Nonfiction picture book biographies that you’ll want to add: https://t.co/8NarZAfZhB

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Sharing some new picture book biographies this week! https://t.co/8NarZAfZhB

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"... Nelle shunned what she called the 'pink penitentiary' of girlhood."

I enjoy reading adult so it's not surprising that I ❤️ bios. Here's one of my favorites.

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[Actu Portail] La collection « Mamut savant » des éditions Bang (Espagne) propose trois biographies en par les auteurs Santi Selvi et Zarzo: Gauss, Archimède et Emmy Noether.

https://t.co/hi5KonX0Nd

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Congratulations to Amanda Hall and ! Their picture book OUT OF THIS WORLD: THE SURREAL ART OF LEONORA CARRINGTON appears in Elizabeth Bird's "31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Unique Biographies" in the School Library Journal blog: https://t.co/g8BCmzGZSA

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She was granted a meeting with Queen Elizabeth 1 in 1593 and famously refused to bow as she refused to recognise her as Queen of Ireland. She died c.1603. Anne Chambers has written a number of biographies about her. (4/4)

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SPARKY & SPIKE is one of the Denver Public Library's Best & Brightest Children's Biographies of 2019! Thank you!

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Remembering dear Nina Hamnett (1890-1956) Tenby-born, artist, muse, & wonder woman. She died today 16 December 1956 when she fell from a window of her London flat. Her autobiographies “Laughing Torso” &“Is She a Lady” sum up an era of fun & folly.

Nina: Modigliani

Bless her!

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New items! / Yoshitoshi

芳年 / 近世俠義伝 垣根寅蔵
Yoshitoshi ” Kakine Torazo standing with a pike, beside a ladder, Biographies of modern men”

https://t.co/r3kTEpo0fu

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Pokemon Center Japan Reveals Ink Painting Biographies Series 2 Merch By Sumie Okazu https://t.co/8tBL8aVAKt

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Agatha Christie and Amelia Earhart (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara are two of my favourite informational books for children aged 6/7 years + They are bright, engaging and a nice way of introducing biographies to students

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"Give me the laundress' bill & I will even set that to music!" Gioachino Rossini–died 1868–whose life had a narrative of two halves: swift triumph & lengthy seclusion. Biographies reveal his cynical wit, speculations in fish mongering, & a mask of humility & indifference.

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Be sure to check healthy and fresh lore chunks on our recent entries, Jakk and Quu!

Jakk the Sergal
https://t.co/HmSvCEDzx0

Quu the male Nevrean
https://t.co/JSOLjdqSvD

A natural follow-up between biographies on both of them, as they are quite a good pair of friends!

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I asked for recommendations of great artist biographies/autobiographies, and here’s everything I got. Thank you, recommenders.

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🔸Zenno Rob Roy

A quiet girl predisposed towards reading literature. She loves reading books about everything from biographies to historical fantasy. She has an introverted disposition, but rises to the occasion at critical moments, surprising everyone with her courageous side.

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Episode 634 of Lost Comics of History!

1992's Teen Comics by Personality Comics, with unauthorized biographies of teen stars of the day, ran for 5 issues.

Current market price: Even swap for a Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch "Good Vibrations" cassette tape

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8 fabulous memoirs & biographies by & abt artists, thanks to Janet Nicole, whose new book is On the Curve: The Life and Art of Sybil Andrews https://t.co/PvCgvI1Y6C

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Congratulations to and Amanda Hall! Their OUT OF THIS WORLD: THE SURREAL ART OF LEONORA CARRINGTON appears in Elizabeth Bird's "The Best So Far: 2019 Picture Book Biographies Done Exceedingly Well" in the School Library Journal blog: https://t.co/1EKaOcNbDW

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🐶 Awe! Children who love their furry friends, will fall for "Sparky & Spike." Barbara Lowell will present this book at the in September.
Barbara Lowell is an award-winning author of picture book biographies and creative nonfiction.

More info: https://t.co/qQ4GH6LsnV

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