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Who Was Abigail Adams?
True Kelley - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Abigail Adams was a strong woman far ahead of her time. She urged her husband, President John Adams, to "remember the ladies" and despite having no formal education herself, she later advocated for equal education in public schools for both boys and girls. She was also the first... |
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Who Was Alexander the Great?
Kathryn Waterfield - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Alexander the Great conquers the New York Times best-selling Who Was...? series!When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon, he already had grand ambitions. He complained that his father, the great king of Macedon, wasn't leaving anything for him to conquer! This, of course, was not the case.... |
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Who Is Muhammad Ali?
James Buckley - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. won the world heavyweight championship at the age of 22, the same year he joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. He would go on to become the first and only three-time (in succession) World Heavyweight Champion. Nicknamed "The Greatest,"... |
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Who Was Maya Angelou?
Ellen Labrecque - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. She moved... |
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Who Was Susan B. Anthony?
Pamela D. Pollack - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Susan B. Anthony may be an international icon but her campaign for women's rights had personal roots. Working as a school teacher in New York, Anthony refused to settle for less pay than her male colleagues which ignited her lifelong devotion to women's equality. Anthony toured... |
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Who Was Johnny Appleseed?
Joan Holub - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Book
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The perfect biography to bite into at the start of a new school year! Children are sure to be fascinated by the eccentric and legendary Johnny Appleseed, a man who is best known for bringing apple trees to the midwest. Over John Chapmans lifetime, he saw the country grow and start to spread... |
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Who Was Louis Armstrong?
Yona Zeldis McDonough - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs? Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville.... |
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Who Was Neil Armstrong?
Roberta Edwards - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and, to an audience of over 450 million people, proclaimed his step a ?giant leap for mankind.? This Eagle Scout built his own model planes as a little boy and then grew up to be a test pilot for experimental aircraft before becoming... |
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Who Was Benedict Arnold?
James Buckley Jr - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Find out how this one-time American hero became the country's most notorious traitor.As a young child, Benedict Arnold never shied away from a fight. So when the French and Indian War began in 1754, Benedict was eager to join the militia and fight for the British colonies in America.... |
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Who Was Jane Austen?
Sarah Fabiny - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Step into the world of Georgian England and learn more about the genteel life of this beloved author.Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and have inspired movies, television shows and mini-series,... |
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Who Was Lucille Ball?
Pamela D Pollack - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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Who doesn't love Lucy? The legendary actress, producer, and comedian steps into the Who Was? spotlight.Much like her hit TV show, I Love Lucy, Americans in the 1950s fell in love with Lucy. Born in New York in 1911, Lucille Ball was always a natural performer. She danced in the chorus... |
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Who Was P. T. Barnum?
Kirsten Anderson - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages, step right up for Who HQ's entertaining biography of P. T. Barnum: politician, businessman, and The Greatest Showman on Earth!After moving from Connecticut to New York City in 1834, twenty-four-year-old Phineas Taylor Barnum launched his now-legendary... |
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Who Was Clara Barton?
Stephanie Spinner - Grosset & Dunlap; Dgs edition
Format: Book
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Clarissa Clara Barton was a shy girl who grew up to become a teacher, nurse, and humanitarian. At a time when few women worked outside the home, she became the first woman to hold a government job, as a patent clerk in Washington, DC. In 1864, she was appointed lady in charge of the hospitals... |
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Who Were the Beatles?
Geoff Edgers - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Almost everyone can sing along with the Beatles, but how many young readers know their whole story? Geoff Edgers, a Boston Globe reporter and hard-core Beatles fan, brings the Fab Four to life in this Who Was...? book. Readers will learn about their childhoods in Liverpool,... |
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Who Is David Beckham?
Ellen Labrecque - Who HQ
Format: Paperback
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Whether you call it football or soccer, there's no disputing that David Beckham is one of the best players in the history of the game! Whenever a young David Beckham was asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, he'd always answer with the same response: I want to be a footballer.... |
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Who Was Alexander Graham Bell?
Bonnie Bader - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he refused to have a telephone in his study? Bell's story will fascinate young readers interested in the early... |
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Who Was Blackbeard?
James Buckley - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Though much of his early life remains a mystery, Blackbeard most likely began his life as Edward Teach in the sailing port of Bristol, England. He began his career as a hired British sailor during Queen Anne's War. He eventually settled in the Bahamas under Captain Benjamin Hornigold who taught... |
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Who Is Judy Blume?
Kirsten Anderson - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Learn how Judy Blume went from a stay-at-home mother to one of the most beloved American authors of the twentieth century.Readers adore Judy Blume for her personal stories about the journey from childhood to adolescence. She has always been an imaginative person and an avid reader. As a child,... |
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Who Was Nellie Bly?
Margaret Gurevich - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Get ready to journey around the world with Nellie Bly--one of America's first investigative journalists. Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman had no idea that the open letter she'd written to a local newspaper in Pittsburgh in 1885 would change her life forever. The editor of the paper was so impressed... |
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Who Is Bono?
Pam Pollack - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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How did an Irish schoolboy become the lead singer of a world-famous rock band and the founder of several humanitarian groups? Track Bono's rise to fame in this exciting addition to the Who Was? series. By age 16, Paul David Hewson was such a good singer that he had earned the nickname... |
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Who Was Daniel Boone?
Margaret Frith - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Called the "Great Pathfinder", Daniel Boone is most famous for opening up the West to settlers through Kentucky. A symbol of America's pioneering spirit Boone was a skilled outdoorsman and an avid reader although he never attended school. Sydelle Kramer skillfully recounts... |
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Who was Milton Bradley
Kirsten Anderson - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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Meet the man behind the board games: Milton Bradley. Born in Maine in 1836, Milton Bradley moved with his family to the working-class city of Lowell, Massachusetts, at age 11. His early life consisted of several highs and lows, from graduating high school and attending Harvard to getting... |
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Who Was Louis Braille?
Margaret Frith - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Louis Braille certainly wasn't your average teenager. Blind from the age of four, he was only fifteen when in 1824 he invented a reading system that converted printed words into columns of raised dots. Through touch, Braille opened the world of books to the sightless, and almost two hundred... |
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Who Is Richard Branson?
Michael Burgan - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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What would you do with a billion dollars? This question gets a definitive answer from billionaire Richard Branson: do everything! Born into a wealthy family in London, Branson suffered from dyslexia and was a poor student. Still, his knack for business started early with a successful parakeet-breeding... |
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Who Was Kobe Bryant?
