Thursday, April 14, 2016

Biography Museum!

Have you ever been asked: "if you could have lunch with a famous person, past or present, who would it be?" Well, you could have your pick at the second grade Biography Museum! Students researched and created reports, timelines and interactive displays featuring their favorite personalities.  On the afternoon of the exhibit opening, guests could enter and press a button on the figure's hand to receive the full life story delivered by an outstanding stand-in!   Special kudos to our luminary second grade team, Ms. Wynne and Ms. Demonte, for an outstanding job (as usual).   They are definitely whom I would most like to have lunch.

It was so exciting for the school library to be able to support the second grade Biography Museum because picture book biographies are my jam!  As such, the biography section of our library is one of the strongest parts of our collection.  Juvenile biographies are great reads across the grade levels and introduce our children to mentors across time and space: artists and innovators, scientists and explorers, athletes and entertainers, leaders and peacemakers.  And for every great person, there is a great book!  Here is just a small, small sampling of the amazing celebrities represented (over 60 kids participated!) and a link to a related book...all of which you can request at the school library!

Jim Henson
Read more here!

Albert Einstein
Read more here and here!

Stan Lee
Read more here!

Neil Armstrong and Scott Kelly
Read more here and here!

Malala Yousafzai, Judge Judy Sheindlin and Sally Ride
Read more here and here and here!

Some author nobody's ever heard of
Read more here!

Walt Disney
Read more here!

Laura Ingalls Wilder
Read more here!

Bruce Lee
Read more here!

Harriet Tubman
read more here!

Michelle Obama
Read more here!

King Tutankhamun
Read more here!

Thomas Edison
Read more here and here!

Elizabeth Blackwell
Read more here!

Orville Wright (flip it over for Wilbur Wright!)
Read more here!

Georgia O'Keefe
Read more here!

Malala Yousafzai
Read more here!

Amelia Earhart
Read more here!

Jesse Owens
Read more here!

Annie Edson Taylor, who went over Niagara Falls in a barrel...
complete with barrel!
Read more here!

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