(Part 2) Best children biographies according to redditors
We found 74 Reddit comments discussing the best children biographies. We ranked the 42 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Sure, here you go:
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"He eventually made recruiting visits to Miami, Louisiana State and Mississippi State. But these schools wanted him as a defensive back. McNair wanted to play quarterback."
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"Steve was recruited heavily by schools like Florida State, but every school who recruited him wanted him to play safety."
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From the out-of-print book "Running & Gunning":
"When Cardell Jones heard that schools like Florida State were recruiting Steve McNair, he gave up on the idea of carrying on a 'family tradition.'"
(Cardell Jones was the coach at Alcorn State at the time, and Steve's brother Fred had played there, so Jones had hoped to lure Steve there as well).
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"McNair was recruited by several of those colleges as a defensive back -- he tied Terrell Buckley's state career record with 30 interceptions at Mount Olive (Miss.) High. But he wanted to play quarterback. When Jones offered him the chance, he chose Alcorn over the likes of Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, Florida State, Miami and Mississippi State."
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Steve was recruited heavily by schools all over the southeast, including Florida State. But every major program wanted him as a defensive back. Steve considered himself a quarterback and refused to go to any college that didn’t share this view. That essentially narrowed his choice down to Alcorn State in Mississippi"
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"McNair was initially offered a full scholarship to the University of Florida to play running back"
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"McNair spurned a full scholarship to the University of Florida because they were only offering it to be a running back"
Hillary Clinton: Some Girls are Born to Lead
It Takes a Village: Picture Book by Hillary Rodham Clinton
A Girl Named Hillary: The True Story of Hillary Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight
Hillary Clinton: The Life of a Leader
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
I Look Up To... Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Elizabeth Warren: Nevertheless, She Persisted
And there are a lot more where those came from. There were a lot of politician worshiping children's books I chose not to include because my list was already pretty long.
I hadn’t heard that about him either. I’ve seen [children’s books about his work](Chuck Close: Face Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/1419701630/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_iJIwDbQ35WCCA), which now seem creepy.
https://www.amazon.com/Ring-Scott-Steiner-Reading-Power/dp/0823960439
I hadn't seen that This Week in Baseball History yet. Very cool.
My nephew loves football and basketball. He never really got into baseball. Then he did a book report on (I think) this Roberto Clemente book and now he loves him and likes baseball a bit more.
Good overall. They went over the story pretty well for a 4-7 age range. One thing that bugged me was they referred to the "mockingbirds" Darwin was so fascinated by on the Galapagos. I know they are part of the same family, but really, who has EVER heard of "Darwin's Mockingbirds"?
Other than that error, they talk about his beetles, the skeletons he found on the beach, the Galapagos tortoises, the beagle, etc. All the necessary basics, including a map of his journey.
The reviews on Amazon seem pretty positive, except for the person who got a used book that was written in (not the books fault)
http://smile.amazon.com/Animals-Charles-Darwin-Explorers-Chronicle/dp/0811850498/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1404497298&sr=1-14&keywords=charles+darwin+childrens+book
Here's a link to the book if anyone is interested in it
I can't even find a quote (much less a verified one) of him saying anything about it.
Most reputable things are CBS 60 minutes page, and a selection from a not very popular looking book.
This is not about the region you're referring to, but: I read The Geography of Memory: Recovering Stories of a Landscape's First People this summer. It's about the Sinixt people, whose traditional shared territory includes large parts of BC and northern WA. It's a good, fairly short, non-academic, yet well-researched read. The author isn't Sinixt, but she clearly spent a lot of time with them in writing this book. She talks a lot about food, tools, the land, and navigating the countless rivers of the region. It's a mix of history, storytelling, and personal narrative. From the book, I definitely a stronger idea of what every day life might've been like for the Sinixt.
Shamefully, I haven't gotten around to reading all of this yet, but The Mishomis Book is held up very highly as being a wonderful tool for learning about traditional Ojibwe (sometimes spelled Chippewa in the US) culture. And anything by Basil Johnston is going to be great too.
Did you even read the piece?
The connection to Common Core is that "His biography has been, not surprisingly, designated as an approved piece of Common Core literature." They are referring to this is the book which they go on to excerpt including the parts they find questionable.
Children at Bluffview Elementary who have been assigned to read the book, entitled “Barack Obama,” published by Lerner Publications and a part of Scholastic’s “Reading Counts” program, were informed on page 40 that despite Obama being a “nice fellow,” many allegedly believed that no white American would vote for him in 2008 based solely on the color of his skin.
“But some people said Americans weren’t ready for that much change. Sure Barack was a nice fellow, they said. But white voters would never vote for a black president,” the book reads.
The book, approved for children as young as seven years old, also goes on to specifically mention controversial comments made by President Obama’s former pastor Jeremiah Wright, while also claiming that the president has worked to bring whites and blacks together.
Richard Scarry's biography is very good. Amazon Link
He was an interesting guy, and his books were very influential in changing the way children's books were written and produced.
Very highly recommended if you are a fan of his work.
If 45 was reading a book on Andrew Jackson, it was probably this book. Andrew Jackson comic for kids
The best place to get information about native and indigenous Americans is to go to the source. Books by native/indigenous Americans using their own voices to tell stories about encountering Europeans in North America for the first time, as well as talking about their own culture and traditions can be found here:
Giving Thanks
The Very First Americans
Native American History for Kids
Getting to Know the Native American Indian Tribes
1621 - National Geographic
Four Seasons of Corn
Author page for Joseph Bruchac (His Squanto book is "not recommended" but he is an authorized writer of native American stories)
American Indians In Children's Lit - Thanksgiving Books to Avoid (there is a comment on this list that shares several titles and authors that may also be beneficial to this subject).
Probably not exactly what your looking for
Kristen Stewart (Superstars!)
There is an excellent (and illustrated) book about this as well:
The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey
http://www.amazon.com/Journey-That-Saved-Curious-George/dp/0547417462/
So one time a long time ago, my family was talking about JFK, and my step-mom goes, "Who's that?". We all turned to her astonished she didn't know who he was, even though she was born in the sixties, it should have been burned into her since she lives in America.
Last night, I found this book on the counter. It made me giggle a little. I was also severely disappointed.
> Can't light's behavior be solely modeled as a wave?
Only at macroscopic scales can light be "solely" described as a wave. Quantum Electrodynamics has already shown that light can be solely described in terms of particles only. (IMHO,) Q.E.D. is a completed theory.
> Why do we think it even needs to be a particle?
> What behavior of light is solely a property of a particle and not a wave?
[Helen Greiner: Cofounder of iRobot Corporation (Innovators)]
(http://www.amazon.com/Helen-Greiner-Cofounder-Corporation-Innovators/dp/0737744049/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330875019&sr=1-3&tag=bookforyoudm-20)
There are some great books for young kids about Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and MLK by Brad Metzer in a very Bill Watterson-style (Calvin and Hobbes) that resonated with my girls. Another great one is about Ruth Bader Ginsberg that is titled "I Dissent!".
All have good examples of civil (and legal) dissension with examples that kids can apply to their own lives.