Ellen Labrecque - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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format for trending topics, this Who Was? biography details NBA superstar Kobe Bryant's legendary career and the impact of his legacy on the sports world and beyond.Kobe Bryant was just an eighteen-year-old high-school basketball player when he decided to enter the National Basketball... |
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Who was Julius Caesar
Nico Medina - Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Format: Print book
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He came. He saw. He conquered. Julius Caesar was a force to be reckoned with as a savvy politician, an impressive orator, and a brave soldier. Born in Rome in 100 BC, he quickly climbed the ladder of Roman politics, making allies--and enemies--along the way. His victories in battle awarded... |
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Who Was Alexander Hamilton?
Pam Pollack - Listening Library
Format: Audiobook
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Listen to the story of the founding father who inspired the smash Broadway musical. Born in the British West Indies and orphaned as a child, Alexander Hamilton made his way to the American colonies and studied to become a lawyer. He joined a local militia during the American Revolution,... |
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Who Was Rachel Carson?
Sarah Fabiny - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Though she grew up in rural Pennsylvania, Rachel Carson dreamed of the sea. In 1936 she began work with the Bureau of Fisheries and soon after published Under the Sea Wind, her first of many nature books. Her 1962 bestseller, Silent Spring, sent shockwaves through the country and warned... |
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Who Was George Washington Carver?
Jim Gigliotti - Grosset & Dunlap, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washingtoni Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He became the first black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first... |
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Who Was Fidel Castro?
SARAH FABINY - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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When Fidel Castro died on November 25, 2016, many people around the world responded with mixed emotions. Learn all about the man who shaped Cuba for more than half a decade.After overthrowing Fulgencia Batista in 1959, Fidel Castro became the leader of an island country only ninety miles... |
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Who Was Catherine the Great?
Pam Pollack - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Born in 1729, Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbs was never supposed to come to power. But at age sixteen, she married the heir to the Russian throne. By 1762, Sophie, known now as Catherine, overthrew her immature and incompetent husband, Peter III, to lead the nation. Catherine became the sole... |
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Who Is Jackie Chan?
Jody Jensen Shaffer - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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How did Jackie Chan become one of the most recognizable and beloved actors in the world? Find out in this exciting biography of this martial artist turned international film superstar.When Kong-sang was a young boy in Hong Kong, he enjoyed practicing martial arts with his dad but hated... |
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Who Was Charlie Chaplin?
Patricia Demuth - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Who was the real Charlie Chaplin? Kids will learn all about the comic genius who created "The Little Tramp"!Charlie Chaplin sang on a London stage for the first time at the age of five. Performing proved to be his salvation, providing a way out of a life of hardship and poverty.... |
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Who Was Cesar Chavez?
Dana M. Rau - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Learn more about Cesar Chavez, the famous Latino American civil rights activist.When he was young, Cesar and his Mexican American family toiled in the fields as migrant farm workers. He knew all too well the hardships farm workers faced. His public-relations approach to unionism and aggressive... |
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Who Was Julia Child?
Geoff Edgers - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Describes the life and career of Julia Child, who was the author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking and became one of the most well-known television cooking chefs. |
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Who Was Winston Churchill?
Ellen Labrecque - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Born into aristocracy, Churchill cut his teeth as a young army officer in British India, the Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He rose in the ranks to First Lord of the Admiralty and was a staunch opponent of the encroaching German Nazis. Churchill served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom... |
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Who Was Roberto Clemente?
James Buckley Jr. - Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Format: Print book
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Growing up the youngest of seven children in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente had a talent for baseball. His incredible skill soon got him drafted into the big leagues where he spent 18 seasons playing right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Who Was Roberto Clemente? tells the story of this... |
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Who Is Hillary Clinton?
Heather Alexander - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Who Is Hillary Clinton? Readers of our New York Times best-selling series can find out now!At age fourteen, Hillary Clinton thought it would be thrilling to become an astronaut, so she sent an application to NASA. The reply was a flat out rejection: the space program didn't take women.... |
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Who Was Christopher Columbus?
Bonnie Bader - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover
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Learn all about Christopher Columbus early life at sea, which led him to seek fortune by sailing west in hopes of creating new trade routes with the Indies. Kids will read about why he called himself the "Great Admirald of the Seas" and learn of his struggles to find financial... |
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Who Was Confucius?
Michael Burgan - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Learn more about China's most famous teacher and philosopher, whose ideas are still influential today.Born in 551 BC, Confucius was a young man when he set his heart and mind on learning as much as he could. By his thirties, he'd become a brilliant teacher who shared his knowledge... |
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Who Was Jacques Cousteau?
Nico Medina - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Jacques Cousteau is the most famous and beloved name in the world of deep-sea exploration. Cousteau discovered his passion in 1938, when he first used a pair of goggles to dive off the coast of France. During his time as a French naval officer, he carried out many deep-sea experiments and improved... |
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Who Was Davy Crockett?
Gail Herman - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Davy Crockett, the King of the Wild Frontier, is a man of legend. He is said to have killed his first bear when he was three years old. His smile alone killed another, and he skinned a bear by forcing him to run between two trees. Fact or fiction? Find out the real story of this folk hero,... |
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Who Was Celia Cruz?
Pam Pollack - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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How did a working-class girl from Cuba become a symbol of artistic freedom for Cuban Americans and the "Queen of Salsa" Find out in this addition to the Who HQ library!Although her family and friends know her as rsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, the world refers... |
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Who Was Marie Curie?
Megan Stine - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most... |
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Who Was Roald Dahl?
True Kelley - Grosset & Dunlap; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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Just in time for Roahl Dahl Month! Roald Dahl is one of the most famous childrens book authors ever. Now in this Who Was . . . ? biography, children will learn of his real-life adventures. A flying ace for the British Air Force, he was married to an Academy Award-winning actress. He also... |
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Who Is the Dalai Lama?
Dana Meachen Rau - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Get to know the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader and one of the most popular world leaders today.Two-year-old Lhamo Thondup never imagined he would be anything other than an ordinary child, but after undergoing a series of tests, he was proclaimed the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. By age 15, he found... |
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Who Was Charles Darwin?
Deborah Hopkinson - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting "useless" experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures... |
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Who Was Princess Diana?
Ellen Labrecque - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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Learn how Lady Diana Spencer became the People's Princess as she takes her place in the ranks of the Who Was? series.A shy twenty-year-old girl stepped out of a horse-drawn coach and into the world spotlight, capturing the imagination of millions as a real life fairytale princess. Although... |
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Who Was Charles Dickens?
Pam Pollack - Grosset & Dunlap, 2014.
Format: Print book
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As a child, Charles Dickens worked in a shoe polish factory where his gritty surroundings inspired some of the most memorable characters and settings in literary history. Known for his masterful storytelling in books like Oliver Twist , Great Expectations , and A Christmas Carol , Dickens... |
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Who Was Walt Disney?
