(3) K-3 Meeting Famous People series. These biographies will give young students personal information about two famous men of the twentieth century and some insight into their careers. Adult support may be needed to help less able readers with life stories that are more detailed and less choppy than many biographies written for the primary grades. The photographs are plentiful and appropriate. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Meeting Famous People titles: Walt Disney and Neil Armstrong.]

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) K-3 Meeting Famous People series. This book gives a slightly more detailed look at the Native American woman who traveled with Lewis and Clark than most biographies for this age group. The illustrations are historical paintings, some more successful than others. Sacagawea is an elusive figure and the book acknowledges the two stories about her death, giving more credence to the one that says she died in 1812 at age twenty-five. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) K-3 Meeting Famous People series. Ali is a larger than life character, and this series biography with its strong photos manages to capture the excitement surrounding the well-known athlete. Although the last twenty years are given short shrift, the book provides an account of some of Ali's controversial actions in his earlier years when he joined the Nation of Islam and became a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(3) K-3 Meeting Famous People series. These biographies will give young students personal information about two famous men of the twentieth century and some insight into their careers. Adult support may be needed to help less able readers with life stories that are more detailed and less choppy than many biographies written for the primary grades. The photographs are plentiful and appropriate. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Meeting Famous People titles: Walt Disney and Neil Armstrong.]

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) K-3 Meeting Famous People series. These highly readable basic biographies should inspire interest in their remarkable subjects despite some clumsy writing (after Keller's teacher Annie's death, "Helen was so sad") and sketchy information (we're told that young Earhart's family frequently moved but not why). Both books include photos of their subjects and related items and locations. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Meeting Famous People titles: Amelia Earhart and Helen Keller.]

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 Meeting Famous People series. These highly readable basic biographies should inspire interest in their remarkable subjects despite some clumsy writing (after Keller's teacher Annie's death, "Helen was so sad") and sketchy information (we're told that young Earhart's family frequently moved but not why). Both books include photos of their subjects and related items and locations. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Meeting Famous People titles: Amelia Earhart and Helen Keller.]

Reviewer: Nell Beram