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post a comment ». 32 books based on 29 votes: Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl, Smile by Raina Telgemeier, My Life with the Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall, Red Scarf Gir...
- Benefits of Reading Autobiographies
- I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
- Hope in A Ballet Shoe by Michaela Deprince
- The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
- A Long Way Home - Memoirs of A Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton
- El Deafo by Cece Bell
- Red Scarf Girl by Ji - li Jiang
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodsoon
Looking for some books to keep your child occupied when they are at home? The onus of introducing the right books to your child always lies on you. Biographies by young adults are always a source of motivation for young readers. If you want your child to be worldly-wise, make biographies and autobiographies a part of the reading list for your child...
About the author:When many preteens may just be bothered about their looks and homework, Malala Yousafzai, in 2009, 11 years at that time wrote an anonymous blog for BBC Urdu about her life under Taliban rule. She was very vocal about human rights, especially education for the girl child which was sometimes denied during the Taliban rule in Pakista...
About the author: Often extraordinary circumstances give rise to extraordinary stories and Hope in a Ballet Shoeis one such extraordinary autobiography. Penned by Michaela DePrince, who today is an international ballet dancer with The Dutch National Ballet, and one of the few black ballet dancers. Michaela grows through many atrocities as a child g...
About the author:This autobiography needs no introduction. Written by then 13-year-old Jewish Anne Frank in Dutch language while she hid with her family from Nazi occupation in Netherlands. The book is written with surprising candour - about life in isolation, her random thoughts about growing up, war, discrimination, school girl musings about crus...
About the author: Another book from the Sierra Leone, from Ishmael Beah is a first person account of what it means to be a boy soldier in a war-torn African country. The writing is clear, the descriptions are gut wrenching and the memoirs gives a perspective that many children across the world are still being robbed of their childhood. Ishmael Beah...
About the author:This autobiography is the true story of Bethany Hamilton. The writer was a competitive surfer, and at 14, at the stage when life is beginning for many, thought her life was over, after she got attacked by a shark and lost her arm. She tracks her life, before and after the accident - and her story is awe-inspiring. About the book:Th...
About the author: A disability can become a superpower! El Deafois a beautiful graphic novel that deals with being different due to a physical ailment (hearing loss) - it is a loosely based on the author's life. In an interesting quirk - all the characters in the graphic novel are bunnies. Why bunnies? Because they have large ears and extraordinary...
About the author: How do you make sense of the changing political environment? How does one go for being a popular child in school to being betrayed by friends for having an affluent family background in a changing political environment in China. She was inspired by the Diary of Anne Frank and the book is her offering for the world to understand Ch...
About the author: Jacqueline Woodsoon grew up with her grandparents as her mother was working. The writer has many other books to her credit and is best known for Brown Girl Dreaming and Miracle's Boys. About the book:An autobiographical book written in verse about a black girl's experiences of growing up in America in the 1960s. It is a short read...
Biographies for Kids. Biographies for kids are non-fiction books written on the kids' levels, so they can get a glimpse into a person's life. These stories are used by teachers to support their instruction when teaching about the concept of biographies (and autobiographies), or when they are teaching about a particular person's life ...
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Dec 25, 2021 · Zion Unmatched by Zion Clark and James S. Hirsch, photography by Wikkie Hermkens. [Previously Seen on the Photography List] Meet Zion Clark, a true champion. Born without legs, Zion takes his talent and strength and shows kids how, in his own words, “If I can do it, so can you.”. This one was a surprise to encounter.
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Jan 19, 2022 · Tweens (Ages 9-12) Bad News for Outlaws is the story of Bass Reeves who rose from slavery to the first African American Deputy US Marshal. Born into a childhood of violence and slavery, Bass quickly made a name for himself for righteousness. An inspiring figure kids must read about. (Grades 3-6)
Aug 8, 2016 · Autobiographies for Children. August 8, 2016July 21, 2016/ Sharon Tyler. The biography’s in the children’s room are all shelved together, in order alphabetically by the last name of the person they are about. Well, all but the Who Is/Was series which has a special display and place of honor.
