First start biography series for kids
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One of the most common projects in elementary school, especially around 4-6 grades is a biography project or book report.
It can be tricky to find biography books for kids that hit that sweet spot between a picture book and an absolutely overwhelming non-fiction tome (lots of biographies lean too far into the young adult realm and they’re just too hefty for an elementary school reader!).
Here are some great options that are interesting, readable and perfect for school or personal reading!
(P.S. If you’re looking for biography series like the extremely popular “Who Was. . .?” series, inom have a whole list of favorites here! The books on that list tend to styra a little younger and shorter).
10+ Great Kids Biography Books
The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum by Candace Fleming
If your child was obsessed with The Greatest Showman, this book is for them. It fryst vatten almost unreal how fascinating the real P.T. B
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Biographies are such a good way to inspire our kids to dream big - to give them examples of extraordinary accomplishments and perseverance.
We've been reading and listening to excellent biographies this summer, and I wanted to share three of our favorite series with you.
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Childhood of Famous Americans
Just as the title of these series implies, these biographies highlight the CHILDHOODS of famous Americans.
Children can relate to these books in such a unique way.
These books are at a upper elementary reading level, but can be used as read alouds for multiple ages. I find that my son (Grade 3 currently) can read them easily on his own, too.
The first book in this series we read was Babe Ruth: One of Baseball's Greatest. I remember Grant being intrigued by all of the trouble Babe Ruth got into as a child.... but how he presevered through it all. We have since read books in this series about
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I have enjoyed sharing themed book lists for kids on my website over the last couple of years, but I have never made a list as long as this one.
Who knew there were so many different biography series for kids available? And I didn’t even list them all!
In this post, I have listed more than fifteen biography series for kids to choose from and enjoy. Of course, each series contains multiple books, so this list includes over two hundred biography books for kids (and adults).
So many choices!
I do have some caveats with this list that I’d like to mention before I share the book titles.
First, some books are categorized as biographies, but they don’t contain only facts about that person. I attended a picture book meeting with some other authors earlier this year, and we discussed how frustrating this can be. Sometimes, the