Whitney Stewart - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Highlights the life and accomplishments of the famous cartoonist who created Mickey Mouse, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Bambi and was the owner of Walt Disney Studios and Disneyland. |
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Who Was Frederick Douglass?
April Jones Prince - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, Frederick Douglass was determined to gain freedom--and once he realized that knowledge was power, he secretly learned to read and write to give himself an advantage. After escaping to the North in 1838, as a free man he gave powerful speeches about... |
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Who Is Bob Dylan?
Jim O'Connor - Grosset & Dunlap
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A singer-songwriter, musician, and artist, Bob Dylan is an American icon. In the past five decades, Dylan's work has influenced everyone from John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, and David Bowie to rapper Eminem. Young music lovers will be fascinated by this great artist's life! |
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Who Was Amelia Earhart?
Kate Boehm Jerome - Penguin Workshop
Format: Audiobook
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Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1935, she also became the first woman to fly across the Pacific. From her early years to her mysterious 1937 disappearance while attempting a flight around... |
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Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?
Margaret Frith - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edisons inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie... |
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Who Was Albert Einstein?
Jess M Brallier - Penguin Workshop
Format: Audiobook
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Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein-but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really know about Albert Einstein besides the funny hair and genius label? For instance, do they know that he was expelled from school as a kid? Finally, heres the story of Albert Einsteins life, told in a fun,... |
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Who Was Queen Elizabeth?
June Eding - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Our bestselling series is fit for a queen! The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and dangerous: cast out of her father?s court at the age of three and imprisoned at nineteen, Elizabeth was crowned queen in 1558, when she was only twenty-five. A tough, intelligent woman who spoke five... |
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Who Was Duke Ellington?
M. D. Payne - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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How did a working-class young man from Washington, DC, turn the music world on its head and become the "Master Of Jazz"? Find out in this addition to the Who HQ library!A pivotal fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington was the bandleader of the historic Cotton Club and a master... |
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Who Was Leif Erikson?
Nico Medina - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Hold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? series!Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland,... |
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Who Was Henry Ford?
Michael Burgan - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Born on a small farm in rural Michigan, Henry Ford's humble beginnings were no match for his ambition. Ford quickly created a manufacturing dynasty, bringing affordable cars to the masses and forever changing America and the American workplace. Who Was Henry Ford? details his meteoric... |
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WHO IS POPE FRANCIS
STEPHANIE SPINNER - Grosset & Dunlap
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Follow the amazing journey of Pope Francis, whose warmth and humility have made him beloved around the world. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aka Pope Francis, from Argentina, is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere. Since being elected pope... |
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Who Was Anne Frank?
Ann Abramson - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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In her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young girl. But Hitler brought her childhood to an end and forced her and her family into hiding. Who Was Anne Frank? looks closely at Anne's life before the secret annex, what life was like in hiding,... |
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Who Is Aretha Franklin?
Nico Medina - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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There is only one QUEEN OF SOUL! Discover why Aretha Franklin garners so much R-E-S-P-E-C-T.Aretha Franklin is a musical and cultural icon who created an amazing legacy spanning six decades! Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1942, Aretha got her start singing in front of her father's Baptist... |
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Who Was Ben Franklin? GB
Dennis B Fradin - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover
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Chronicles the life of the man who was a publisher, inventor, scientist, and one of the authors of the Declaration of Independence. |
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Who Was Galileo?
Patricia Brennan Demuth - Grosset & Dunlap; Dgs edition
Format: Print book
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Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the eras great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens.... |
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Who Was Gandhi?
Dana Meachen Rau - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in British-occupied India. Though he studied law in London and spent his early adulthood in South Africa, he remained devoted to his homeland and spent the later part of his life working to make India an independent nation. Calling for non-violent... |
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Who Is Bill Gates?
Patricia Demuth - Penguin Workshop; Illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
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Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn of Gates childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers.... |
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Who Was Genghis Khan?
Nico Medina - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Book
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Named Temujin at birth by his nomadic family in early Mongolia, the great Genghis Khan used his skill and cunning to create the Mongol Empire and conquer almost the entire continent of Asia. As ruler of the largest empire in human history, he was as respected as he was feared. Learn more... |
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Who Is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
Patricia Brennan Demuth - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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You've probably seen her on t-shirts, mugs, and even tattoos, well, now that famous face graces the cover of our latest Who Is? title.Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is famous for her stylish collars (called jabots) and her commanding dissents. This opera-loving New Yorker has always... |
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Who Is Jane Goodall?
Roberta Edwards - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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A life in the wild! Jane Goodall, born in London, England, always loved animals and wanted to study them in their natural habitats. So at age twenty-six, off she went to Africa! Goodall's up-close observations of chimpanzees changed what we know about them and paved the way for many female... |
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Who Is Temple Grandin?
Patricia Brennan Demuth - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Autism did not stop her--in fact, it helped Temple Grandin become a brilliant scientist and inventor.Temple Grandin wasn't officially diagnosed with autism until she was in her 40s, but she knew at an early age that she was different from her family and classmates. She couldn't... |
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Who Was Ulysses S. Grant?
Megan Stine - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Ulysses S. Grant certainly does not have the typical war hero "back story." Although a graduate of West Point, he never wanted to be a soldier and was terrified when he first saw battle. However, during the Civil War, after many Northern generals failed to deliver decisive victories,... |
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Who Is Wayne Gretzky?
Gail Herman - Grosset & Dunlap; Dgs edition
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After breaking or tying more than sixty records in hockey, it's no wonder that Wayne Gretzky is known as "The Great One." Born in Brantford, Ontario, on January 26, 1961, in a nation obsessed with the sport, he threw himself into the game practically from the time he first... |
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Who Were the Brothers Grimm?
Avery Reed - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Known as the keepers of modern-day fairy tales, The Brothers Grimm are as legendary as their stories. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were born in 1780s Germany and were inseparable throughout their childhood. While pursuing their law degrees, the two became fascinated with folktales and folk songs.... |
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Who Was Che Guevara?
Ellen Labrecque - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Viva la revolucin! Find out how Che Guevara--a doctor turned communist leader and much more than a face on a T-shirt--ended up paying the ultimate price for his cause. His very image has become associated with a spirit of rebellion, but Ernesto Guevara--known around the world simply as Che--didn't... |
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Who Was Alexander Hamilton?
Pam Pollack - Penguin Workshop
Format: August 22
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Read the story of the Founding Father who inspired the smash Broadway musical.Born in the British West Indies and orphaned as a child, Alexander Hamilton made his way to the American Colonies and studied to become a lawyer. He joined a local... |
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Who Was Stephen Hawking?
Jim E. Gigliotti - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?"Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written... |
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Who Was H. J. Heinz?
