Who Is Oprah Winfrey?
by Barbara Kramer and Dede Putra • Part of the Who Was? What Was? Where Is? Series
The story of how a young Southern girl who was raised on a pig farm became one of... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2019
Word Count 8,230
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 830L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 504033
- Curricular Area
- History
- Subject Headings
- African American women--Biography
- African American television personalities--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Television personalities--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Performing Arts | Television & Radio
- Television personalities--United States--Biography
- Winfrey, Oprah--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Winfrey, Oprah
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