Many parents and teachers love
to use author biographies to enrich their curriculum. So we are
beginning a new feature to help find books by reading level.
**all ratings from GoodReads
(Welcome Books: Real People)
by Pamela Walker
3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
Laura Ingalls Wilder is the author of the wonderful Little House on the Prairie series. And this simple biography features simple text about her life, along with photographs.
Table of Contents
Laura's Family
School
Laura's Stories
New Words
To Find Out More
Index
About the Author
sample text:Reading Information:
Laura married Almando Wilder.
They had a daughter named Rose.
Word Count: 90
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reading level: 1.1 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 83366
Lexile: 150L
--sample pages available
by Pamela Walker
With just 87 words, this little volume tries to sum up the accomplishments of Helen Keller: author, wife, diplomat.
Ann helped Helen to spell.
Helen used her fingers to spell words.
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reading level: 1.2 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 83365
Lexile: 150L
--sample pages available
(Green Light Readers Level 2)
by Jane Medina
Edward Martinez (Illustrations)
3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
Edward Martinez' artwork in this book is just wonderful --warm and engaging. I love that the story emphasizes the importance of reading. You see, after picking crops, Tomás loves to hear his grandfather tell stories. And when he tells his grandfather that he would like to tell stories himself one day, his grandfather takes him to the library.
Tomás Rivera was born in Texas.
He and his family went from farm
to farm picking crops.
Word Count: 230
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reading level: 1.5 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 78751
Lexile: 300L
--sample pages available
by Willie Perdomo
Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
3.83 avg rating — 46 ratings
This book could be used for 'poetry week' (or month), and as a biography. It takes a little different approach in that it uses a little girl and her father to help young children learn about the famous black poet.
Great artwork.
Here's a great review at GoodReads by Sophia. She lists how she would use the text in her classroom.
"Today I'm going to wearWord Count: 169
My favorite pink blouse
I'm going with my daddy
To visit Langston's house."
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 1.6 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 57993
Lexile: NP
--sample pages available
see also the review of THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS with audio/visual resources.
(First Biographies)
by Cheryl Carlson
These little books from Capstone feature simple sentences, pictures and a timeline along the bottoms of the pages. At the end of the book there's a summary of important events in the author's life.
Word Count: 187
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reading level: 1.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 84749
(Rookie Biography)
by Sean Dolan
3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
Did you know some people talk with their hands? This is how this little biography begins. It uses photographs to show all of Helen's accomplishments. (The one I like is with her and President Kennedy.)
Word Count: 226
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 1.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 103562
--sample pages available
(First Biographies)
by Eric Braun
4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
Simple text and large print.
Word Count: 201
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reading level: 1.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 84756 Author Biographies at the 2nd Grade level can be found here.
compiled by Pam
updated February 2014
