Picture Book Biography
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A Picture Book of George Washington
by David A. Adler
Part of the Picture Book Biography series
A simple presentation of his character and the major events of his life.
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A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt
by David A. Adler
Part of the Picture Book Biography series
A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Eleanor Roosevelt.
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A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin
by David A. Adler
Part of the Picture Book Biography series
Writer, printer, scientist, inventor, statesman, and youngest son in a family of seventeen children, Benjamin Franklin is considered one of our greatest Americans.
Supported by colorful illustrations, Adler's biography brings to life one of America's founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin.
Adler highlights Franklin's stunning accomplishments and his day-to-day life from his time as a young boy in Boston, Massachusetts through his role as the oldest delegate to the Constitutional Congress at the age of 81.
A lifelong book lover and printer, Franklin poularized famous sayings like "haste makes waste" and "early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise" in his annual “Poor Richard's Almanack.” An energetic inventor and public servant, he created the Franklin stove and bifocal glasses and established the first lending library and hospital in America.
Young readers looking for insight into one of America's greatest founders, will find inspiration while gaining understanding and appreciation of US colonial history.
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A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by David A. Adler
Part of the Picture Book Biography series
A picture book biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped African Americans win many battles for equal rights.
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A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln
by David A. Adler
Part of the Picture Book Biography series
Follows the life of the popular president, from his childhood on the frontier to his assassination after the end of the Civil War.
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A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass
by David A. Adler
Part of the Picture Book Biography series
A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century.
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