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                               Easy           J-Section

Easy:

CARSON, RACHEL
Rachel Carson-
page 29-grade 1-3

COUSTEAU, JACQUES
Jacques Cousteau-page 48-grade 1-3

EDISON, TOMAS
Tom Edison’s bright idea
-page 30-grade 1-3

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
Benjamin Franklin, A man with many jobs
-page 45-grade 2-3

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
The many lives of Benjamin Franklin-page 29-grade 1-3

GOODALL, JANE
Jane Goodall and the wild chimpanzees-page 30-grade 1-3

MUIR, JOHN
John Muir: man of the wild places-page 48-grade 1-3

JEMISON, MAE
Mae Jemison, astronaut-page 26-grade 1-3


J-Section:

BANNEKER, BENJAMIN
Benjamin Banneker
-109 pages-grades 4-6

BANNEKER, BENJAMIN
Benjamin Banneker; astronomer and mathematician
-112 pages-grade 4

BELL, ALEXANDER
Alexander Graham Bell-30 pages-grades 3-4

BELL, ALEXANDER
Always inventing; a photo-biography of Alexander Graham Bell
-64 pages-grades 3-4

BELL, ALEXANDER
Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone-32 pages-grades 4-6

BELL, ALEXANDER
Alexander Graham Bell-
62 pages-grades 3-4

BENTLEY, W. A.
Snowflake Bentley
-30 pages-grades 3-4

CARSON, RACHEL
Rachel Carson-96 pages-grades 4-6

CURIE, MARIE
Marie Curie, pioneer physicist
-112 pages-grades 4-6

CURIE, MARIE
Marie Curie
-119 pages-grades 5-6

CURIE, MARIE
Marie Curie
-32 pages-grades 3-4

EARLE, SYLVIA
Window on the deep; the adventures of underwater explorer Sylvia Earle
-41 pages-grades 4-6

EASTWOOD, ALICE
Flower watching with Alice Eastwood
-48 pages-grades 4-6

EDISON, THOMAS ALVA
A picture book of Thomas Alva Edison-32 pages-grades 2-3

EDISON, THOMAS ALVA
Thomas Alva Edison; great inventor
-48 pages-grades 3-4

EDISON, THOMAS ALVA
Edison at work; the Thomas A. Edison laboratory at West Orange, New Jersey
-94 pages-grades 6-7

EDISON, THOMAS ALVA
Thomas Alva Edison-96 pages-grades 4-6

EDISON, THOMAS ALVA
Thomas Edison and electricity-32 pages-grades 4-6

EDISON, THOMAS ALVA
What has wild Tom done now??-36 pages-grades 3-4

EDISON, THOMAS ALVA
Thomas Edison-31 pages-grades 3-4 

EDISON, THOMAS ALVA
Thomas Alva Edison, young inventor-48 pages-grades 3-4

EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Albert Einstein
-122 pages-grades 7-9

EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Albert Einstein-48 pages- grades 4-6

EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Albert Einstein and relativity-32 pages-grades 4-6

EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Einstein: visionary scientist
-144 pages-grades 4-6

FOSSEY, DIAN
Light Shining through the mist: A photography of Dian Fossey-
64 pages-grades 4-6

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
Benjamin Franklin-printer, inventor, statesman-48 pages-grades 3-4

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
A picture book of Benjamin Franklin-30 pages-grades 3-4

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
What’s the big idea, Ben Franklin
? -46 pages-grades 3-4

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
Amazing life of Benjamin Franklin
-48 pages-grades 4-6

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
Benjamin Franklin and his friends-36pages-grades 3-4

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
Benjamin Franklin
-66 pages-grades 4-6

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
Young Ben Franklin-48 pages-grades 3-4

GALDIKAS, BIRUTE
Among the Orangutans; the Birute Galdikas story-45 pages-grades 3-4

GALILEI, GALILEO
Galileo-30 pages-grades 3-4

GALILEI, GALILEO
Galileo and the universe –32 pages-grades 3-4

GEORGE, JEAN CRAIGHEAD
Tarantula in my purse; and 172 other wild pets-134 pages-grades 4-6

HAWKING, STEPHEN
Stephen Hawking; unlocking the universe
-112 pages-grades 4-6

HAWKING, STEPHEN
Stephen Hawking
-110 pages-grades 5-6

JEMSION MAE
Mae Jemsion, space scientist-31 pages-grades 3-4

LEAKEY, LOUIS AND MARY
Leakeys: uncovering the origins of humankind-128 pages- grades 5-6

LISTER, JOSEPH
Joseph Lister
-48 pages-grades 4-6

MARCONI, GUGLIELMO
Guglielmo Marconi and radio
-32 pages-grades 3-4

MORSE, SAMUEL
Samuel Morse-61 pages-grades 3-4

MORSE, SAMUEL
Quick, Annie, give me a catchy line:  A story of Samuel F.B. Morse
-36 pages-grade 3-4

NICE, MARGARET
Bird watching with Margaret Morse Nice-48 pages-grade 4-6

PASTEUR, LOUIS
Louis Pasteur
-48 pages-grades 4-6

PASTEUR, LOUIS
Louis Pasteur and germs
-32 pages-grades 3-4

PASTEUR, LOUIS
Louis Pasteur, young scientist-48 pages-grades 3-4

PEALE, CHARLES
Ingenious Mr. Peale: painter, patriot, and man of science
-122 pages-grades 5-6

POWELL, JOHN
John Wesley Powell: conquest of the canyon-158 pages-grades 4-5

SAGAN, CARL
Carl Sagan: in contact with the cosmos-112 pages-grades 4-6