Michael Burgan - Penguin Workshop
Format: Library Binding
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Who HQ has way more than 57 reasons why you'll want to read the amazing story of H. J. Heinz--the American entrepreneur who brought tomato ketchup to the masses.Learn how this son of German immigrants from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, turned his small food-packaging company into a booming... |
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Who Was Henry VIII?
ELLEN LABRECQUE - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Travel to the age of the Renaissance and learn why Henry VIII is one of the most famous kings in English history.Mainly remembered for his six marriages and his self-appointment as the "Supreme Head of the Church of England," Henry VIII was also attractive, educated,... |
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Who Was Jim Henson?
Joan Holub - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Jim Henson broke into television with a five-minute puppetry segment when he was only a freshman in college. He created puppets like none ever seen before, with expressive fabric faces and rod-controlled arms. His Muppets became world-renowned celebrities and formed the backbone of a media... |
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Who Was Milton Hershey?
James Buckley Jr. - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Discover the man behind the chocolate bar! Milton Hersheys life was filled with invention and innovation. As a young man, he was not afraid to dream big and work hard. Eventually, he learned the secret to mass-producing milk chocolate and the recipe that gave it a longer, more stable... |
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Who Was Alfred Hitchcock?
Pamela D. Pollack - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Known as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time, Alfred Hitchcock's unique vision in movies like Psycho and The Birds sent shivers down our spines and shockwaves through the film industry. His innovative camera techniques have been studied for decades and his gift for storytelling... |
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Who Was Harry Houdini?
Tui Sutherland - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs, jail cells, and locked trunks. But do they know that the ever-ambitious and adventurous Houdini was also a famous movie star and the first pilot to fly a plane in Australia? This well-told biography... |
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Who Was Steve Irwin?
Dina Anastasio - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Describes the life and career of Steve Irwin, famously known as the Crocodile Hunter, from his childhood and early love of animals to his rise in popularity as a film and television star and naturalist. |
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Who Was Andrew Jackson?
Douglas Yacka - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Controversial in his day and still controversial now, President Andrew Jackson left his mark on American history. Seventh President Andrew Jackson was a man of contradictions: quick tempered and brash, he often seemed to look for fights, but he was so devoted to his wife, he quit Congress... |
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Who Was Michael Jackson?
Megan Stine - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Born in Gary, Indiana, on August 29, 1958, Michael Jackson was definitely not a regular kid. A superstar with The Jackson 5 before he was eight years old, he became the King of Pop as a solo artist. Michael was a creative--yet deeply troubled--genius who always remained devoted to his art right... |
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Who Was Thomas Jefferson?
Dennis Brindell Fradin - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover
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Did you know that John Adams had to coax Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence? It's true. The shy Virginia statesman refused at first, but then went on to author one of our nation's most important and inspiring documents. The third U.S. president, Jefferson... |
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Who Was Jesus?
Ellen Morgan
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This fascinating addition to the best-selling Who Was...? series does not settle questions of theology. Instead, it presents young readers with a biography that covers what is known historically about Jesus and places in his life in the context of his world when Jerusalem was part of the Roman... |
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Who Is Derek Jeter?
Gail Herman - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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When Derek Jeter was eight years old, he announced that he was going to play baseball for the New York Yankees. Jeter earned the attention of major league scouts in high school and was drafted to the New York Yankees in 1992. Named Rookie of the Year, he helped the Yankees win the World... |
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Who Was Joan of Arc?
Pamela D. Pollack - Grosset & Dunlap
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Joan of Arc was born in a small French village during the worst period of the Hundred Years' War. For generations, France had been besieged by the British. At age 11, Joan began to see religious visions telling her to join forces with the King of France. By the time she was a teenager,... |
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Who Was Steve Jobs?
Pam Pollack - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover
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Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six short years. In this Who Was ... ? biography, children will learn how his obsession with computers and technology at an early age led him to co-found and run Apple, in addition to turning Pixar... |
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Who Is Elton John?
Kirsten Anderson - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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How does a little boy from the London suburbs named Reginald Kenneth Dwight grow up to become one of the biggest pop stars of all time? A lot of talent and a lot of personality! Elton John, as he would later call himself, started playing piano at the age of three. Although he was trained... |
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Who Was Chuck Jones?
Jim Gigliotti - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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"Whats Up, Doc?" Find out in this lively biography of the most celebrated director in animation history!Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of many classic animated cartoon shorts. They starred... |
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Who Is Michael Jordan?
Kirsten Anderson - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Grab your Js and hit the court with this Who Was? biography about NBA superstar Michael Jordan.Meet the man who changed the game forever. Michael Jordan has always been competitive--even as a young boy, he fought for attention. His need to be the best made him a star player on his college... |
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Who Was Frida Kahlo?
Sarah Fabiny - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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You can always recognize a painting by Kahlo because she is in nearly all--with her black braided hair and colorful Mexican outfits. A brave woman who was an invalid most of her life, she transformed herself into a living work of art. As famous for her self-portraits and haunting imagery... |
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Who Was Helen Keller?
Gare Thompson - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and she spent the rest of her life struggling to break through it. But with the help of teacher Annie Sullivan, Helen learned to read, write, and do many amazing things. This inspiring illustrated... |
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Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy?
Bonnie Bader - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Through this engaging Who Was? biography, kids will discover the woman behind the sunglasses.Private and bookish, Jackie Kennedy found herself thrust into the world spotlight as the young and glamorous wife of the President John F. Kennedy. As First Lady she restored the once neglected... |
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Who Was John F. Kennedy?: Who Was...?
Yona Zeldis McDonough - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover
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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Numerous illustrations and a detailed timeline provide readers with a comprehensive look at the life of this beloved president, from his childhood days and his military service through his political careers and term as president., |
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Who Was Coretta Scott King?
Gail Herman - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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The wife of Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King was a civil rights leader in her own right, playing a prominent role in the African American struggle for racial equality in the 1960s.Here's a gripping portrait of a smart, remarkable woman. Growing up in Alabama, Coretta Scott King... |
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Who was Martin Luther King, Jr
Bonnie Bader - Penguin Workshop; Illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
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The story of one of the most influential civil rights activist of our time. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was soon organizing black people across the country in support of the right... |
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Who Is Jeff Kinney?
Patrick Kinney - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Even as a kid, everyone thought Jeff Kinney was talented. People loved his drawings, and when he went to college, his comic strip Igdoof was so popular that it spread to other universities! Still, Jeff faced challenges. His cartoons were rejected by syndicates that claimed his art was unprofessional.... |
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Who Is Ralph Lauren?
Jane O'Connor - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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The polo player with the raised mallet - everyone knows the Ralph Lauren logo. Learn the amazing story of the man who is a true American fashion icon.Born in the Bronx, even as a teenager Ralph Lauren was known for his distinctive fashion sense, having a taste for both classic preppy clothes... |
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Who Was Bruce Lee?
