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• Biography -- Juvenile literature

• Aunt Sally, or, The Cross the Way of Freedom: A Narrative of the Slave-Life and Purchase of the Mother of Rev. Isaac Williams of Detroit, Michigan (Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Society, 1858), by Isaac Williams (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

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• Michigan, my Michigan. (Board of Education, 1949), by Grand Rapids (Mich.). Board of Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• Three boys go camping : a story of the out-of-doors ([s.n., 1934), by Michigan Department of Public Instruction and Michigan. Department of Conservation (page images at HathiTrust)

• Michigan books for young readers; a selected list of books which are in print. ([Lansing, 1968), by Michigan State Library (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore : junior ranger workbook. (National Park Service, Dept. of the Interior, 1992), by United States National Park Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Aapinen : Amerikan suomalaisten lasten koti-, pyhä- ja kesäkouluopetusta varten (Hancock, Michigan : Suomalais-Luterilainen Kustannusliike, 1925., 1925), by Finnish Lutheran Book Concern and Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (page images at HathiTrust)

• Exploring greater Detroit (Institute for Economic Education, by arrangement with Detroit Public Schools, the Board of Education of the city of Detroit, 1955), by Edith C. Forster, Detroit Public Schools, and Institute for Economic Education (page images at HathiTrust)

• Your capitol and mine : a story of Michigan's government for young readers (Michigan Historical Commission, 1953), by Ellen C. Hathaway and Marion Boyd Major (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lake Huron and the country of the Algonquins (Ainsworth, 1913), by Edward Payson Morton (page images at HathiTrust)

• Michigan, my Michigan. (Board of Education, 1949), by Grand Rapids (Mich.). Board of Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lake Huron and the country of the Algonquins (Ainsworth, 1913), by Edward Payson Morton (page images at HathiTrust)

• History of Detroit for young people (F.A. Marsh], 1935), by Harriet Anne Marsh, Earl W. De La Vergne, and Florence A. Marsh (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lakeland's paradise : the story of Waterford Township for children (Waterford Township Board of Education, 1961), by Paul E. Ripley (page images at HathiTrust)

• Your capitol and mine : a story of Michigan's government for young readers (Michigan Historical Commission, 1953), by Ellen C. Hathaway and Marion Boyd Major (page images at HathiTrust)

• Three boys go camping : a story of the out-of-doors ([s.n., 1934), by Michigan Department of Public Instruction and Michigan. Department of Conservation (page images at HathiTrust)

