Category Archives: biography

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: It’s All About the People Author: Dee Bowman Publisher: Harwell/Lewis Publishing Company, 2003 ASIN: B004NO4F14 Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing and/or profanity; 4=a lot of cursing and/or … Continue reading →

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush Author: Jon Meacham Cover Illustrator: Jeffrey W. Bass Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks, reprinted 2016 ISBN-13: 978-1400067657 Hardcover ISBN-10: 1400067657 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0812979473 Paperback … Continue reading →

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer Author: James L. Swanson Cover Illustrator: Phil Falco Publisher: Scholastic Press Books, republished 2010 ISBN-13: 978-0439903547 Hardcover ISBN-10: 0439903547 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0545220910 Paperback ISBN-10: 0545220912 Paperback Related website(s): http://www.scholastic.com (publisher) Language level: … Continue reading →

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod Author: Gary Paulsen Publisher: Harvest Books, republished 1995 ISBN-13: 978-0156001458 ISBN-10: 0156001454 Language level: 5 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing and/or profanity; 4=a … Continue reading →

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Don’t Tell Me It Can’t Be Done: An Autobiography Author: Robert Raymond Barnett Publisher:  Ray Barnett, republished 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1999489014 Hardcover ISBN-10: 1999489012 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1999489007 Paperback ISBN-10: 1999489004 Paperback Related website(s): http://www.raybarnett.com (author and … Continue reading →

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea Author and Illustrator: Steven Callahan Publisher: Mariner Books, republished in 2002 ISBN-13: 978-0395382066 Hardcover ISBN-10: 0395382068 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0618257324 Paperback ISBN-10: 0618257322 Paperback Related website(s): http:// http://www.stevencallahan.net (author); http://www.randomhouse.com … Continue reading →

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Eternity through the Rearview Mirror: How Simple Faith Changes Everything–Seventeen Extraordinary Lives Author: Annette Hubbell Publisher: Credo House Publishers, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1625861269 ISBN-10: 1625861265 Related website(s): http://www.annettehubbell.com (author), http://www.credohousepublishers.com (publisher) Language level: 2 (1=nothing objectionable; … Continue reading →