Information Picture Books Pt. 6

I love learning. My attention span these days? Not good enough to read a heavy non-fiction book for adults. I can handle an information picture book any day of the week! This edition includes biographies from art, science, and history, plus a bible story as well. Enjoy these!

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Only the Names Remain: The Cherokees and The Trail of Tears

Describes the life of the Cherokee Indians in Georgia before and after the U.S. government forcibly removed them from their land.
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An illustrated introduction to the life of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.
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A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon – Audiobook Download
from: **AudiobooksNow**

Biography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson.
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Looking for more? This short biography includes an extension activity:

Katherine Johnson Reader Grade 1-4 Paperback Carson Dellosa

ADancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

A revolution in Venezuela forced her family to flee to the United States. Teresa felt lonely in this unfamiliar place, where few of the people she met spoke Spanish. Worst of all, there was fighting in her new home, too-the Civil War. Still, Teresa kept playing, and soon she grew famous as the talented Piano Girl who could play anything from a folk song to a sonata.
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It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way

Growing up quiet and lonely at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gyo learned from her relatives the ways in which both women and Japanese people lacked opportunity. Her teachers and family believed in her and sent her to art school and later Japan, where her talent flourished. But while Gyo’s career grew and led her to work for Walt Disney Studios, World War II began, and with it, her family’s internment. But Gyo never stopped fighting–for herself, her vision, her family and her readers–and later wrote and illustrated the first children’s book to feature children of different races interacting together.
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Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals

Around the world, bridges, tunnels, and highways are constantly being built to help people get from one place to another. But what happens when construction spreads over, under, across, and through animal habitats?
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Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave – Audiobook Download
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Dave was an extraordinary artist, poet, and potter living in South Carolina in the 1800s. He combined his superb artistry with deeply observant poetry, carved onto his pots, transcending the limitations he faced as a slave.
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Seven-year-old Miriam places her baby brother’s basket in the Nile River, watches the Pharoah’s daughter draw him out and name him Moses, and ponders a vision of other water parting.
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More coming!