Creative Minds Biographies

Meet some of the world’s most creative minds! Written in story format, these episodic biographies give clear, straightforward accounts of historical figures’ lives. Each true story is accompanied by black-and-white illustrations.

Cover: The Country Artist: A Story about Beatrix Potter
Cover: Revolutionary Poet: A Story about Phillis Wheatley
Cover: Stateswoman to the World: A Story about Eleanor Roosevelt
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Germ Hunter: A Story about Louis Pasteur
Go Free or Die: A Story about Harriet Tubman
A Head Full of Notions: A Story about Robert Fulton
Healing Warrior: A Story about Sister Elizabeth Kenny
Her Piano Sang: A Story about Clara Schumann
A Hunger for Learning: A Story about Booker T. Washington
I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight: A Story about John Paul Jones
Jazz Age Poet: A Story about Langston Hughes
Liberty or Death: A Story about Patrick Henry
Listening to Crickets: A Story about Rachel Carson
Living with the Senecas: A Story about Mary Jemison
Maker of Machines: A Story about Eli Whitney
Mark T-W-A-I-N!: A Story about Samuel Clemens
Mr. Blue Jeans: A Story about Levi Strauss
Musical Genius: A Story about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Natural Writer: A Story about Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Oh, The Places He Went: A Story about Dr. Seuss
Pioneer Plowmaker: A Story about John Deere
The Play's the Thing: A Story about William Shakespeare
A Pocketful of Goobers: A Story about George Washington Carver
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Creative Minds Biographies

Meet some of the world’s most creative minds! Written in story format, these episodic biographies give clear, straightforward accounts of historical figures’ lives. Each true story is accompanied by black-and-white illustrations. View →