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There are some very good, readable children's books
available
about famous people from Pennsylvania.
Some of them are listed below.
Collective Biographies
Blockson, Charles L. Pennsylvania’s Black History.
Philadelphia: Portfolio Associates,1975.
Switala, William J. The Lives of Famous
Pennsylvanians. Lansdale, Pa: Penns Valley Publishers, 1999.
Individual Biographies
Nellie Bly [Elizabeth Jane Cochrane Seaman]
Butcher, Nancy. It Can't be Done, Nellie Bly; a Reporter's Race
Around the World. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, Ltd., 2003.
Kendall, Martha E. Nellie Bly; Reporter for the World.
Brookfield, CT: The Millbrook Press, 1992.
Krensky, Stephen. Nellie Bly; a Name to be Reckoned With. New York:
Aladdin Paperbacks, 2003.
Alexander Calder
Venezia, Mike. Alexander Calder. New York: Children’s Press,
1998.
Rachel Carson
Ransom, Candice F. Listening to Crickets.
Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1993.
Ring, Elizabeth Rachel Carson. Brookfield, Ct.: Millbrook Press,
1992.
Mary Cassatt
Venezia, Mike. Mary Cassatt. Chicago: Children's
Press, 1990.
Benjamin Franklin
Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Benjamin
Franklin. New York: Holiday House, 1990.
Ford, Carin T. Benjamin Franklin: Inventor and Patriot.
Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc., 2003.
Fritz, Jean What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? New York: Coward,
McCann and Geoghegan, 1976.
Giblin, James The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin. New York:
Scholastic Press, 2000.
Scarf, Maggie Meet Benjamin Franklin. New York: Random House,
1968.
Milton Hershey
Simon, Charnan Milton Hershey:
Chocolate King, Town Builder. New York:
Children’s Press, 1998.
Sutcliffe, Jane. Milton Hershey. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner, 2004.
William Penn
Kroll, Steven William Penn, Founder of
Pennsylvania. New York: Holiday House, 2000.
Betsy Ross
St. George, Judith Betsy Ross: Patriot of
Philadelphia. New York: Holt, 1997.
Wallner, Alexandra Betsy Ross. New York: Holiday House, 1994.
Jonas Salk
Bankston, John. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine.
Hockessin, DE: Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2002.
Jerry Spinelli
Spinelli, Jerry Knots in My Yo-Yo String: the
Autobiography of a Kid. New York: Knopf, 1998. |