Krull, Kathleen

Overview

Works:	234 works in 908 publications in 5 languages and 87,512 library holdings
Genres:	Juvenile works Biography Biographies History Caricatures and cartoons Humorous fiction Autobiographies Diaries Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc Picture books
Roles:	Author, Arranger
Classifications:	HD6509.C48, B

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Kathleen Krull

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Most widely held works by Kathleen Krull

Harvesting hope : the story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull( Book )

17 editions published between 2000 and 2013 in English and Spanish and held by 3,322 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions

Isaac Newton by Kathleen Krull( Book )

14 editions published between 2006 and 2014 in English and held by 3,034 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Isaac Newton was not only brilliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive. Here is a portrait of the man, contradictions and all, than places him against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions

The boy on Fairfield Street : how Ted Geisel grew up to become Dr. Seuss by Kathleen Krull( Book )

16 editions published between 2004 and 2015 in English and Chinese and held by 3,029 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Introduces the life of renowned children's author and illustrator Ted Geisel, popularly known as Dr. Seuss, focusing on his childhood and youth in Springfield, Massachusetts

Albert Einstein by Kathleen Krull( Book )

8 editions published between 2009 and 2015 in English and Korean and held by 2,833 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This biography profiles the life and times of German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, whose contributions to the field earned him a Nobel Prize

Wilma unlimited : how Wilma Rudolph became the world's fastest woman by Kathleen Krull( Book )

21 editions published between 1996 and 2004 in English and Spanish and held by 2,763 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A biography of Wilma Rudolph, an African-American who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track during a single Olympics

The boy who invented TV : the story of Philo Farnsworth by Kathleen Krull( Book )

9 editions published between 2009 and 2015 in English and Japanese and held by 2,636 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This picture-book biography explains how Farnsworth held on to his dream to develop television and the scientific concepts behind it

Sigmund Freud by Kathleen Krull( Book )

3 editions published between 2006 and 2009 in English and held by 2,593 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Before Freud, nobody discussed "unconscious" motives, Oedipal complexes, the id and the ego, or Freudian slips. Freud was a complicated, often irascible man, who in 19th-century Vienna developed his still-controversial ideas and the new discipline of psychoanalysis

Lives of the musicians : good times, bad times (and what the neighbors thought) by Kathleen Krull( Book )

29 editions published between 1992 and 2017 in English and held by 2,450 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Here are the life stories of such diverse figures as Vivaldi, Mozart, Scott Joplin, Nadia Boulanger, and Woody Guthrie. Readers will learn of both their musical natures and the personal, humorous characteristics that make their lives so fascinating. Living, breathing anecdotes--the stuff of which the best biography is made

Lives of the presidents : fame, shame, and what the neighbors thought by Kathleen Krull( Book )

20 editions published between 1998 and 2011 in English and held by 2,233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Focuses on the lives of presidents as parents, husbands, pet-owners, and neighbors while also including humorous anecdotes about hairstyles, attitudes, diets, fears, and sleep patterns

A woman for president : the story of Victoria Woodhull by Kathleen Krull( Book )

5 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and held by 2,206 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Do you know the first woman to run for president? The first woman to have a seat on the Stock Exchange? The first woman to own a newspaper? To speak before Congress? They were all Victoria Woodhull; this is her story. In 1872, American women could't vote, but they could run for president. Can you name the first woman to run for president, or the first woman to have a seat on the stock exchange? Do you know the first woman to own a newspaper or to speak before Congress? Amazingly, one woman achieved each of these feats, and her name has been all but erased from history. Born in complete poverty, the seventh of ten children, Victoria Woodhull was supporting her family by the age of eight as a child preacher. Seeking a better life, she married, divorced, moved to New York City, and became a millionaire by offering Cornelius Vanderbilt financial advice from the spirit world. Victoria did not stop there. Now that she had money and power, she was ready to challenge society's harsh limitations on women. Her boldest act was announcing herself as the first female candidate for the presidency of the United States. She founded her own newspaper to publicize this groundbreaking campaign, which took her from the chambers of Congress to the glorious moment when she was nominated by the Equal Rights Party at a convention that she, a woman, had organized and funded In the first book about Victoria Woodhull for young readers, Kathleen Krull and Jane Dyer team up to bring one of the most fascinating personalities in U.S. history to life The perfect book to explore the electoral process during the upcoming presidential election. One of the most revolutionary American women has been forgotten by history - until now. Walker & Company is proud to welcome acclaimed biographer Kathleen Krull and talented illustrator Jane Dyer to our list

