Grass Roots Press: 100 books

This biography of Maria Tallchief is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Maria Tallchief (1925-2013) was a famous prima ballerina. Born to a father from the Osage tribe and a mother with Scottish and Irish heritage, Maria Tallchief discovered...

This biography of Jimi Hendrix is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Jimi Hendrix (1942 - 1970), a rock and roll legend, overdosed on pills and alcohol at the age of 27. He grew up in a home with alcoholic parents and a father who beat him,...

This biography of Marilyn Monroe is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) is remembered most for her beauty and the controversy around her death. Was it suicide or murder? Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane. She never...

This biography of Harriet Tubman is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Harriet Tubman (? - 1913) was born into slavery around 1822. Between 1850 and 1860, Tubman helped about 70 slaves escape to freedom. She relied on the Underground Railroad,...

This biography of June Callwood is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. June Callwood (1924-2007) had a career based on her strong concern for social justice, especially on issues affecting children and women. She became one of Canada's most...

This biography of Tommy Prince is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Tommy Prince (1915-1977) grew up on the Brokenhead Reserve, part of the Ojibway Nation. He joined the Canadian Army and quickly became a part of the Devil's Brigade, a special...

This biography of Tom Longboat is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills.Tom Longboat (1887-1949) of the Onondaga First Nation was raised in a log cabin on the Six Nations reserve. As a child, Longboat discovered a love for running and in 1907,...

This biography of Big Bear (1825-1888) is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Big Bear was a famous Cree leader who hoped for peace between the white settlers and the Cree. He signed a peace treaty with the Blackfoot, believing that violence...

This biography of Lucy Maud Montgomery is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942), the creator of Anne of Green Gables and author of more than 20 books, is a household name the world over. When Montgomery was 21...

This biography of Poundmaker is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Poundmaker (1842-1886) was a Plains Cree chief known as a peacemaker and defender of his people. After dedicating his life to defending the rights and cultural ways of his...

First Women in Space is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. The book tells the stories of three women who had the "right stuff" to become astronauts: Valentina Tereshkova, Sally Ride, and Roberta Bondar. The U.S.S.R sent Tereshkova into space...

This biography about Amelia Earhart is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. In 1928, Amelia Earhart  (1897-1937) became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She disappeared in 1937 as she attempted to become the first woman to fly around the world.

This biography about Charles Lindbergh is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Lindbergh (1902-1974), an American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. Tragedy befalls the Lindbergh family when their two-year old son is kidnapped. 

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Kathy Brown suddenly wakes up. Was that a noise in the house, or part of her dream? In her dream, Kathy was about to kiss Michael, her high school boyfriend. Her husband,...