Carolyn Meyer
21) Isabel
Author
Series
Publisher
Schoastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
While waiting anxiously for others to choose a husband for her, Isabel, the future Queen of Spain, keeps a diary account of her life as a member of the royal family.
23) Marie, dancing
Author
Publisher
Gulliver Books/Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized autobiography of Marie Van Goethem, the impoverished student from the Paris Opera ballet school who became the model for Edgar Degas's famous sculpture, "The Little Dancer."
Publisher
Gulliver/Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1994.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
While preparing a book which highlights the people and traditions of the diverse culture found in Albuquerque, a group of seventh-graders discover interesting things about their city and families.
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A look at what life might have been like for royal teens of the past, mixing storytelling with historical facts. Includes Cleopatra VII, daughter of the Nile ; Isabel, jewel of Castilla, Spain; and Elizabeth I, red rose of the House of Tudor, England.