Best Children S Biographies: 46 books

Benjamin Franklin : The First American (A Short Biography for Children) Ben Franklin is best known for his participation in the movement for American Independence as a writer and diplomat. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking about what a child would enjoy...

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...

The Wright Brothers : The First Airplane Invented (A Short Biography for Children) The Wright Brothers ; Orville and Wilbur Wright were two brothers who are credited with inventing the first airplane. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking about what a child...

Thomas Edison : The Great American Inventor (A Short Biography for Children) Thomas Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history. He invented the phonograph and the first motion picture camera, and improved the light bulb. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography...

Alexander Graham Bell : Inventor of the Telephone (A Short Biography for Children) Alexander Graham Bell was one of the primary inventors of the telephone, did important work in communication for the deaf and held over 18 patents. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids...

Cleopatra VII : Queen of Egypt (A Short Biography for Children) Name of seven pharaohs. The most famous is Cleopatra VII, the last Pharaoh of Egypt. She came to power at age 15, married to her brother, Ptolemy XIII, also pharaoh. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by...

Abraham Lincoln : the 16th President of the United States (A Short Biography for Children) Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography...

Adolf Hitler : The Nazi Leader (A Short Biography for Children) Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. He initiated World War II and oversaw fascist policies that resulted in millions of deaths. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking...

Theodore Roosevelt : the 26th President of the United States (A Short Biography for Children) Theodore Roosevelt, naturalist and 26th President of the United States, expanded powers of the presidency and supported public interest in the face big business. Best Children's Biographies : Write...

Rosa Parks : Mother of the Civil Rights Movement (A Short Biography for Children) Civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, spurring the Montgomery boycott and other efforts to end segregation. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography...

Martin Luther King Jr. : The American Dream (A Short Biography for Children) Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. Best Children's Biographies...

Barack Obama : the 44th and current President of the United States (A Short Biography for Children) Former Illinois Senator Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States. Inaugurated on January 27, 2009, he is the first African-American to serve as U.S. president. Best...

Erwin Schrödinger : The Fundamental Idea of Wave Mechanics (A Short Biography for Children) Austrian theoretical physicist Erwin Schrödinger contributed to the wave theory of matter and to other fundamentals of quantum mechanics. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography...