[Michlib-l] series from th 1980's

[Kerry Fitzgerald]

That's it! That's the series I was remembering. Hopefully, it's the series
your patron was remembering, Jennifer. Looks like they've updated the
covers. ;)

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Christine Abma <cabma at herrickdl.org> wrote:

>  Maybe the Childhood of Famous Americans series?
>
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> *From:* michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org> on behalf
> of Kerry Fitzgerald <kfitzgerald at loutitlibrary.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, October 13, 2014 2:54 PM
> *To:* Jennifer Hassell
> *Cc:* michlib-l at lists.mcls.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Michlib-l] series from th 1980's
>
>  I'm of the same vintage and I believe I read the same series of
> biographies for book reports -- probably in the 4th or 5th grade. These
> books were published circa the early 1960s (or maybe earlier) and featured
> b&w line drawings illustrating the person's life. The covers featured the
> same artwork, and the background color for each book jacket was a different
> color. I remember reading the book on Eleanor Roosevelt (blue/gray, I
> think) and the one on Abe Lincoln (tan). Amelia Earhart was also in the
> series.
>
>  Big help, right? I poked around with keyword searches in library
> catalogs, but of course these books are long gone from library shelves. No
> luck with the Amazon marketplace either.
>
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Jennifer Hassell <
> Jennifer.Hassell at farmlib.org> wrote:
>
>>  Colleagues!
>>
>> I have a friend who is trying to track down an older book she read as a
>> child (approx. 1983).  Here is her description:
>>
>> I read a book from what I believe was a series of biographies. The book I
>> read was about Harry Houdini and had, I believe, brown cover. The other
>> books in the series all had covers of different colors.
>>
>> It's a long shot but does this sound familiar to anyone?  Thanks!
>>
>> Jen Hassell
>> Adult Services Librarian
>> Farmington Community Library
>>
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