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Amelia Earhart : Flight Around the World (A Short Biography for Children) Amelia Earhart, the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, mysteriously disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking about...

George Washington : The American Revolution (A Short Biography for Children) George Washington was a leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, and was the first to become U.S. president. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking about what a child...

Johannes Kepler : The Laws of Planetary Motion (A Short Biography for Children) Johannes Kepler was the first strong supporter of the heliocentric theory of Copernicus and the discoverer of the three laws of planetary motion. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking...

Michael Faraday : the Discovery of Electromagnetism (A Short Biography for Children) Michael Faraday was a British chemist and physicist who contributed significantly to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking...

Galileo Galilei : The Telescope & The Laws of Dynamics (A Short Biography for Children) Galileo was an Italian scientist who led the Scientific Revolution, proposing the then controversial idea of Copernicanism, the idea that earth orbits the sun. Best Children's Biographies : Write...

Matthew Henson : A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (A Short Biography for Children) Matthew Henson started as valet to explorer Robert Edwin Peary, and ended up as one of the first men to reach the North Pole with Peary in 1909. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by...

Ludwig Boltzmann : A Pioneer in Atomic Theory (A Short Biography for Children) Ludwig Boltzmann was one of the most important advocates for atomic theory when that scientific model was still highly controversial. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking about...

Sequoyah : Inventor of the Cherokee Syllabary (A Short Biography for Children) Sequoyah was a half-Cherokee silversmith who invented a simple form of writing consisting of 86 symbols. He is also the namesake of Sequoia redwood trees. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids...

Isaac Newton : The Laws of Motion and Relativity (A Short Biography for Children) English physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton, most famous for his work on gravity, was instrumental in the scientific revolution of the 17th century. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography...

Thomas Jefferson : The American Revolution (A Short Biography for Children) Thomas Jefferson was a draftsman of the Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president . He was also responsible for the Louisiana Purchase. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking...

Louis de Broglie : The Wave Nature of Matter (A Short Biography for Children) Louis de Broglie was a French mathematician best known for his description of the dual particle-wave properties of the electron. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking about what a...

Alexander Fleming : The Discovery Of Penicillin (A Short Biography for Children) Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish bacteriologist best known for his discovery of penicillin. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking about what a child would enjoy learning about...

Frederick Douglass : The Hypocrisy of American Slavery (A Short Biography for Children) Frederick Douglass, a former slave and eminent human rights leader in the abolition movement, was the first black citizen to hold a high U.S. government rank. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography...

Saddam Hussein : the 5th President of Iraq (A Short Biography for Children) As dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 leading to the Persian Gulf War in 1992 and his downfall in the Iraq War initiated by the US in 2003. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for...