The term Biography originates in Greek word “bios” (life) and”graphein“(write).This genus of literature deals with the published facts of individual lives and usually comes under non-fiction category. The primary intension of Biography is to emphasize on several viewpoints of the Individual's experience, through which the person has come across. The connotation not merely is confined within the general facts like date of birth or death, educational life and achievements.
For children literary biographies are presented usually in a simplistic comprehensive manner. Sometimes though they are meant to expose a specific segment of life, but express a feel of integrity. The premier aspiration of Children's Biography Books is to elevate the children's conscience and to inspire them to strive against adversity.
Names of some recent best known biography books for Children are:
Ø Rembrandt and Titus: Artist and Son --Thomas Locker
Ø Christopher Columbus: Young Explorer-- Kathleen Kudlinski
Ø Nine Days A Queen: The Short Life and Reign Of Lady Jane Grey--- Ann Rinaldi
Ø The Story of Joan of Arc--- E. M. Wilmot-Buxton
Ø Young Pele: Soccer's First Star -- James Ransome, Lesa Cline-Ransome
Ø Renoir and the Boy with the Long Hair ----- Nancy Lane, Wendy Wax
Ø Gandhi : Young Nation Builder --- Kathleen Kudlinski
Ø Journal of James Edmond Pease : A Civil War Union Soldier --- Jim Murphy
This literary genre called Biography specifically written for children thus provides the readers with perceptivities to comprehend the author's creation.
