Terry Barber: 54 books

This biography of Jean Vanier is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Vanier (1928-    ) is the founder of L'Arche, an international organization which creates communities where people with developmental disabilities and those who...

This biography of Will Rogers is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Will Rogers (1879-1935) was born in the Indian Territory, now known as Oklahoma. His fascination with rope tricks and the lasso led him to perform on the vaudeville stage...

This biography about Muhammad Ali is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Born Cassius Clay, Ali (1942-    ) brought unprecedented speed and grace to the sport of boxing. The phrase "floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee" comes...

This book about Jane Goodall is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Goodall (1934-    ) dreamed at a young age of going to Africa to live with animals. Her dream came true and she spent over 25 years studying chimpanzees in the Gombe...

This biography of Helen Keller is a high interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) learned to speak, read, and write in spite of becoming blind and deaf at the age of two due to an illness. As a child, Helen was frustrated and...

This biography of Nancy Greene is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Nancy Greene (1943-     ) is the best known name in Canadian skiing. As a teenager, she was nicknamed "Tiger" for speed and courage. She went on to win gold in...

This biography of Laura Secord is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Laura Secord (1775-1868) found herself caught up in the War of 1812 after U.S. troops took over her family's home. She overheard the U.S. troops' plans to ambush the British....

This biography of Rick Hansen is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Hansen (1957-    ) suffered an accident and was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life at the age of 15. Unwilling to let his disability hold him back,...

This biography of Walt Disney is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Walt Disney (1901 - 1966) is a name known around the world. As a boy, Walt Disney delivered newspapers in the early morning in all kinds of weather for six years. Learning...

This biography of Eleanor Roosevelt is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She was a shy, awkward child who became an orphan at the age of ten. Eleanor was...

This biography of Nelson Mandela is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) is the most widely known figure in the struggle against South African apartheid. He spent 27 years in prison for his beliefs. He was released...

This biography of Rosa Parks is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Rosa Parks (1913-2005), as a young black woman in 1955, refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. This act of courage sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Today, people remember Rosa Parks as the Mother of the civil rights movement.

This biography of Mother Teresa is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Mother Teresa (1910-1997) spent her life working with the poorest of the poor. In 1948, she left her convent and started a school in the slums of Calcutta. By 1950, Mother...

This biography of Fannie Lou Hamer is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) grew up in the American South at the time of the Jim Crow laws. "Sick and tired" of being treated like a second-class citizen, Hamer overcame...