RESOURCES

The bibliographies listed below may be of interest to your students. They offer a wide variety of reading from stories of people who have persevered.

Angelou, Maya. I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS. Random House, 1993 (1970). Autobiography of the struggles and victories of the now-famous African American author.
Arnold, Sandra Martin. ALICIA ALONSO: FIRST LADY OF THE BALLET. Walker, 1991.
Ball, Jacqueline A. and Conant, Catherine. GEORGIA O'KEEFE: PAINTER OF THE DESERT. Blackbirch Press, 1991.
Barbozo, Steven. I FEEL LIKE DANCING: A YEAR WITH JACQUES D'AMBROISE AND THE NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE. Crown, 1992. (Barbozo follows rehearsals as children work with former ballet star d'Ambroise in preparing a New York City-wide dance show.)
Blos, Joan. THE HEROINE OF THE TITANIC: A TALE BOTH TRUE AND OTHERWISE OF THE LIFE OF MOLLY BROWN. Morrow, 1991. (Probably the best known survivor of the Titanic's fateful sinking.)
Bober, Natalie S. MARC CHAGALL: PAINTER OF DREAMS. Jewish Publication Society, 1991.
Bruchac, Joseph. A BOY CALLED SLOW: THE TRUE STORY OF SITTING BULL. Philomel, 1994. (One of our country's most famous Native Americans.)
Carter, David. SALVADOR DALI. Chelsea House, 1995. (Part of Hispanics of Achievement series-1920s-80s.)
Collins, David R. THE COUNTRY ARTIST: A STORY OF BEATRIX POTTER. Carol Rhoda, 1989. (Life of the creator of childhood favorites Peter Rabbit and friends.)
Colman, Penny. ROSIE THE RIVETER: WOMEN WORKING ON THE HOME FRONT IN WORLD WAR II. Crown, 1995. (Women stepping into unusual roles out of necessity.)
Cummings, Pat. TALKING WITH ARTISTS. Bradbury, 1992. (14 illustrators of children's books.)
Davidson, Robert. EAGLE TRANSFORMING: THE ART OF ROBERT DAVIDSON. University of Washington Press, 1995. (Autobiography of a Native American of the Northwest who carved totem poles, ceremonial masks)
Drucker, Malka. FRIDA KAHLO: TORMENT AND TRIUMPH IN HER LIFE AND ART. Bantam, 1991.
Fluegel, Jane. BERNSTEIN REMEMBERED: A LIFE IN PICTURES. Carroll & Graf, 1991. (Photos and quotes from Bernstein's flamboyance to his acquaintances with the greats in music, dance, theater, and literature.)
Freedman, Russell. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS: HOW THEY INVENTED THE AIRPLANE. Holiday House, 1991. (Exciting depiction of the character and perseverance of the Kittyhawk brothers.)
Fritz, Jean. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE AND THE BEECHER PREACHERS. Putnam, 1994. (Struggles of the woman who eventually wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.)
__________. HOMESICK: MY OWN STORY. Putnam, 1982. (The famous author's early years as the daughter of missionaries in China.)
Garfunkel, Trudy. LETTER TO THE WORLD: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MARTHA GRAHAM. Little, Brown. (One of America's most famous dancers, who prevailed in spite of her family and other events.)
Gherman, Beverly. GEORGIA O'KEEFE: THE "WIDENESS AND WONDER" OF HER WORLD. Atheneum, 1986. American artist who represented the Southwest.
Gherman, Beverly. SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR: JUSTICE FOR ALL. Viking, 1991. (Story of the life of the first female to become a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.)
Greenfield, Eloise. ROSA PARKS. HarperCollins, 1995. (Her refusal to sit at the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama, triggered other events which led to the civil rights movement.)
Huynh, Quang Nhuong. THE LAND I LOST: ADVENTURES OF A BOY IN VIETNAM. Harper & Row, 1982. (Upbeat series of portraits of people from the author's home village in the central highlands of Vietnam.)
Ippisch, Hanneke. SKY. Simon & Schuster, 1996. Inspiring memoir of the author's experience as an underground worker in the Dutch Resistance during World War II.
Klausner, Janet. SEQUOYAH'S GIFT: A PORTRAIT OF THE CHEROKEE LEADER. HarperCollins, 1993. (Not only did he invent the Cherokee alphabet, but he united his tribe in tragic times.)
Levine, Ellen. ANNA PAVLOVA: GENIUS OF THE DANCE. Scholastic, 1995. (Dancer to the "common people" who endured many hardships to perform.)
Livingston, Myra Cohn. KEEP ON SINGING; A BALLAD OF MARIAN ANDERSON.
Lyttle, Richard B. PABLO PICASSO: THE MAN AND THE IMAGE. Atheneum, 1989. (Story of many phases in the life of this sometimes troubled Spanish artist.)
McGovern, Ann. THE SECRET SOLDIER: THE STORY OF DEBORAH SAMPSON. Four Winds, 1987. (Dressed as man, she managed to fight in the American Revolution for over a year.)
McKissack, Patricia. JESSE JACKSON: A BIOGRAPHY. Scholastic, 1989. (Life of the famous politician.)
McLanathan, Richard. LEONARDO DA VINCI. Abrams, 1990. (First Impressions series- also Mary Cassatt, Marc Chagal, Picasso, Rembrandt)
Nickens, Bessie. WALKING THE LOG: MEMORIES OF A SOUTHERN CHILDHOOD. Rizzoli, 1992. (The autobiography of an African American woman who began painting late in life.)
O'Neal, Zibby. GRANDMA MOSES: PAINTER OF RURAL AMERICA. Viking, 1986.
Peet, Bill. BILL PEET; AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY . Houghton Mifflin, 1989. (Caldecott-winning autobiography of a Disney animator who later became famous for his own children's books.)
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. ALVIN AILEY. Hyperion, 1995. (Famous founder of black dance companies who changed modern dance in America.)
Richmond, Robin. INTRODUCING MICHELANGELO. Little, Brown, 1991.
Say, Allen. EL CHINO. Houghton Mifflin, 1990. (Bong Way "Billy" Wong was a Chinese American who found his niche as a bullfighter.)
Scioscia, Mary. BICYCLE RIDER. Harper & Row, 1983. (Details the first victory of Marshall Taylor, a champion cyclist and the first black person to ride in integrated races.)
Sills, Leslie. INSPIRATIONS; STORIES ABOUT WOMEN ARTISTS. Albert Whitman. 1989. (includes Georgia O'Keefe, Frida Kahlo, Alice Neil, Faith Ringgold)
Stanley, Diane. THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF DANIEL HALL. Dial, 1995. (Riveting story of a young New England boy's abuse and escape from a whaling ship in 1856.)
Stanley, Diane. CLEOPATRA. Morrow, 1994. Greek woman who became Egypt's leader, from age 18 until her death.
Sufrin, Mark. GEORGE CATLIN: PAINTER OF THE INDIAN WEST. Atheneum, 1991. (Life of an artist, ethnographer, and explorer of the early 1800s.)
Turner, GlennetteTilley. TAKE A WALK IN THEIR SHOES. Cobblehill/Dutton, 1989. (Includes 14 African Americans who furthered racial equality.)
Venezia, Mike. EDWARD HOPPER. Children's Press, 1990. (Famous American from Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists series. Others included: Botticelli, Mary Cassatt, da Vinci, van Gogh, Goya, Monet, Picasso, Rembrandt.)
Winter, Jonah. DIEGO. Knopf, 1991. (The story of Diego Rivera, the Mexican muralist.)