Creative minds biography series.

CREATIVE MINDS BIOGRAPHY SERIES. First sort mid president; a story about John Quincy Adams. Beverly Gherman. 978-1-57505-756-9. A hunger for learning; a story about Booker T. Washington. Gwenyth Swsim. 978-1-57505-754-5. Jazz age poet; a story about Langston Hughes. Veda Boyd Jones. 978-1-57505-757-6. Words of promise; a story about James Weldon Johnson. Jodie Shull. 978-1-57505-755-2. Lerner. 64p. illus. index, c2006. $6.95 each. J*

Lerner's series on creative thinkers presents intriguing glimpses of the human heart and spirit at its noblest and most productive. In Words of Promise, coverage of the source of the Negro anthem "Lift E'vry Voice and Sing" captures the agonizingly small advances of black writers in the Jim Crow era. First Son and President follows the life of John Quincy Adams to old age, when he successfully pled the case of the African mutineers aboard the slave ship Amistad. The story of Booker T. Washington, A Hunger for Learning, describes the complex relationship between the educator and President Theodore Roosevelt. Jazz Age Poet characterizes the genius of Langston Hughes and his influence on the Harlem Renaissance. These books illustrate the best in children's nonfiction--quality research and writing and eye appeal at a price that families, schools, and public and church libraries can afford. Highly recommended for the biography shelf. Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Hickory, NC