• Wolverine health bulletin. (Michigan Tuberculosis Association, 1925), by Michigan Tuberculosis Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Wolverine health bulletin. (Michigan Tuberculosis Association, 1925), by Michigan Tuberculosis Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Crusaders for Freedom (Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co., c1962), by Henry Steele Commager, illust. by Mimi Korach (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dawnings of Genius: or, The Early Lives of Some Eminent Persons of the Last Century (London: Charles Knight and Co., 1841), by Anne Pratt (page images at Google)
• Famous Men of Ancient Times (Boston: Brown and Taggard, 1860), by Samuel G. Goodrich (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Red Book of Heroes (London et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909), by Mrs. Lang, ed. by Andrew Lang, illust. by Arthur Wallis Mills (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Triumphs of Perseverance and Enterprise (with updated illustrations), by Thomas Cooper (illustrated HTML in the UK)
• Historic Girls: Stories of Girls Who Have Influenced the History of Their Times, by Elbridge S. Brooks
  • illustrated HTML at Virginia
  • Gutenberg text
• Famous men of modern times: (Bradbury, Soden & co., 1843), by Samuel G. Goodrich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the most eminent sovereign of modern Europe. (Ward and co., 1850), by George James Welbore Agar-Ellis Dover (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le Plutarque de la jeunesse; ou, Abrégé des vies des plus grands hommes de toutes les nations. (Morizot, 1857), by Pierre Blanchard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographies of the great and good (Gall & Inglis, 1875), by L. H. Sigourney and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers (page images at HathiTrust)
• High adventurers (The Century co., 1931), by Mary Rosetta Parkman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• More than conquerors (Century Co., 1914), by Ariadne Gilbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our America; a textbook for elementary school history and social studies (The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1937), by Irving R. Melbo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Girls who became leaders (R. Long & R. R. Smith, inc., 1932), by Winifred Margaretta Kirkland and Frances Kirkland (page images at HathiTrust)
• The boyhood of great men. (Harper & brothers, 1854), by John G. Edgar (page images at HathiTrust)
• The child's book of true stories. (Leavitt & Allen, 1853), by Increase N. Tarbox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous men of modern times (American Book Co., 1909), by John H. Haaren and Addison B. Poland (page images at HathiTrust)
• The boyhood of great men. Intended as an example to youth. (Harper, 1856), by John G. Edgar (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of benefactors (G.C. Rand;, 1852), by Samuel G. Goodrich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historic boyhoods (G.W. Jacobs & company, 1909), by Rupert Sargent Holland (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Small beginnings; or, The way to get on. (Hogg, 1859) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Youthful diligence and future greatness. A book for the young. (Nelson, 1882), by W. K. Tweedie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The red book of heroes (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909), by Mrs. Lang, A. Wallis Mills, and Andrew Lang (page images at HathiTrust)
• Eucharistic lilies; youthful lovers of Jesus in the Blessed sacrament (Benziger, 1912), by Mary Theodosia Mug (page images at HathiTrust)
• When they were children; stories of the childhood of famous men and women (F.A. Stokes Co., 1914), by Amy Steedman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The boy's book of heroes. (Frederick Warne), by Helena Peake (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous men of modern times (Rand and Mann, 1849), by Samuel G. Goodrich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives and anecdotes of illustrious men : adapted for the amusement and instruction of youth... (D. Appleton ;, 1850), by Francis L. Hawks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men who have risen : a book for boys. (J. Hogg, 1859), by James Hogg and C. A. Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous men of Rome (Universtiy publishing company, 1904), by John H. Haaren and Addison B. Poland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tales of the great and brave (Wardle, 1845), by M. Fraser Tytler (page images at HathiTrust)
• When they were boys (F. A. Owen Publishing Company, 1922), by Carroll Everett, Charles E. Bracker, Mary E. Owen, Helen Mildred Owen, Charles Francis Reed, and F.A. Owen Pub. Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Courage et résignation; contes historiques dédiés à la jeunesse. (A. Bédelet, 1863), by Eugénie Foa (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories of renowned men & women. (Madison Book Co., 1903), by L. G. Stahl (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great Jews since Bible times, for young people (Behrman's Jewish book shop, 1926), by Elma Ehrlich Levinger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Famous men of ancient times: (Bradbury, Soden, 1843), by Samuel G. Goodrich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous girls of the White House (Thomas Y. Crowell company, 1930), by Kate Dickinson Sweetser (page images at HathiTrust)
