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One of the great benefits of a biography series is that readers can become accustomed to a reading level that works for them, and learn about a variety of people without worrying about difficulty or writing style. Some of our favorite biography series are the work of many authors, but even then there's usually a series editor to ensure consistency.

This sameness can also be a pitfall: readers (especially kids) can just get in a rut of breezing through the volumes without growing much or learning a whole lot. If you have kids who read a lot, however, this is potentially the case no matter what they're reading, and at least with a series you can have a pretty good idea where the individual authors will be coming from, whether you're familiar with them or not.

Most of the series we offer are written from a Christian perspective. While many might assume this makes them okay across the board, we do offer a caution: not all of these series offer the same level of discernment. For instance, while the Sowers Biographies are generally very good (and very popular), the editors chose to include a biography about Johnny Appleseed, a known heretic of the Swedenborgian variety.

For the most part, however, we can get behind the series we offer. Our favorite right now is probably the Christian Encounters series, which offers short but incisive biographies of great Christians who may not get as much attention as they should (like St. Patrick, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and William F. Buckley).

We do encourage you to mix things up now and then. It's easy to get in a rut, and it's easy to get familiar with an author or group of authors, and then to simply accept everything they say as Gospel truth. Reading across a spectrum of biographies will fill in gaps that may exist in your understanding, and offer different interpretations of people and events.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
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	Abraham Lincoln Sowers Series by David Collins from Mott Media Biography for 5th-7th grade in Sowers Biographies (Location: BIO-SOW) $8.99 $5.00 (2 in stock)
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	D. L. Moody by Kevin Belmonte from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 7th-Adult in Clearance: Biographies (Location: ZCLE-BIO) $8.40
	D. L. Moody Bringing Souls to Christ Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing for 4th-8th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Daniel Webster Sowers Series by Robert Allen from Mott Media Biography for 6th-8th grade in Sowers Biographies (Location: BIO-SOW) $8.99
	David Bussau Facing the World Head On Christian Heroes: Then and Now by Janet & Geoff Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-8th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	David Livingstone Africa's Trailblazer Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Davy Crockett Ever Westward Heroes of History by Geoff & Janet Benge from Emerald Books Biography for 4th-7th grade in Heroes of History (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
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	Elizabeth I by Jacob Abbott, updated for the present day reader by Knox Merkle from Canon Press for 6th-12th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $12.00
	Eric Liddell Something Greater Than Gold Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
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	George Washington True Patriot Heroes of History by Geoff & Janet Benge from Emerald Books Biography for 4th-7th grade in Heroes of History (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
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	Hannibal Makers of History Series by Jacob Abbott from Yesterday's Classics for 7th-12th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $12.95
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	Samuel Zwemer by Geoff Benge from YWAM Publishing for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Story of Abraham Lincoln by Mary A. Hamilton from Living Book Press for 6th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $6.99
	Story of Bishop Patteson by Elma K. Paget from Living Book Press for 6th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $6.99
	Story of Captain Cook by John Lang from Living Book Press for 6th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $6.99
	Story of Columbus by Gladys M. Imlach from Living Book Press for 6th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $6.99
	Story of Cromwell by H. E. Marshall from Living Book Press for 6th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $7.99
	Story of David Livingstone by Vautier Golding from Living Book Press for 6th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $6.99
	Story of General Gordon by Jeanie Lang from Living Book Press for 6th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $6.99
	Story of H.M. Stanley by Vautier Golding from Living Book Press for 6th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $6.99
	Story of Joan of Arc The Maid of Orleans History Shapers by Andrew Lang 2024 Reprint from Living Book Press for 6th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $6.99
	Story of Lord Clive by John Lang from Living Book Press for 6th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $6.99
	Story of Lord Roberts by Edmund F. Sellar from Living Book Press for 6th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $6.99
	Story of Nelson by Edmund F. Sellar from Living Book Press for 5th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $6.99
	Story of Sir Francis Drake by Oliver Elton from Living Book Press for 4th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $6.99
	Sundar Singh Footprints Over the Mountains Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	The Story of Chalmers of New Guinea by Janet Harvey Kelman from Living Book Press for 6th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $6.99
	Theodore Roosevelt An American Original Heroes of History by Geoff & Janet Benge from Emerald Books Biography for 4th-7th grade in Heroes of History (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Who Was Paul Revere? Who Was? Biographies 1^st edition from Grosset & Dunlap in Who Was? biographies (Location: BIO-WHO) $6.99
	Wilfred Grenfell Fisher of Men Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	William Booth Soup, Soap, and Salvation Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	William Bradford Plymouth's Rock by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing for 4th-8th grade in Heroes of History (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	William Carey Obliged to Go Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	William Jennings Bryan Sowers Series by Robert Allen from Mott Media Biography for 7th-9th grade in Clearance: Biographies (Location: ZCLE-BIO) $6.29
	William Penn Liberty and Justice for All Heroes of History by Geoff & Janet Benge from Emerald Books Biography for 4th-7th grade in Heroes of History (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99

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