Latino Legends: Hispanics in Major League Baseball

Latino Legends: Hispanics in Major League Baseball 

by Michael Silverstone , Timothy Rasinski , Doran Duke Goldman

Coughlin Publishing, 2003

Summary:  Short, Sports focused biographies of famous Hispanics in Major League Baseball.

Lesson:  I used this book twice.  First, when a grade level was doing biographical research, I showed them this as an example of how to find biographies based upon the topic's profile:  Female scientists, Presidents, Civil Rights Leaders, baseball players, etc.  Then later, when talking about searching for information, I was showing the students how to use the table of contents and the index pages. 

Level: 3rd - 6th

The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)

The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)

by Barbara Kerley , Edwin Fotheringham (Illustrator)

Scholastic, 2010

Summary:  Using excepts from his daughter's biography of him, Barbara Kerley creates a biography of Mark Twain's home life and habits.  The final pages provide information on how to research and write a biography.

Lesson:  Used as a resource for teachers who were creating a unit on biographical reports. 

Level:  1st-6th