer of the Plains: A Story about Willa Cather Tom Streissguth & Carolrhoda 5.4 Karen Ritz Jean-Francois Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who James Rumford Houghton Mifflin 4.1 Chompollion Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs Bibliography of Biographies for Talent Development, Compiled by Ann Robinson, Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education Eugene Clark Eugenie Clark: The Adventures of a Shark Ellen R. Butts & Linnet Books 7.7 Scientist Joyce R. Schwartz Columcille Across a Dark and Wild Sea Don Brown Roaring Brook Press 5.1 Confucius Confucius: The Gold Rule Russell Freedman Arthur A. Levine: 7.6 & Frederick Scholastic Books Clement Marie Curie Manya’s Dream: A Story of Marie Curie Frieda Wishinsky Maple Tree Press (Ages 9- 12) Marie Curie Marie Curie: A Brilliant Life Elizabeth MacLeod Kids Can 6.8 Marie Curie Marie Curie: A Photographic Story of a Life Vicki Cobb D K Publishing (not available) Marie Curie Marie Curie: Scientist Who Made Glowing Mike Venezia Scholastic 5.5 Discoveries Marie Curie Marie Curie: The Woman Who Changed the Philip Steele National Geographic 6.5 Course of Science Marie Curie Marie Curie and Her Daughters Shelley Emling Palgrave MacMillan (level not available) Marie Curie Something out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Carla Killough Farrar Straus Giroux 6.8 Radium McClafferty Charles Darwin Charles Darwin and the Beagle Adventure A. J. Wood & Clint The Templar (Ages 9- Twist Company 12) Charles Darwin The Tree of Life Peter Sis Frances Foster 5.2 Books Charles Darwin What Mr. Darwin Saw Mick Manning & Frances Lincoln (Ages 4-8) Britta Granstrom Children’s Books Alexandra David-Neel Far Beyond the Garden Gate: Journey to Lhasa Don Brown Houghton Mifflin 5.4 Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo’s Horse Jean Fritz & G. P. Putnam’s 4.6 Hudson Talbot Sons Charles Dickens Mr. Dickens Hits Town Jan Mark & Regolo Tundra Books 5.4 Ricci Thomas Edison Young Thomas Edison Michael Dooling Holiday House 4.7 Albert Einstein Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein Don Brown Houghton Mifflin 4.6 George Elliot Toward a High Attic: The Early Life of George Elfrida Vipont Holt, Rinehart & (level not Elliot Winston available) Eratosthenes The Librarian Who Measured the Earth Kathryn Lasky Little, Brown and 5.8 Company Leonardo Fibonacci Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci Joseph D’Agnese Henry Holt and 3.7 Company James Earle Fraser The Buffalo Nickel Taylor Morrison Houghton Mifflin 6.0 Galileo Starry Messenger Peter Sis Sunburst 4.8 Jane Goodall The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Jeanette Winter Schwarts & Wade Chimps Martha Graham Martha Graham: A Dancer’s Life Russell Freedman Clarion Books 5.0 Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People Bonnie Christensen Alfred A. Knopf 5.5 George Handel Handel and the Famous Sword Swallower of Bryna Stevens Philomel (level not Halle available) George Handel Handel Who Knew What He Liked M.T. Anderson and Candlewick Press 4.8 Kevin Hawkes John Harrison The Man Who Made Time Travel Kathryn Lasky Melanie Kroupa 6.4 Books 2 JODIE MAHONY CENTER FOR GIFTED EDUCATION II UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK ualr.edu/gifted II 501.569.3410 Bibliography of Biographies for Talent Development, Compiled by Ann Robinson, Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education John Harrison Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude Louise Borden and McElderry Books 5.5 Erik Blegvad Hatshepsut Hatshepsut, His Majesty, Herself Catherine Andronik Atheneum Books 7.7 & Joseph Daniel Fiedler Hatshepsut Hatshepsut: The Princess Who Became King Ellen Galford National Geographic 7.7 Mamie “Peanut” A Strong Right Arm