• Risen by perseverance (W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, 1886), by Robert Cochrane (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern Americans, a biographical school reader for the upper grades (Laurel Book Company, 1918), by Chester Milton Sanford and Grace Arlington Owen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grandfather's chair, and biographical stories (Houghton, Mifflin & company, 1900), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern Americans, a biographical school reader for the upper grades (Laurel Book Company, 1921), by Chester Milton Sanford and Grace Arlington Owen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Juvenile biography; or, lives of celebrated children : Inculcating virtue by eminent examples from real life. To which are added moral reflections, addressed to the youth of both sexes. (sold by A. Dulau and Co., Soho Square; Newbury, St. Paul's Church Yard; T.N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster Row; H.D. Symonds, Paternoster Row; Boosey, Old Broad Street, Royal Exchange; Hotman, Oxford Road; Geisweiler, Parliament Street; Tabard, Old Bond Street; Hopkins, Brook Street, Holborn; and Kay, Strand. Price 3s., 1801), by Auguste-Louis Josse, trans. by Susannah Cummyng (page images at HathiTrust)
• The juvenile Plutarch : containing accounts of the lives of celebrated children and of the infancy of persons who have been illustrious for their virtues or talents. (Printed, by assignment of the assignees of Richard Phillips, by William Darton, 58, Holborn Hill, 1820), by R. Phillips, William Darton, and National Art Library (Great Britain). Renier Collection of Historic and Contemporary Children's Books (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Juvenile Plutarch; containing accounts of the lives of celebrated children, and of the infancy of persons who have been illustrious for their virtues or talents. (Munroe and Francis, 1827), by Fry Collection of Italian History and Culture (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of remarkable youth of both sexes. (E. Littell, Chesnut Street, 1830) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Heroic lives in universal religion : a manual for religious instruction in junior grades, for pupils eleven years of age (Beacon Press, 1917), by Albert Ross Vail and Emily McClellan Vail (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous cavalry leaders, through the ages with the heroes of sabre, spur, and saddle; with faithful accounts of their forced marches, dashing raids, and glorious charges (L. C. Page & Company, 1908), by Charles H. L. Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dawnings of genius, or, The early lives of some eminent persons of the last century (D. Appleton & Company, 1842), by Anne Pratt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our young folk's Plutarch (J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1884), by Plutarch and Rosalie Kaufman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Americans all : a pageant of great Americans (Fideler Co., 1941), by Barbara K. Anthony, Kreigh Collins, and Marcillene Barnes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Twenty-four birthday stories of famous men and women. (Lippincott, 1952), by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey and Margaret Ayer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historic girls; stories of girls who have influenced the history of their times (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1887), by Elbridge S. Brooks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous men of modern times: (Philadelphia, 1846), by Samuel G. Goodrich (page images at HathiTrust)
• The red book of heroes (Longmans, Green, and co., 1909), by Mrs. Lang and Andrew Lang (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sketches of the childhood of Michael Angelo, Mozart, Haydn, Watteau, and Sebastian Gomèz (E.P. Dutton and Co., 1868), by Eugénie Foa (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biography for schools; or, Good examples for young persons. (U. Hunt, 1836), by Eliza Robbins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Heroes every child should know : tales for young people of the world's heroes in all ages (Doubleday, Page, 1907), by Blanche Ostertag and Hamilton Wright Mabie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous children who have gained renown in the past : illustrated from historical paintings. (Lee and Shepard, 1903), by Hannah Twitchell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Footprints of famous men : Designed as incitements to intellectual industry (Harper & brothers, 1856), by John G. Edgar (page images at HathiTrust)
• Little folks in history (The Abingdon press, 1917), by Dorothy Donnell Calhoun (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Early lives of some eminent persons of the last century. (D. Appleton & Company, 1854), by Anne Pratt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men who have risen : a book for boys. (James Miller, 1859) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous cavalry leaders; through the ages with the heroes of sabre, spur, and saddle; with faithful accounts of their forced marches, dashing raids, and glorious charges (L.C. Page & company, 1910), by Charles Haven Ladd Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Red book of heroes (Longmans, 1914), by Mrs. Lang and Andrew Lang (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of benefactors: (Published by Geo. C. Rand, Cornhill. Wm. J. Reynolds and Company., 1853), by George Curtis Rand, Samuel G. Goodrich, George C. Rand & Co, and Wm. J. Reynolds and Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maria Theresa. (A. C.McClurg & company, 1905), by W. O. von Horn and George P. Upton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great deeds of great men (D.C. Heath, 1919), by Evie Corney and George William Dorland (page images at HathiTrust)
