Kathleen Krull: 33 books
A Boy Named FDR
How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Franklin D. Roosevelt was born into one of the wealthiest families in America, yet this ultimate rich kid grew up to do more for ordinary Americans than any other president. This appealing picture book biography shows how, from childhood on, FDR was compassionate, cheerful, determined, and enormously...
by Kathleen Krull
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Sure, almost all kids know Benjamin Franklin as one of America’s Founding Fathers, a man with a hand in both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. And they may even have some vague idea that he once flew a kite during a lightning storm. What Kathleen Krull sets out to do in...
Lives of the Athletes
Thrills, Spills (and What the Neighbors Thought)
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1997
Babe Ruth was the greatest slugger ever—and off the field snacked on pickled eels and chocolate ice cream. Johnny Weissmuller swam to Olympic fame—and on land practiced the Tarzan yell. “Krull hits another home run.”—American Bookseller
The Brothers Kennedy
John, Robert, Edward
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
An inspiring picture book about John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy, by acclaimed author Kathy Krull and New York Times bestselling artist Amy Bates.
by Kathleen Krull, Who HQ
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and it was this peaceful protest that spurred the momentous civil rights laws of the mid-1960s. With...
by Kathleen Krull
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
Marie Curie, the woman who coined the term radioactivity, won not just one Nobel Prize but two?in physics and chemistry, both supposedly girl-phobic sciences.
by Kathleen Krull, Who HQ
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
"No Taxation without Representation!" The Boston Tea Party stands as an iconic event of the American Revolution—outraged by the tax on tea, American colonists chose to destroy the tea by dumping it into the water! Learn all about the famed colonialists who fought against the British Monarchy,...
by Kathleen Krull
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks are mind-boggling evidence of a fifteenth-century scientific genius standing at the edge of the modern world, basing his ideas on observation and experimentation. This book will change children’s ideas of who Leonardo was and what it means to be a scientist.
Lives of the Musicians
Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought)
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
It's no secret that Beethoven went deaf, that Mozart had constant money problems, and that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote musicals. But what were these people—and other famous musicians—really like? What did they eat? What did they wear? How did they spend their time? And—possibly most interesting...
by Kathleen Krull
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Music and the alphabet have always gone together. Don't kids learn their letters by singing the ABCs? But you've never seen--or heard--a musical alphabet like this one. Beloved tunes. Unusual instruments. Legendary virtuosos. From anthems to zydeco, the language of music and the music of language...
Lives of the Pirates
Swashbucklers, Scoundrels (Neighbors Beware!)
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Every kid knows that pirates talk funny, swing a big sword, and seek buried treasure—don’t they? What do we really know about Blackbeard, Madame Cheng, Sir Francis Drake, and other men and women of pirate history? What drove them to sail the high seas? What were their bad habits, favorite foods,...
by Kathleen Krull
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
What was Isaac Newton like? Secretive, vindictive, withdrawn, obsessive, and, oh, yes, brilliant. His imagination was so large that, just "by thinking on it," he invented calculus and figured out the scientific explanation of gravity.Yet Newton was so small-minded that he set out to destroy...
Lives of the Artists
Masterpieces, Messes (and What the Neighbors Thought)
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Most people can name some famous artists and recognize their best-known works. But what's behind all that painting, drawing, and sculpting? What was Leonardo da Vinci's snack of choice while he painted Mona Lisa’s mysterious smile? Why did Georgia O'Keeffe find bones so appealing? Who called Diego...
Lives of the Explorers
Discoveries, Disasters (and What the Neighbors Thought)
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Learn about the real lives of the daring and adventurous people who have sailed the seas, explored new worlds, and rocketed into space . . .
You might know that Columbus discovered America, Lewis and Clark headed west with Sacajawea, and Sally Ride blasted into outer space. But what do you really...