Lives of extraordinary women : rulers, rebels (and what the neighbors thought) by Kathleen Krull( Book )

16 editions published between 2000 and 2014 in English and held by 1,904 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Highlights the lives of women including Cleopatra, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Joan of Arc, Isabella I, Elizabeth I, Nzingha, Catherine the Great, Marie Antoinette, Victoria, Harriet Tubman, Tz'u-Hsi, Gertrude Bell, Jeannette Rankin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Eva Peron, Wilma Mankiller, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Rigoberta Menchu

Lives of the writers : comedies, tragedies (and what the neighbors thought) by Kathleen Krull( Book )

14 editions published between 1994 and 2014 in English and held by 1,773 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The lives of twenty writers, ranging from Dickens, the Brontes, and Poe to Twain, Sandburg, and Langston Hughes, are profiled in this humorous and informative collection

Anne Elizabeth's diary : a young artist's true story by Anne Elizabeth Rector( Book )

4 editions published between 2004 and 2014 in English and held by 1,733 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The diary of a twelve-year-old girl living in New York City in 1912, with sidebars describing the author/illustrator's life and family and significant events of the year and the city

Lives of the artists : masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought) by Kathleen Krull( Book )

15 editions published between 1995 and 2017 in English and held by 1,617 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Profiles the lives and discusses the humor and tragedy of artists of the sixteenth century to the twentieth century, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Salvador Dali, and Pablo Picasso

Leonardo da Vinci by Kathleen Krull( Book )

11 editions published between 2005 and 2014 in English and held by 1,608 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

For more than thirty years-half his life-he was obsessively devoted to investigating Everything in the natural world. Nothing escaped his interest-how our eyes see, why the sky is blue, what forces build mountains, how light travels, where water comes from, and-most fascinating of all to Leonardo-the inner workings of the human body. Nothing stopped him. It was illegal to dissect human corpses, so he did autopsies in secret, even devising a clever way to slice through eyeballs (notoriously squishy!). Scrupoulously researched and juicily anecdotal, Kathleen Krull's portrait of Leonardo will not only change children's ideas of who he was, but also what it means to be a scientist

Gonna sing my head off! : American folk songs for children( )

7 editions published between 1990 and 1995 in English and held by 1,474 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of American folk songs for children, including "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," "Sweet Betsy from Pike," "This Land is Your Land," and "The Mockingbird Song."

Lives of the athletes : thrills, spills (and what the neighbors thought) by Kathleen Krull( Book )

14 editions published between 1995 and 2013 in English and held by 1,404 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents twenty true stories of athletes--mostly admirable, occasionally quirky--whose physical accomplishments create a world of thrills and spills

M is for music by Kathleen Krull( Book )

4 editions published between 2003 and 2009 in English and held by 1,306 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An alphabet book introducing musical terms, from allegro to zarzuela

Marie Curie by Kathleen Krull( Book )

11 editions published between 2007 and 2014 in English and held by 1,209 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Describes the life and work of the scientist who won two Nobel Prizes and died of radiation poisoning from years of investigating the dangerous elements that she herself had discovered

Kubla Khan : the emperor of everything by Kathleen Krull( Book )

3 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 1,208 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An introduction to the thirteenth-century Chinese emperor which offers a more complete picture of the man than books which treat him as just a supporting player in Marco Polo's adventures