Jim Gigliotti - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Bruce Lee was a Chinese American action film star, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and philosopher. His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim. Through such films as Way of the Dragon and Enter the Dragon,... |
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Who Was Robert E. Lee?
Bonnie Bader - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Robert E. Lee seemed destined for greatness. His father was a Revolutionary War hero and at West Point he graduated second in his class! In 1861, when the Southern states seceded from the Union, Lee was offered the opportunity to command the Union forces. However, even though he was against... |
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Who Is Stan Lee?
Geoff Edgers - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Stanley Lieber was just seventeen when he got his first job at Timely Comics in 1939. Since then, the man now known as Stan Lee has launched a comic book empire, made Marvel Comics a household name, and created iconic superheroes such as Iron Man, Spider-Man, and the Fantastic Four. Stan... |
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Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?
Roberta Edwards - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Book
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Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters. Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to. Only thirteen paintings are known to be his as for the illustrated... |
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Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
Janet B Pascal - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover
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Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age - literally! (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery. But Lincoln was tragically shot one night at Ford's... |
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Who Is George Lucas?
Pam Pollack - Grosset & Dunlap, 2014.
Format: Paperback
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As a child his passions were comics and cars, but George Lucas grew up to be one of the most successful filmmakers of all time. He is a producer, screenwriter, director and entrepreneur whose company Lucasfilms pioneered the movie effects that changed the world of animation. He founded... |
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Who Was Ferdinand Magellan?
Sydelle Kramer - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover
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A simple biography explains the accomplishments of explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who in 1519 sailed from Spain around the New World to get to the Spice Islands--a treacherous voyage that took three years and cost him his life. Simultaneous. |
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Who Was Nelson Mandela?
Meg Belviso - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent twenty-seven years in prison and emerged as the inspiring leader of the new South Africa. He became the country's... |
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Who Was Marie Antoinette?
Dana Meachen Rau - Grosset & Dunlap; Dgs edition
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Describes the life of Marie Antoinette, including her childhood in Austria, her lavish lifestyle, and the Diamond Necklace Affair. |
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Who Was Bob Marley?
KATIE ELLISON - GROSSET & DUNLAP
Format: Print book
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Get Up, Stand Up! for the king of reggae music!Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and songwriter began his career with his band, The Wailing Wailers, in 1963. The Wailers went... |
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Who Was Harvey Milk?
Corinne A. Grinapol - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Learn about one of the most influential leaders in the fight for gay rights.Although he started out as a teacher without aspirations to be an activist or politician, Harvey Milk found himself captivated by the history-making movements of the 1960s. He would eventually make history of his own by becoming... |
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Who Was A. A. Milne?
Sarah Fabiny
Format: Paperback
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Born in England in 1882, Alan Alexander Milne grew up with a love for exploring the woods with his brother and writing poems about their adventures. Alan carried that love into his adult life by exploring the woods with his son, Christopher Robin. Well known for his articles, plays, and novels,... |
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Who Was Claude Monet?
Ann Waldron - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Claude Monet is considered one of the most influential artists of all time. He is a founder of the French Impressionist art movement, and today his paintings sell for millions of dollars. While Monet was alive, however, his work was often criticized and he struggled financially. With over... |
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Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
Yona Zeldis McDonough - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover
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Intriguing jacket art and black-and-white illustrations on every spread help illuminate the life of a unique musician to reluctant biography readers. In addition to examining Mozart's life, this biography paints a vivid picture of the cultural history of eighteenth-century Europe, the history... |
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Who Was Napoleon?
Jim Gigliotti - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Learn more about Napoleon Bonaparte, the decorated French military leader who conquered much of Europe in the early nineteenth century.Born in the Mediterranean island of Corsica, Napoleon Bonaparte felt like an outsider once his family moved to France. But he found his life's calling... |
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Who was Isaac Newton
Janet B Pascal - Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Format: Print book
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Highlights the life and career of the genius physicist, discussing his childhood years, his time at Cambridge, and his landmark book, known as the "Principia." |
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Who Was Annie Oakley?
Stephanie Spinner - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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You want girl power? Meet Annie Oakley! Born in 1860, she became one of the best-loved and most famous women of her generation. She amazed audiences all over the world with her sharpshooting, horse-riding, action-packed performances. In an age when most women stayed home, she traveled the world... |
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Who Is Barack Obama?
Roberta Edwards - Grosset & Dunlap; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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As the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as our first African-American president. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this biography is perfect for primary graders looking for a longer, fuller life story than is found in the author?s bestselling beginning reader... |
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Who Is Michelle Obama?
Megan Stine - Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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Presents the life and accomplishments of the First Lady of the United States, from her childhood in Chicago and her career as a lawyer to her marriage to Barack Obama and her initiatives in the White House. |
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Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
Kirsten Anderson
Format: Paperback
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format for trending topics.On June 26, 2018, twenty-eight-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a bartender from New York City, became the youngest woman ever elected to serve on Congress. Her win shocked the political world and she became a celebrity overnight. Soon, everyone knew her by her initials:... |
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Who Was Jesse Owens?
James Buckley - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning four gold medals. But the life of Jesse Owens is much more than a sports story. Born in rural Alabama under the oppressive Jim Crow laws, Owens's family suffered... |
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Who Was Rosa Parks?
Yona Zeldis McDonough - Grosset & Dunlap; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. This biography has blackand- white illustrations throughout. |
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Who Is Dolly Parton?
True Kelley - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Book
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Born in a little cabin in Tennessee, Dolly Parton always dreamed big, and she was right to! She wrote her first song at age five and became a country music star by the time she was in her early twenties. Of course, her success didnt stop there. Dolly Parton is also an actress, author, businesswoman,... |
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Who Is Pele?
James Buckley - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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The story of a poor boy from Brazil who became the greatest soccer player of all time and one of the most important athletes of the twentieth century!His parents may have named him Edson Arantes do Nascimento, but to the rest of the world, he is known as Pel. The now-retired professional... |
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Who Was Pablo Picasso?
True Kelley - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Over a long, turbulent life, Picasso continually discovered new ways of seeing the world and translating it into art. A restless genius, he went through a blue period, a rose period, and a Cubist phase. He made collages, sculptures out of everyday objects, and beautiful ceramic plates.... |
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Who Was Edgar Allan Poe?
Jim Gigliotti - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Filled with broken hearts and black ravens, Edgar Allan Poes ghastly tales have delighted readers for centuries. Born in Boston in 1809, Poe was orphaned at age two. He was soon adopted by a Virginia family who worked as tombstone merchants. In 1827 he enlisted in the Army and subsequently... |
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Who Was Marco Polo?
