The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home

by Susan Wise Bauer

Biographies Alcott, Louisa May Meigs, Cornelia. Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women.Boston: Little, Brown, 1995. $9. A 1937 Newbery winner. Anthony, Susan B. Monsell, Helen Albee. Susan B. Anthony: Champion of Women’s Rights. New York: Aladdin, 1986. $6.99. One of the Childhood of Famous Americans series, imaginative biographies written on a third- to fifth-grade level that focus on the childhood of each subject. Highly recommended. Barton, Clara. Stevenson, Augusta. Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross. New York: Aladdin, 1986. $6.99. One of the Childhood of Famous Americans series. Bethune, Mary McLeod Greenfield, Eloise. Mary McLeod Bethune, illus. Jerry Pinkney. New York: HarperCollins, 1994. $6.99. A simple biography of the famous educator born the fifteenth child of former slaves. Blackwell, Elizabeth Henry, Joanne Landers. Elizabeth Blackwell: Girl Doctor. New York: Aladdin, 1996. $6.99. One of the Childhood of Famous Americans series. Carver, George Washington Moore, Eva. The Story of George Washington Carver, illus. Alexander Anderson. New York: Scholastic, 1990. $5.99. This Scholastic Biography is written for good third- to fifth-grade readers. Chavez, Cesar Krull, Kathleen. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, illus. Yuji Morales. New York: Harcourt, 2003. $17.95. A fascinating picture-book account of Cesar Chavez’s childhood and his rise to activism. Churchill, Winston Labracque, Ellen. Who Was Winston Churchill?, illus....