Incredible lives for young readers

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Le Tord, Bijou
Bryant, Jen, 1960
Sherman, Patrice
Markel, Michelle
Maxwell, Cassandre
Ransom, Candice F., 1952
Narayanan, Priya (Children's author
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1. A bird or two: a story about Henri Matisse

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Le Tord, Bijou
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Simple text and bright illustrations describe the work of French painter, Henri Matisse, particularly his joyful use of color.

2. A river of words: the story of William Carlos Williams

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Bryant, Jen, 1960-
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Willie loved to write-words gave him freedom and peace. But he also knew that he needed to earn a living, so when he grew up he went off to medical school and became a doctor-one of the busiest men in town! Yet he never stopped writing. In this picture book biography of poet William Carlos Williams, Jen Bryant's engaging prose and Melissa Sweet's stunning mixed-media illustrations celebrate the amazing man whose poems about ordinary, everyday things...

3. Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation

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Sherman, Patrice
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Young Benjamin Holmes, a slave in Charleston who has taught himself to read, reads Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation to his fellow slaves in prison.

4. The fantastic jungles of Henri Rousseau

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Markel, Michelle
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A child's biography of French artist Henri Rousseau, who spent his life as a toll collector, but created unheralded masterpieces in his spare time.

5. The right word: Roget and his thesaurus

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Bryant, Jen, 1960-
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The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] books were the best companions--and it wasn't long before Peter began writing his own book. But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought. His lists grew and grew, eventually turning into one of the most important reference books of all time"--Amazon.com.

6. Fur, fins, and feathers: Abraham Dee Bartlett and the invention of the modern zoo

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Maxwell, Cassandre
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"A biography of Abraham Dee Bartlett and how he helped to invent the modern zoo"--Provided by publisher.

7. Only Margaret: a story about Margaret Wise Brown

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Ransom, Candice F., 1952-
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"This biography spotlights how Margaret Wise Brown's unique personality shaped her journey as a writer and pioneer of the picture-book form"--

8. Friend of numbers: the life of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan

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Narayanan, Priya (Children's author)
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"This picture book biography follows a brilliant South Indian mathematician whose love of numbers spurred him to ask big questions and make incredible discoveries. The book's back matter includes an author's note, a glossary of Ramanujan's world, and mathematical content about number patterns and magic squares"-- "A memorable, inspiring introduction to a groundbreaking figure in STEM history. Growing up in southern India during British rule, Srinivasa...