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nbi·og·ra·phy
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nannaccount of someone’s life written by someone else.
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nlife story, lifen history, life, memoir;
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nSomenof the most popular books are biographies. We humans tend to be fascinated by the life stories of the rich and famous, the incrediblynbrave, the immensely talented, the amazingly accomplished.
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nAnbiography is more than just a dry list of facts about a person’snlife. Biographers narrate lives by portraying the society – thenplace and time – in which the person lived. They tell about eventsnin the person’s life that reveal his or her character. They highlightncertain aspects of the life in order to paint a full picture for thenreader – or in order to make a particular point about the subjectnof the biography.
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- Herenis a list of popular children’s biographies from Goodreads.
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- Therenis an entire series of biographies for kids called the Who Was? series. You know, Who Was Albert Einstein? Who Was Neil Armstrong?nWho Was Maria Tallchief? Who Was Amelia Earhart? And on and on –nthere are more than 120 in the series.
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- KidsClick! offersnvery short web-bios for free – it’s a sort of web search site creatednby librarians.
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nOf course, some biographies are movies! Here is a movie-biography (called a bio-pic) about Cesar Chavez:
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nSt.nBrendan’s Day
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nNationalnSea Monkey Day
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nMathematiciannMaria Agnesi’s birthday
nMathematiciannMaria Agnesi’s birthday
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nAnniversarynof the first large wagon train bound for Oregon
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