Historical Biographies For Kids

Has your family started back to school or homeschool yet?  My children have just finished up a couple of programs and projects they’ve been working on, and we’ve been having a good week of homeschool, as well as finding some time to work in going to find some lizards (the common lizard is the only reptile on the Emerald Isle; and we only go watch them, we don’t bother them), work on hobbies, and visit the library.  Not bad for Wednesday!

One genre I love to read are biographies, and there certainly isn’t a shortage of them to keep me busy.  Tristan is interested in history at the moment, and I think that reading some historical biographies will be fun for him.  With the Paralympics coming up, Helen Keller would be an inspiring choice to start with, I think.  Do you have any favourite biographies for kids or adults that you’d recommend?  Share them in the comments below and I’ll add them to my wish list.

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Historical Biographies For Kids

• The True Story of Pocahontas
• A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Gandhi for Kids: His Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities

• A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart
• Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
• A Picture Book of Helen Keller

• Teacher Created Materials – TIME For Kids Informational Text: Anne Frank: A Light in the Dark – Grade 4 – Guided Reading Level S
• Helen Keller
• Kids with Courage: True Stories About Young People Making a Difference

• Time For Kids: Benjamin Franklin: A Man of Many Talents
• Time For Kids: Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Pioneer
• Time For Kids: Henry Ford

• Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama
• St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography
• I Only Wanted to Live: The struggle of a boy to survive the holocaust