Joan Holub - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back! More than seven hundred years ago, Marco Polo traveled from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan, seeing new sights and riches that no Westerner had ever before... |
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Who Was Beatrix Potter?
Sarah Fabiny - Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Format: Print book
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A young reader's biography of Beatrix Potter, the author-illustrator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. |
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Who Was Elvis Presley?
Geoff Edgers - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Put on your blue suede shoes and get ready for another addition to the Who Was ... ? series! The King could not have come from humbler origins: Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, during the Depression, he grew up with the blues music of the rural South, the gospel music of local churches, and the country-western... |
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Who Was Ronald Reagan?
Joyce Milton - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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From his childhood in rural Illinois to moviemaking days in Hollywood and on to a career in politics that took him all the way to the Oval Office, Ronald Reagan kept an abiding faith in America and in what our country stood for. The oldest president ever, he survived a near-fatal assassination... |
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Who Was Paul Revere?
Roberta Edwards - Grosset & Dunlap; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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In 1775, Paul Revere of Boston made his now-famous horseback ride warning colonists of an impending attack by the British. This event went largely unnoticed in history until Longfellow celebrated it in a poem in 1861. So who was Paul Revere? In addition to being an American patriot, he was a skilled... |
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Who Was Sally Ride?
Megan Stine - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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In 1978, Sally Ride, a PhD candidate at Standford University, responded to a newspaper ad to join the US astronaut program. She was accepted and became the first American woman astronaut to fly in space! Among her other accomplishments, she played tennis like a professional, was an astrophysicist... |
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Who Was Robert Ripley?
Kirsten Anderson - Grosset & Dunlap; DGS edition
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Enter a world of shrunken heads, mystic holy men, shriveled aliens, and bizarre relics in the delightfully odd tale of Robert Ripley. Born in California, Ripley began his career as a sports cartoonist. He went on to chronicle global records and oddities in his weekly column, Believe It Or Not!... |
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Who Was Jackie Robinson?
Gail Herman - Grosset & Dunlap; Original edition
Format: Print book
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As a kid, Jackie Robinson loved sports. And why not? He was a natural at football, basketball, and, of course, baseball. But beyond athletic skill, it was his strength of character that secured his place in sports history. In 1947 Jackie joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the long-time... |
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Who Was Norman Rockwell?
Sarah Fabiny - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Brush up your knowledge on popular American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell with this exciting Who Was? title.Norman Rockwell often painted what he saw around him in nostalgic and humorous ways. After hearing President Franklin Roosevelt's address to Congress in 1943, he was inspired... |
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Who Was Mister Rogers?
Diane Bailey - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Learn how Fred Rogers, a minister and musician from Pennsylvania, became one of America's most beloved television personalities and everyone's favorite neighbor.Even though he's best known for his successful PBS series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Fred Rogers never dreamed of working... |
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Who Are the Rolling Stones?
Dana Meachen Rau - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Follow the bad boys of rock and roll from their beginnings in London to their unparalleled success around the world.Starting out over fifty years ago, the Rolling Stones took the music of the blues and blended it into rock and roll to create their own unique sound. Decades later, they are still... |
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Who Is Cristiano Ronaldo?
James Buckley Jr.
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format for trending topics details one of the greatest soccer players of all time: Cristiano Ronaldo.When he was just twelve years old, Cristiano Ronaldo was recruited to play professional soccer for a team in Portugal, 600 miles from his island home on Madeira. For the next twenty years,... |
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Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt
Gare Thompson - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover
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For a long time, the main role of First Ladies was to act as hostesses of the White House...until Eleanor Roosevelt. Born in 1884, Eleanor was not satisfied to just be a glorified hostess for her husband, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Eleanor had a voice, and she used it to speak... |
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Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?
Margaret Frith - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. Elected four times, he spent thirteen years in the White House. How he led the country through tremendously difficult problems, much like... |
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Who Was Theodore Roosevelt?
Michael Burgan - Grosset & Dunlap; DGS edition
Format: Paperback
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He was only 42 years old when he was sworn in as President of the United States in 1901, making TR the youngest president ever. But did you know that he was also the first sitting president to win the Nobel Peace Prize The first to ride in a car The first to fly in an airplane Theodore... |
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Who Was Betsy Ross?
James Buckley - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Born the eighth of seventeen children in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross lived in a time when the American colonies were yearning for independence from British rule. Ross worked as a seamstress and was eager to contribute to the cause, making tents and repairing uniforms when the colonies declared... |
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Who Is J.K. Rowling? (Who Was?)
Pam Pollack - Penguin Workshop
Format: Unknown Binding
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Everyone loves Harry Potter. Now kids can learn about Harrys creator! . In 1995, on a four-hour-delayed train from Manchester to London, J. K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Upon arriving in London, she began immediately writing the first book in the saga.... |
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Who Is RuPaul?
Nico Medina
Format: Paperback
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RuPaul Andre Charles always knew he was meant to be a performer. Even as a young child, he loved to dress up and imitate the glamorous women he saw on television. When he turned fifteen, he began studying theater in a performing arts school in Atlanta and never looked back. Ru developed... |
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Who Was Babe Ruth?
Joan Holub - Grosset & Dunlap
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Just in time for baseball season! Babe Ruth came from a poor Baltimore family and, as a kid, he was a handful. It was at a reform school that Babe discovered his talent for baseball, and by the age of nineteen, he was on his way to becoming a sports legend. Babe was often out of shape... |
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Who Was Sacagawea?
Judith Bloom Fradin - Penguin Young Readers Group
Format: Paperback
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Sacagawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in American history, traveling 4500 miles by foot, canoe, and horse-all while carrying a baby on her back! Without her, the Lewis and Clark expedition might have failed. Through this engaging book, kids will understand... |
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Who Was Seabiscuit?
James Buckley - Grosset & Dunlap, 2015.
Format: Print book
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In the middle of the worst depression in U.S. history, one young racehorse lifted a nation's spirits. Seabiscuit was born in 1933 on a farm in Kentucky. Though bred for racing, he was weak and undersized. He slept too long and ate too much. Against the odds, he began to win local races.... |
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Who Was Pete Seeger?
NOEL MACCARRY - GROSSET & DUNLAP
Format: Print book
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Pete Seeger was an American folk musician and social activist whose outspoken songs about freedom and justice got him blacklisted from radio and TV for years.Pete Seeger was still singing and playing the banjo for tens of thousands of fans even when he was at the age of ninety-four. Born... |
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Who Was Selena?
MAX BISANTZ - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Discover why Selena, the Queen of Tejano music, became one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the twentieth century!As a young girl, Selena Quintanilla sang in a band called Selena y Los Dinos with her brother and sister. The family performed at fairs, weddings, quinceaeras,... |
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Who Was Maurice Sendak?
