Henry David Thoreau
When he was a boy Henry David Thoreau was always somewhat different from his peers, and this state of affairs did not change when he grew up. He was attracted to new ideas and to new ways of looking at the world. He questioned the actions of the government, and he even went so far to refuse to pay his taxes because he did not want his money to be used to pay for a war. Henry David Thoreau wrote a book that had a profund effect on many people all over the world. Find out more about this special man in the books below.
Henry David Thoreau
Illustrator: Giovanni Manna
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 and up
Creative Editions, 2017
ISBN: 978-1568463056
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Henry David Thoreau
Illustrator: Peter M. Fiore
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 8
Charlesbridge, 2006
ISBN: 978-0881061161
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Henry David Thoreau
Illustrator: John Porcellino
Nonfiction Graphic Novel
For ages 10 and up
Hyperion Books for Children, 2008
ISBN: 978-1423100386
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Deborah O'Neal, Angela Westengard
Illustrator: S.D. Schindler
Historical Fiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 9
Candlewick Press, 2005
ISBN: 978-0763618285
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Milton Meltzer
Nonfiction
For ages 12 and up
Lerner, 2006
ISBN: 978-0822558934
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