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Lives of the athletes: Thrills, spills (and what the neighbors thought)

2 reviews
Kathleen Krull

Braille International, 1998

Lives of the Athletes
The Krull and Hewitt series of books is wonderful. I'm an adult and I find them fascinating reading. There is a great amount of information about each character in only a couple of pages. The description of each athlete is informative, interesting and witty. Hewitt's illustrations are chock full of information. I found myself turning the page to look at the illustration as I read the text ...

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

11 reviews
Kathleen Krull

Harcourt Children's Books, 2003

Si Se Puede
Let's begin by saying that the drawings are super and captivating. Yuyi Morales creates characters that show emotion and the result is a drawing of emotion from the young reader. As the title implies this is the story of Cesar Chavez who many adults came to know about from his work with the farmworkers in California. This story humanizes the man by beginning in his childhood. The roots of the ...

Isaac Newton: Giants of Science (Giants of Science (Viking))

2 reviews
Kathleen Krull

Viking Juvenile, 2006

Prig Newton
I like science in the way that I like foreign cars. It's not something I'd usually focus my brain on, but I'm willing to give it some thought should the need arise. As a child, however, my heroes were not scientists. Scientists, I would have told you, are dull as dishwater human beings who never had a poetic or romantic thought in their lives. They were, for me, the epitome of dull dry ...

Fartiste

1 review
Kathleen Krull, Paul Brewer

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2008

Fun and silly story
Another one of those bathroom humor stories, but with a very cute theme. It can be enjoyed by everyone.

Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman

14 reviews
Kathleen Krull

Voyager Books, 2000

Running just as fast as she can
Inspirational stories fill hundreds of picture books every year. Most are simply awful. They either tell tales that are loose plots barely supported by facts or they paste together a slapdash concoction of truth and fiction with as little thought as possible. The truly beautiful bio-picture books out there are as rare as hummingbirds in autumn. So it was with great joy that I located "Wilma ...

Cosechando esperanza: La historia de Cesar Chavez

1 review
Kathleen Krull

Libros Viajeros, 2003

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!
A wonderful introduction to an important topic; beautiful illustrations. Fantastic for classroom use, or just for personal enjoyment. Definitely add this to your library!

Gonna Sing My Head Off! American Folk Songs for Children

1 review
Kathleen Krull

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1992

gonna sing my head off
This book is a treasure! I discovered it while substitute teaching the music class at the local elementary school, and was impressed with the content, ease of playing and the complete texts of songs long forgotten that I had enjoyed so much as a child. This is a must have for home or school teaching. It has many wonderful lessons for teaching music and American folk themes. Even though it is ...

A Lives of the Musicians

13 reviews
Kathleen Krull

Volo, 1996

GREAT for kids - first exposure to composers tough for little ones
My daughter's piano teacher gave her the assignment to read about Mozart as she started her first Mozart Minuet. My daughter was 7 at the time, and although she was reading at above 3rd grade level, I was shocked to find that there was NOTHING available on the internet or in her school library that give her information on composers at HER level. I finally found "Lives of the Musicians" and have ...

Sigmund Freud: Giants of Science #3 (Giants of Science (Viking))

2 reviews
Kathleen Krull

Viking Juvenile, 2006

A lively, fun and informative survey of Freud's life and times.
Sigmund Freud wanted to be famous: he became a doctor and at one time traced the root of all problems - physical and emotional - to the nose. Despite his ironies, inconsistencies and nature, he still deserves as place as a 'giant of science' in this series, creating the field of psychoanalysis and inventing a new language to support it - and kids in middle grade levels assigned biography reports ...

V Is for Victory: America Remembers World War II

2 reviews
Kathleen Krull

Diane Pub Co, 1995

World War II Comes Alive for Kids!
It's a story filled with heroes and the dastardliest of evil bad guys. Secret codes. Bitchin' airplanes. Machines that became todays' computers (aka the Enigma Machine), or mathematicians helped end the Great War. And it's ALL TRUE!!! Krull's book is sumptiously designed with actual photos and concise captions that bring all the drama of WW II back to life. Best of all, show this book to any ...