Janet B Pascal - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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It seems entirely fitting that Maurice Sendak was born on the same day that Mickey Mouse first made his cartoon debut--June 10, 1928. Sendak was crazy about cartoons and comic books, and at twelve, after seeing Disney's Fantasia, he decided that he was going to become an illustrator.... |
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Who Was Dr. Seuss?
Janet B Pascal - Penguin Young Readers Group; Illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
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Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books- like his classic The Cat in the Hat. This biography, with... |
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Who Was Ernest Shackleton?
James Buckley - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackletons incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times. His courage in the face of dangerous... |
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Who Was William Shakespeare?
Celeste Mannis - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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The beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the worlds most famous playwright remains largely a mystery. Young Will left the town of Stratford to pursue theater in London, where his work eventually thrived and made him a famous and wealthy man. With black-and-white... |
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Who Was Sitting Bull?
Stephanie Spinner - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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No one knew the boy they called ""Jumping Badger"" would grow to become a great leader. Born on the banks of the Yellowstone River, Sitting Bull, as he was later called, was tribal chief and holy man of the Lakota Sioux tribe in a time of fierce conflict with the United... |
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Who Is Sonia Sotomayor?
Megan Stine - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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The truly inspiring story of the first Latina Supreme Court Justice.Outspoken, energetic, and fun, Sonia Sotomayor has managed to turn every struggle in life into a triumph. Born in the Bronx to immigrant parents from Puerto Rico, Sonia found out at age nine that she had diabetes, a serious... |
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Who Is Steven Spielberg?
Stephanie Spinner - Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Format: Paperback
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While other kids played sports, Steven Spielberg was writing scripts and figuring out camera angles. He went from entertaining his Boy Scout troop with home movies to amazing audiences around the world with epic blockbusters. He has directed four of the most successful films of all time... |
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Who Is Bruce Springsteen?
Stephanie Sabol - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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Not only was Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA," he has risen to become a twenty-time Grammy winner and American icon. Bruce Springsteen grew up in a blue-collar New Jersey town, where his parents struggled to make ends meet. Bruce didn't fit in at school but found solace in rock... |
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Who Is Gloria Steinem?
Sarah Fabiny - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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As a field reporter in the 1960s, Gloria Steinem worked hard to dig up important stories. She went undercover to expose the grim realities of gender inequality in America. As her message continued to grow, she became the spokeswoman of the women's liberation movement and created the feminist... |
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Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Dana Meachen Rau - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Born in Connecticut in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist, author, and playwright. Slavery was a major industry in the American South, and Stowe worked with the Underground Railroad to help escaped slaves head north towards freedom. The publication of her book, Uncle Tom's... |
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Who Was Levi Strauss?
Ellen Labrecque
Format: Paperback
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As a young working-class German immigrant, Levi Struass left his family's dry goods business in New York City to journey out west for the California Gold Rush. Only Levi wasn't looking for gold -- he wanted to provide the miners with sturdy clothes to wear while they worked in the dusty... |
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Who Was Maria Tallchief?
Catherine Gourley - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Born in 1925, Maria Tallchief spent part of her childhood on an Osage reservation in Oklahoma. With the support of her family and world-renowned choreographer George Balanchine, she rose to the top of her art form to become America's first prima ballerina. Black-and-white illustrations... |
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Who Was Mother Teresa?
Jim Gigliotti - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life. She pledged herself to a religious order at the age of 18 and chose the name Sister Teresa, after the patron saint of missionaries. While teaching in India, where famine and violence had devastated the poor,... |
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Who Was Nikola Tesla?
Jim Gigliotti - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Get ready for the electrifying biography of Nikola Tesla--part creative genius, part mad scientist, and 100% innovator.When Nikola Tesla arrived in the United States in 1884, he didn't have much money, but he did have a letter of introduction to renowned inventor Thomas Edison. The working... |
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Who Were The Three Stooges?
Pam Pollack - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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Discover more about the comedy team that perfected the art of the pie fight!The Three Stooges were the hardworking children of immigrants and discovered a love of performing at an early age. Starting out as a vaudeville act, they soon transitioned into movies, becoming a worldwide sensation... |
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Who Is Greta Thunberg?
Jill Leonard - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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format for trending topics.When she was just fifteen years old, Greta Thunberg knew she wanted to change the world. With a hand-painted sign that read "School strike for the climate" in Swedish, Greta sat alone on the steps of the Swedish parliament to call for stronger action... |
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Who Was J. R. R. Tolkien?
Pamela D Pollack - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Best known for his epic Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure. Tolkien spent his childhood roaming the British countryside with his family and could read and write by age four.... |
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Who Was Sojourner Truth?
Yona Zeldis McDonough - Grosset & Dunlap; Dgs edition
Format: Print book
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Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court--and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Born a slave in New York sometime around 1797, she was later sold and separated... |
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Who Was Harriet Tubman?
Yona Zeldis McDonough - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someones property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad which she travelled by herself north to Philadelphia.... |
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Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen?
SHERRI L SMITH - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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It's up, up, and away with the Tuskegee Airmen, a heroic group of African American military pilots who helped the United States win World War II.During World War II, black Americans were fighting for their country and for freedom in Europe, yet they had to endure a totally segregated... |
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Who Was King Tut?
Margaret Frith - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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Ever since Howard Carter uncovered King Tutankhamunrsquos tomb in , the young pharaoh has become a symbol of the wealth and mystery of ancient Egypt. Now, a two-and-a-half-year-long museum exhibit of Tutrsquos treasures is touring major cities in the U.S., drawing record crowds. This Who Was . . . ? is complete... |
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Who Was Mark Twain?
April Jones Prince - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating life of the humorist, narrator, and social observer best known as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is captured candidly in an enjoyable biography for kids who are not quite ready for long, in-depth life histories. Simultaneous. |
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Who Is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
Pam Pollack
Format: Paperback
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When he was nine years old, Neil deGrasse Tyson went on a trip that would change his life. While visiting the Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History in New York City, he discovered the world of astronomy and felt like the universe was calling to him. He answered that call by diving... |
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Who Was Jules Verne?
James Buckley - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Meet the father of science fiction, Jule Verne.Born in France in 1829, Jules Verne always dreamed of adventure. At age 11, he snuck onboard a ship headed for the Indies only to be discovered by his father and have his dreams dashed. After his father made him swear to only travel "in... |
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Who Was Queen Victoria?
Jim Gigliotti - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Her reign of 63 years and seven months is known as the Victorian Era, a period of industrial, cultural, scientific, and political change that was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. But Victoria was raised under close supervision and near isolation until she became Queen... |
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Who Was Sam Walton?
