[Michlib-l] series from the 1980's

Mon Oct 13 17:12:50 EDT 2014

I devoured those books at my elementary school library.  Mine all had faded blue covers.  Reading about the black silhouette drawings sparked those memories. This would have been 1962-64ish.  I think we still had some of them at the Belleville Library when I started in 1987.  Long gone now.  

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From: "Christine Hage" <christine.hage at rhpl.org>
To: "Mary Hanson" <hansonm at mercyhealth.com>
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Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] series from the 1980's

I read them too and I think there were 191 pages. Why would I remember that?? 

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On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Mary Hanson < hansonm at mercyhealth.com > wrote: 

I read a lot of them in the late 50's. The ones I saw were hardcovers—turquoise. I got in trouble for reading them, too. We were only supposed read the books in our individual class rooms, but I discovered a stash of them in the teachers workroom. I would sneak in and climb up the shelves to reach the books. Someone caught most every time, but apparently I didn't care. I read three shelves worth. 

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From: michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org [mailto: michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org ] On Behalf Of Sally D. Arrivee 
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 3:35 PM 
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Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] series from th 1980's 

Childhood of Famous Americans series is from the late 1950's and 1960's. I was a children's librarian in the early part of my career and remember when those books were moved from biography to fiction. The versions I read had orange covers and the illustrations were done in black silhouettes. They have updated the series and there is a volume on Harry Houdini that came out in 1969 and was reissued in 1991. 

Sally Arrivee 
Head Reference Librarian 
Madison Heights Public Library 

Maybe the Childhood of Famous Americans series? 

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 
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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: 

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