Michelle Y. Green Puffin 5.1 Johnson Sam Johnson Who Was... Sam Johnson: The Wonderful Andrew Billen Short Books (Ages 9+) Word Doctor Waterhouse Hawkins The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins Barbara Kerley & Scholastic Books 5.0 Brian Selznick Mary Kingsley Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa Don Brown Houghton Mifflin 4.6 Margaret E. Knight Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Emily Arnold Farrar Straus Giroux 0.5 Became an Inventor McCully Antoine Laurent The Chemist Who Lost His Head: The Story of Vivian Grey Coward-McCann (ages 9 to Lavoisier Antoine Laurent Lavoisier 12) Jacob Lawrence I See You: I See Myself: The Young Life of Debra Foxley Phillips Collection (ages 9 Jacob Lawrence Leach to 12) Jacob Lawrence Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence John Dugglesby Chronicle Books (ages 9 to 12) Harper Lee I am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee Charles J. Shields Henry Holt and 8.3 Company Nat Love The Story of Nat Love Robert Miller Silver Press 3.2 Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace: The Computer Wizard of Lucy Lethbridge Short Books (level not Victorian England available) Toussaint L’Ouverture Open the Door to Liberty! Anne Rockwell Houghton Mifflin 6.2 Harcourt Francis Marion The Revolutionary Swamp Fox Idella Bodie Sandpiper (Ages 9- Publishing 12) Gregor Mendel Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas Cheryl Bardoe Abrams Books for (ages 4 to Young Readers 8) Moondyne Joe The Legend of Moondyne Joe Mark Greenwood & Cygnet Books 5.3 Frane Lessac Esther Morris When Esther Morris Headed West: Women, Connie Nordhielm Holiday House 5.1 Wyoming and the Right to Vote Wooldridge & Jacqueline Rogers Wolfgang Amadeus Play, Mozart, Play! Peter Sis Greenwillow Books (Ages 6-9) Mozart Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale Allan Drummond & Green Barrow (level not Katrina Eldred Publishing available) Florence Nightingale Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Gena K. Gorrell Tundra Books 8.4 Nightingale Florence Nightingale Who was . ? Florence Nightingale, the Lady Charlotte Moore Short Books (level not with the Lamp available) Annie Oakley Bull’s-Eye: A Photobiography of Annie Oakley Sue Macy National Geographic 6.9 Society Jackson Pollock Action Jackson Jan Greenberg & Square Fish 5.2 Sandra Jordan Marco Polo The Adventures of Marco Polo Russell Freedman Arthur A. Levine (ages 9 to Books 12) Beatrix Potter Beatrix Jeanette Winter Frances Foster (ages 4 Books to 8) 3 JODIE MAHONY CENTER FOR GIFTED EDUCATION II UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK ualr.edu/gifted II 501.569.3410 Bibliography of Biographies for Talent Development, Compiled by Ann Robinson, Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education John Wesley Powell Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the Deborah Kagan Frances Foster 7.2 One-Armed Explorer Ray Books John Wesley Powell In Search of the Grand Canyon: Down the Mary Ann Fraser Redfeather Books (ages 7 Colorado River with John Wesley Powell to 10) Elvis Presley Shake Rag: From the Life of Elvis Presley Amy Littlesugar Philomel 4.3 Wilma Rudolph Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became Kathleen Krull & Voyager Books 5.1 the World’s Fastest Woman David Diaz Charlie Russell Charlie’s Trail: The Life and Art of C.M. Russell Gayle C. Shirley TwoDot Books (ages 9 to 12) Saladin Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam Diane Stanley HarperCollins 7.0 Publishers Clara Schumann Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso Susanna Reich Clarion Books 7.6 Mary Seacole Mary Seacole: The Charismatic Black Nurse Jane Robinson Constable & (level not Who Became a Heroine of the Crimea Robinson Ltd.