SUMMARY: A young adult quick reader biography of Evelyn Sharp, an adopted girl who overcame asthma and many other problems and learned to fly an airplane as a teenager. She became the youngest woman commercial pilot, taught men to fly for war, and was a respected member of such women's flying groups as the WAFS and WASP. Until her early death in an airplane accident in 1944, she flew warplanes across America and Canada so that men could fly them into battle during World War II-and left a legacy that helped open the way for the women pilots of today and tomorrow.

Sky Rider: The Story of Evelyn Sharp, World War II Wasp

Children's Books

Lukesh, Jean A.

Biographies

Field Mouse Productions

A young adult quick reading biography of brothers Frank and Luther North and their Pawnee Scouts who worked with the U.S. Army to protect and rescue overland trail travelers, settlers, soldiers, and Union Pacific railroad workers during the 1860s and 1870s Plains Indian Wars and the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. Two of those Pawnee Scouts "shared" the first Congressional Medal of Honor ever awarded to a Native American. Includes photographs, timeline, index, select bibliographical references, critical thinking questions, glossary, and bold vocabulary terms in the text. Noteworthy Americans Quick Reader Biography Series.  This book just won Finalist status in the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Awards in the category of Teen Nonfiction and Finalist status in the 2012 Western Writers of America (WWA) SPUR Award in the category of Best Juvenile Nonfiction Book Award.

Wolves in Blue: Stories of the North Brothers and Their Pawnee Scouts

A biographical literary criticism and history of Eugene Field, who was known in the late 1800s and early 1900s as the Children's Poet and the Poet of Childhood, and how he came to write his best-loved poems, "Little Boy Blue," "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" (also called "The Dutch Lullaby"), and "The Duel" (also called "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat"), which are also included in the text. This book includes notes, glossary, and annotated bibliography. The Doorstep Orphan received a 2012 Gold MOONBEAM national/international Book Award in the category of Children's Poetry but is also loved by senior citizens, a 2013 Nebraska Press Women's 1st Place Book Award, and a 2013 National Federation of Press Women's national 2nd Place Book Award.

The Doorstep Orphan: Eugene Field and a Trilogy of His Best-Loved Poems

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Do You Know a Hero?

Growing Up & Facts of Life

A quick-reading biography (for ages 10 to 110) that explores the history and mystery of, Who Was Eagle of Delight (Hayne Hudjihini), and why is her portrait in the White House? In 1821,a teenage Otoe Indian girl with "the Mark of Honor" journeyed east with her husband and other Plains Indian chiefs. There, she became "the Darling of Washington D.C. Society." Then tragedy struck, and she and her story were nearly forgotten for 140 years--until a series of events brought her portrait home and her story to light. This is another book in the award-winning Noteworthy Americans Quick Reader Biography series; includes color illustrations, glossary and index, endnotes, select bibliography, and (optional) critical thinking questions and activities.

Eagle of Delight: Portrait of the Plains Indian Girl in the White House

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

A quick-reading biography of Solon Borglum-the lesser known and most often overlooked secret son of Danish Mormon immigrants who traveled the Mormon Trail to Utah in the 1860s, then changed their religion and lifestyle and moved to Nebraska. Despite his unusual childhood, Solon grew up to be a cowboy, rancher, sheriff, early Boy Scout leader, French World War I hero, Army art instructor, and the world famous artist nicknamed "The Sculptor of the Prairie." Solon's carving of at least one monumental-sized Plains Indian figure in the sandhills bluffs near his father's Central Nebraska ranch was the likely inspiration for his more famous older brother (John) Gutzon Borglum's sculpting of Mount Rushmore. (For 6th or 7th grade through senior citizen adult readers.)

Secret Brother: The Story of Solon Borglum, Sculptor of the Prairie

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