I Hear America Singing!: Folksongs for American Families

6 reviews
Kathleen Krull

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2003

A musical Taste of American Culture!!!
We Loved this book, Not only because it includes each song's sheet music and a brief history of the origin of the song but the C.D. is amazing!!! The singers and musicians are superb. it features authentic mandolin, banjo and fiddle playing and is not sung in a patronizing mannor you hear on so many kid's C.D.s Our family from 2 to 46 love it and sing the songs over and over. High quality item ...

A Kids' Guide to America's Bill of Rights

1 review
Kathleen Krull

Avon Books (P), 2001

A fascinating book about a potentially dry topic
With her usual zippy style, Ms. Krull managed to make her book about the Bill of Rights both informative and entertaining. All the hard facts are there, but they are bouyed up by fascinating details, kid-related examples, and nifty illustrations. This book really should be required reading for everyone who wants to understand how our government works (or should work).

Wilma Sin Limites/Wilma Unlimited

1 review
Kathleen Krull

Topeka Bindery, 2000

Wilma Rudolph
The author does a wonderful job of telling how Wilma Rudolph overcame a physical handicap to win the Olympics, of showing that there are great benefits to being born into a big family, and showing how Jim Crow affected people in that time period: this is a book with an inspiring heroine.

Lives of the Artists: Masterpieces, Messes (and What the Neighbors Thought)

13 reviews
Kathleen Krull, Kathryn Hewitt, 1995

What a fun, fun, book.. is it really for children?
I found this book in the children's section of the library, but this is not a children's book; although children might enjoy it. This book is very reminiscent of the "Politically Incorrect Bedtime Stories" series. It's a wonderfully campy little book full of facts about just how bizarre artists are. It would make a great coffee table book. I just loved it! I can't wait to read the companion book ...

The Night the Martians Landed

1 review
Kathleen Krull

HarperTrophy, 2003

A Very Fun, True History
This is an excellent portrait of a moment in history, rightly known as "the world's greatest practical joke," the radio broadcast of WAR OF THE WORLDS. It describes not only what the radio audience heard, but the results: panic, lawsuits, and psychological studies of why people panicked in the first place. There are numerous amusing sidebars describing the key players, including novelist H. G. ...

THEY SAW THE FUTURE: Oracles, Psychics, Scientists, Great Thinkers, and Pretty Good Guessers

1 review
Kathleen Krull

Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 1999

Skillfully written by Kathleen Krull
How many times have we been scared, fascinated, or just plain amazed by psychics and people who seemed to see the future and predict what was going to happen? Kathleen Krull, the writer of the great "Lives of..." series, outlines the subject perfectly clearly with this book, which goes over events that date as far back as Ancient Greece and as recent as the present, that seemed to do with ...

The Boy on Fairfield Street

5 reviews
Kathleen Krull, 2004

Unique Children will Love this book!
Do you know a child who feels out of step with the rest of their class? How about one that seems to annoy their teacher because they see the world differently? This biography was made for them! Dr. Suess seemed to frustrate his teachers as his drawings were so different from all the other children in his class - in this book, readers will learn that he reveled in his uniqueness and embraced his ...

Pocahontas

1 review
Kathleen Krull

Walker Books for Young Readers, 2007

Finally, a book that's actually about Pocahontas
This book is actually about Pocahontas. She is the main focus, not Powhatan, not John Smith, not John Rolfe. I appreciate the princess angle the author takes. It gives Pocahontas her due as the daughter of a powerful chief, AND it holds great appeal for my five year old daughter who is convinced that she is one, too. She may have been a pawn for men's interests, both native and English, but ...

Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (And What the Neighbors Thought)

4 reviews
Kathleen Krull

Audio Bookshelf, 1996

Lives of the Writers is a fun, informative book....
This book is a fun and informative book. The pictures are filled with humorous meanings and hidden information. The book keeps the reader's attention by keeping the included information short and simple, but also makes sure that the reader gets as much possible about the author. This book is great for kids and students to use as a report source as it is filled with great information. Kids ...

Pot o' Gold, A: A Treasury of Irish Stories, Poetry, Folklore, and (of Course) Blarney

1 review
Kathleen Krull

Hyperion Book CH, 2009

Go for the gold!
This compilation of Irish verse, stories and lore is a treasure. Not only has Krull done an exemplary job in putting it together, it is well illustrated (yeah, I'm a sucker for McPhail's work).

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