Helen Plum Library

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

An introduction to the life of George Washington, who proved himself a good military leader during the American Revolution and became the nation's first president

2) Paul Klee

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[1991]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

"Discusses, in simple text, the life and work of the abstract painter, focusing on his use of color, shape, and symbolism"--Title page verso

3) Thomas Jefferson: third president, 1801-1809

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

An introduction to the life of Thomas Jefferson, a man whose ideas helped create a new kind of government and who became the nation's third president

4) Theodore Roosevelt: twenty-sixth president, 1901-1909

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2007

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

5) Georgia O'Keeffe

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

[2015]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

"Introduces the reader to the artist Georgia O'Keeffe"--

6) Franklin D. Roosevelt: thirty-second president, 1933-1945

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

2007

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

"Examines the life and career of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the thirty-second president of the United States."--From source other than the Library of Congress

7) Dwight D. Eisenhower: thirty-fourth president, 1953-1961

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

2007

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

"Examines the life and career of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the thirty-fourth president of the United States."--From source other than the Library of Congress

8) Georges Seurat

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2002

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Describes the life and career of the nineteenth-century French Neo-Impressionist artist Georges Seurat, best known for inventing the painting technique known as Pointillism

9) John Quincy Adams: sixth president, 1825-1829

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

An introduction to the life of John Qincy Adams, son of the second president who himself became the sixth president

10) Jane Goodall: researcher who champions chimps

Author

Getting to know the world's greatest inventors and scientists

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

2010

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

An introduction to the life and career of primatologist Jane Goodall

11) The Wright brothers: inventors whose ideas really took flight

Author

Getting to know the world's greatest inventors and scientists

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

2010

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

An introduction to the lives and careers of brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, who built and flew the first successful powered airplane

12) Claude Monet

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc

Pub. Date

2015

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Briefly recounts the French impressionist painter's life and work

13) Rembrandt

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

[2015]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

"Introduces the reader to the artist Rembrandt"--

14) Frida Kahlo

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2016]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Learn about Frida Kahlo, one of the world's greatest artists

15) Marie Curie: scientist who made glowing discoveries

Author

Getting to know the world's greatest inventors and scientists

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

2009

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

16) Pierre Auguste Renoir

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[1996]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Briefly recounts the French painter's development, along with other fellow artists, of a new type of painting known as Impressionism

17) Harry S. Truman: thirty-third president, 1945-1953

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

2007

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

"Examines the life and career of Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third president of the United States."--From source other than the Library of Congress

18) Johannes Vermeer

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2002

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

An overview of the life and work of the seventeenth-century Dutch painter, famous for creating realistic scenes of everyday life

19) Vincent van Gogh

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc

Pub. Date

2015

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Briefly recounts the Dutch painter's life and work

20) Henry Ford: big wheel in the auto industry

Author

Getting to know the world's greatest inventors and scientists

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2009

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description