What is a biography?
A biography is the life story of a person. Books about people are called biographies.
In fourth, fifth, and sixth grade, I
often checked out a biography from the school library. The books filled
my mind with many stories about lives of people who became famous and their choices.
Here are a few picture book biographies from my
cupboard reading shelf today:
RACHEL CARSON AND HER BOOK THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
by Laurie Lawlor, pictures by Laura Beingessner (Holiday House, 2012).
A RIVER OF WORDS: THE STORY OF WILLIAM CARLOS
WILLIAMS by Jen Bryant, pictures by Melissa Sweet (Eerdmans, 2008).
ART FROM HER HEART: FOLK ARTIST CLEMENTINE HUNTER
by Kathy Whitehead, pictures by Shane W. Evans (Putnam, 2008).
MISS LADY BIRD’S WILDFLOWERS: HOW A FIRST LADY
CHANGED AMERICA by Kathi Appelt, pictures by Joy Fisher Hein (HarperCollins,
2005).
Author Donna Bowman Bratton has created a mashup of
the word “birthday” and “biographies” to make-up “birthdayographies.” Read
about biographies on the birthdays of the famous at her blog, BIRTHDAYOGRAPHIES. Thanks, Donna, for sharing!
