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 Who am I?
Genre: Biography
Directions:
- Choose a biography book that is at your reading level. A variety of average fifth grade reading level books are listed at the bottom of this page. If you are reading above the fifth grade reading level, try a book from the Challenge list. If you are reading below the fifth grade reading level, try a book from the Easy list.
- Read the book on your own.
- Complete all three portions of the Biography Book Report and present it to someone else, or to a group of people.
Possible Book Selections:
Average Book List
- Caddie Woodlawn, Carol Ryrie Brink
- The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin, James Cross Giblin
- Lost Star: The Story of Amelia Earhart, Patricia Lauber
- Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman, Dorothy Sterling
- Martin Luther King Jr., Doris & Harold Faber
- Michael Jordan, Paul J. Deegan
- Florence Nightingale, Pam Brown
- Bill Cosby, William R. Sanfor
- Clara Barton, Mildred Mastin Pace
- Abraham Lincoln, Anne Colver
- David Robinson, Dawn M. Miller
- Helen Keller, J. W. & Anne Tibble
- The Life and Words of Martin Luther King Jr., Ira Peck
- Martin Luther King: The Peaceful Warrior, Ed Clayton
- Shaq the Making of a Legend, Peter C. Bjarkman
Challenge Book List
- Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell
- Wilma Mankiller: Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Bruce Glassman
- Marie Curie, Richard Tames
- Charles Darwin, Don Nardo
- Barbara Bush, Arleen McGrath Heiss
- Frances Hodgson Burnett: Beyond the Secret Garden, Angelica Shirley Carpenter, Jean Shirley
- Knots in My Yo-yo String, Jerry Spinelli
Easy Book List
- The Power of Caring: Featuring the story of George Washington Carver, Maurine Phillips and Phyllis Colonna
- Ready, Aim, Fire!, Ellen Levine
- Nelson Mandela "No Easy Walk to Freedom", Barry Denenberg
- Value Tale series, Spencer Johnson M. D.
- Helen Keller, Margaret Davison
- Fredrick Douglass, Lillie Patterson
- Albert Einstein, Ibi Lepscky
- Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Man of Peace, Garnet Jackson
- Junipero Serra, Brave Adventurer, Florence Meiman White
- The Adventures of George Washington, Mickie Davidson
- Sacajawea, Guide to Lewis and Clark, Della Rowland
- Out of Darkness: Story of Louis Braille, Russell Freedman
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