Lerner biography series

Author

Turk, Ruth Krohn, Katherine Baker, Beth Lazo, Caroline Evensen Carpenter, Angelica Shirley Tagliaferro, Linda Edge, Laura Bufano Roberts, Jeremy Gherman, Beverly

1) Charlie Chaplin: genius of the silent screen

Author

Turk, Ruth

Series

Lerner biography series

Pub. Date

[2000]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 3

Lexile measure

1040L

Language

English

Description

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Traces the life of the legendary film star, from his impoverished childhood in England through his years of success in motion pictures in the United States to his exile in 1952.

2) Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song

Author

Krohn, Katherine

Series

Lerner biography series

Pub. Date

22 cm.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 2

Lexile measure

1010L

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the celebrated jazz singer, known especially for her scat singing and "songbook" recordings of the works of many major American composers.

3) Sylvia Earle, guardian of the sea

Author

Baker, Beth

Series

Lerner biography series

Pub. Date

2001.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2

Lexile measure

1040L

Language

English

Description

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Describes the life of this groundbreaking marine biologist and diver, from her childhood in New Jersey and Florida to her deep sea explorations of the 1980's and 1990's.

4) Leonard Bernstein: in love with music

Author

Lazo, Caroline Evensen

Series

Lerner biography series

Pub. Date

[2003]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 3

Lexile measure

1070L

Language

English

5) Lewis Carroll: through the looking glass

Author

Carpenter, Angelica Shirley

Series

Lerner biography series

Pub. Date

[2003]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 4

Lexile measure

1080L

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the mathematician, teacher, photographer, and author who wrote "Alice in Wonderland."

6) Thomas Edison: inventor of the age of electricity

Author

Tagliaferro, Linda

7) Andrew Carnegie

Author

Edge, Laura Bufano

Series

Lerner biography series

Pub. Date

[2004]

Lexile measure

1080L

Language

English

Description

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Chronicles the rags-to-riches tale of a Scottish immigrant who used most of the millions he earned as a steel tycoon to set up a fund for the advancement of science, education, and peace.

8) Bob Dylan: voice of a generation

Author

Roberts, Jeremy

Series

Lerner biography series

Pub. Date

2004.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

9) Anne Morrow Lindbergh: between the sea and the stars

Author

Gherman, Beverly