Biography

Twitter chat on Monday, August 25 from 8:00 - 9:00 pm. The hashtag is #bookbootcamp
(Describe biography as a genre. Include biography, autobiography, memoir, collective biography)

This month, you will need to read THREE biographies.

The Books
Choose **TWO** biographies from the following list: Boy on the Wooden Box by Tillie Pierce by Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass Liberty or Death: The Surprising Story of runaway slaves who sided with the British No Crystal Stair Lewis and Clark by Nick Bertozzi Temple Grandin Amelia Lost George Bellows-Painter with a Punch Driven-a photobiography of Henry Ford Knucklehead Babe Conquers the World Sally Ride:Life on a Mission
 * Or any other biography or collective biography written for middle grade students that was written in the last two years.**

For the **THIRD** biography, choose a series in your library and read a few biographies within that series.

**Online resources for this genre:**
Youtube Booktrailers:

Biography promotion ideas:

When you are creating displays,don't forget to pair biographies with historical fiction novels that include the same people or are from the same historical time period.