• More than conquerors (Century Co., 1920), by Ariadne Gilbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• : Plutarch for boys and girls (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1886), by Plutarch and John S. White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historic boys : their endeavors, their achievements and their times (G. P. Putnams̓ Sons, 1885), by Elbridge S. Brooks, Knickerbocker Press, and G.P. Putnam's Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
• Everyday heroes : stories of bravery during the Queen's reign, 1837-1900 (The Society , 1900), by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). General Literature Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enfances célèbres. (Hachette et cie, 1882), by Louise Colet and Jean Antoine Valentin Foulquier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories of great heroes, discoverers, explorers, and Christianizers of America (The Macmillan company, 1919), by James Higgins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Young people of history : their endeavors, their achievements and their times (G.P. Putnam's sons, 1927), by Elbridge S. Brooks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous cavalry leaders, a book for boys; through the ages with the heroes of sabre, spur, and saddle (L.C. Page & Company, 1912), by Charles H. L. Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enfances célèbres (Hachette, 1911), by Louise Colet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dawnings of genius; or, The early lives of some eminent persons of the last century (D. Appleton, 1856), by Anne Pratt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of benefactors: (J.E. Hickman. 12 School Street., 1844), by Samuel G. Goodrich and James E. Hickman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pilots and pathfinders (The Macmillan company, 1928), by William Lewis Nida and Stella Humphrey Mrs Nida (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographie élémentaire des personnages historiques et littéraires. A l'usage des maisons d'éducation des deux sexes. (P. Dufart; [etc., etc.], 1839), by M. Lamé Fleury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Do you know them? : Brief stories of famous lives (Fleming H. Revell Company, 1922), by Kitty Parsons (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories of grit, by Archer Wallace, contrib. by Taylor Statten (Gutenberg ebook)
• Footprints of Famous Men: Designed as Incitements to Intellectual Industry, by John G. Edgar (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Picture Gallery Explored: Or, an account of various ancient customs and manners: interspersed with anecdotes and biographical sketches of eminent persons (Gutenberg ebook)
• Boys Who Became Famous Men: Stories of the Childhood of Poets, Artists, and Musicians, by Harriet Pearl Skinner, illust. by Sears Gallagher (Gutenberg ebook)
• Famous Men of Ancient Times, by Samuel G. Goodrich (Gutenberg ebook)
• Modern Americans: A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades, by Chester Milton Sanford and Grace Arlington Owen (Gutenberg ebook)
• Kertomuksia historiasta ja elämästä : lapsille ja nuorisolle (in Finnish) (Gutenberg ebook)
• Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times, by Elbridge S. Brooks, illust. by Reginald Bathurst Birch and John Schönberg (Gutenberg ebook)
• Historic Boyhoods, by Rupert Sargent Holland (Gutenberg ebook)
• Enfances célèbres (in French), by Louise Colet, illust. by Jean Antoine Valentin Foulquier (Gutenberg ebook)
• Woodworth's youth's cabinet (New York: D. Austin Woodworth, 1853), by Francis C. Woodworth, D. Austin Woodworth, J. D Torrey, Thomas Smith, Nathaniel Orr, Augustus Morand, William Roberts, Samuel Wallin, Richardson & Cox, and Howlands (Firm) (page images at Florida)
• Memorials of early genius (London, Edinburgh: T.Nelson, 1850), illust. by T.G. Flowers (page images at Florida)
• The young man's evening book (New-York: C.S. Francis & Co., 1851) (page images at Florida)
• The pictorial cabinet of marvels (London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1891), illust. by Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)
• Wonderland of wisdom, or, The boys library (Philadelphia and Chicago: S.I. Bell & Co., 1891), ed. by Wynn Field (page images at Florida)
• Noble lives and brave deeds (New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1890), by Clara L Matéaux (page images at Florida)
• Milburn's selections for boys and girls (Philadelphia: Syndicate Publishing Company, c1894), by William Henry Milburn (page images at Florida)
• The child's book of true stories (New-York: Leavitt & Allen, 1854), by Increase N Tarbox, illust. by DeWitt C Hitchcock (page images at Florida)
• Our untitled nobility (London: Gall & Ingles, 1873), by John Tillotson, illust. by Holman & Bale (page images at Florida)
• The boys' and girls' Plutarch (New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1883), by Plutarch, ed. by John S. White (page images at Florida)
• Sunshine at home (Battle Creek Mich: Review & Herald Publishing House, 1883) (page images at Florida)
• Stories of New York (Boston et al.: Educational Publishing Company, 1896), by Anna Temple Lovering (page images at Florida)

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