James Buckley Jr - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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The story of a department-store trainee who became the richest man in America and owner of the biggest retail store in the world: Walmart. Sam Walton used the money he earned in the army, along with some financial help from his family, to open his first store. Then he opened fourteen more.... |
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Who Was Andy Warhol?
Kirsten Anderson - Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Format: Print book
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Best known for his screen prints of soup cans and movie stars, this shy young boy from Pittsburgh shot to fame with his radical ideas of what ""art"" could be. Working in the aptly named ""Factory,"" Warhol's paintings, movies, and eccentric lifestyle... |
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Who Was Booker T. Washington?
JAMES JR BUCKLEY - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Learn how a slave became one of the leading influential African American intellectuals of the late 19th century.African American educator, author, speaker, and advisor to presidents of the United States, Booker Taliaferro Washington was the leading voice of former slaves and their descendants... |
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Who Was George Washington?
Roberta Edwards - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Washingtons fascinating story comes to life revealing the real man, not just the face on the dollar bill! |
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Who Was Ida B. Wells?
Sarah Fabiny - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous black female journalist in nineteenth-century America. Born into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Yet she could... |
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
Kirsten Anderson - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Walt Whitman was a printer, journalist, editor, and schoolteacher. But today, he's recognized as one of America's founding poets, a man who changed American literature forever. Throughout his life, Walt journeyed everywhere, from New York to New Orleans, Washington D.C. to Denver,... |
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Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?
Patricia Brennan Demuth - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them. Now young readers will see just how similar Laura's true-life story was to her books. Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods"... |
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Who Are Venus and Serena Williams?
James Buckley - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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The dynamic story of the Williams sisters, both top-ranked professional tennis players.Venus and Serena Williams are two of the most successful professional American tennis players of all time. Coached at an early age by their parents, the sisters have both gone on to become Grand Slam... |
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Who Was Woodrow Wilson?
Margaret Frith - Grosset & Dunlap; Dgs edition
Format: Print book
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First he was known as Tommy, then Woodrow, and eventually, Mr. President. Born on December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia, Thomas Woodrow Wilson was a born leader. He was the president of Princeton University, served as governor of New Jersey after that, and was then elected president... |
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Who Is Stevie Wonder?
Jim Gigliotti - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Discover more about Stevie Wonder, the music prodigy whose awards include 25 Grammy Awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.Stevie Wonder is one of the most successful singer-songwriter-musicians of our time. Signing his first record deal when he was only eleven, he had his first No.1... |
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
James Buckley - Grosset & Dunlap; DGS edition
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As young boys, Orville and Wilbur Wright loved all things mechanical. As young men, they gained invaluable skills essential for their success by working with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and any sort of machinery they could get their hands on. As adults, the brothers worked together... |
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Who was Frank Lloyd Wright
Ellen Labrecque - Grosset & Dunlap, 2015.
Format: Print book
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"Born in Wisconsin in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright became obsessed with a set of building blocks his mother had given to him on his ninth birthday. He grew up to become the father of organic architecture and the greatest American architect of all time, having designed more than 1,100 buildings... |
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Who Is Malala Yousafzai?
Dinah Brown - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak... |
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What Was the Age of Exploration?
Catherine Daly
Format: Paperback
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Before the fifteenth century, European sailors were unsure what waited for them beyond their well-known travel routes around the Mediterranean Sea, so they kept within sight of land. But all of that changed after Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal started sending ships down the coast... |
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What Was the Alamo?
Meg Belviso - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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"Remember the Alamo!" is still a rallying cry more than 175 years after the siege in Texas, where a small band of men held off about two thousand soldiers of the Mexican Army for twelve days. The Alamo was a crucial turning point in the Texas Revolution, and led to the creation... |
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What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?
Jim O'Connor - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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"Four score and seven years ago..." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North? With... |
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What Was the Berlin Wall?
Nico Medina - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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The Berlin Wall finally came down in 1989. Now readers can find out why it was built in the first place; and what it meant for Berliners living on either side of it. Here's the fascinating story of a city divided.In 1961, overnight a concrete border went up, dividing the city of Berlin... |
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What Was the Boston Tea Party?
Kathleen Krull - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover
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"No Taxation without Representation!" The Boston Tea Party stands as an iconic event of the American Revolution - outraged by the tax on tea, American colonists chose to destroy the tea by dumping it into the water! Learn all about the famed colonialists who fought against the British... |
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What Is the Civil Rights Movement?
Sherri L. Smith - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Even though slavery had ended in the 1860s, African Americans were still suffering under the weight of segregation a hundred years later. They couldn't go to the same schools, eat at the same restaurants, or even use the same bathrooms as white people. But by the 1950s, black people... |
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What Is Climate Change?
GAIL HERMAN - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Learn more about what climate change means and how it's affecting our planet.The earth is definitely getting warmer. There's no argument about that, but who or what is the cause? And why has climate change become a political issue? Are humans at fault? Is this just a natural development?... |
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What Is Congress?
Jill Abramson - Penguin Workshop; Illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
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Best-selling adult author and the first woman to become executive editor of The New York Times, Jill Abramson is a self-confessed political junkie. Now she has written the book she wishes she'd had as a young reader. Explaining clearly and concisely what exactly Congress does, this... |
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What Is the Constitution?
PATRICIA BRENNAN DEMUTH - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the US Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's... |
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What Was D-Day?
Patricia Brennan Demuth - Grosset & Dunlap; Dgs edition
Format: Print book
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In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Up until then the Allied forces had suffered serious defeats, yet D -Day, as the invasion was called, spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi... |
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What Is the Declaration of Independence? (What Was?)
Michael C Harris - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Step back in time to the birth of the United States of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free!On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence,... |
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What Was Ellis Island?
Patricia Brennan Demuth - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island was the gateway to a new life in the United States for millions of immigrants. In later years, the island was deserted, the buildings decaying. Ellis Island was not restored until the 1980s, when Americans from all over the country donated more than $150... |
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What Was the First Thanksgiving?
Joan Holub - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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The history of the feast! After their first harvest in 1621, the Pilgrims at Plymouth shared a three-day feast with their Native American neighbors. Of course, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag didn't know it at the time, but they were making history, celebrating what would become a national... |
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What was the Gold Rush
Joan Holub - Grosset & Dunlap
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Describes the nineteenth century American gold rush, and includes information on gold rush "boomtowns," relations between Native Americans and gold rush pioneers, and the importance of the gold rush on American history. |
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What Was the Great Chicago Fire?
Janet Pascal - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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Did the Great Chicago Fire really start after a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn? Find out the truth in this addition to the What Was? series.On Sunday, October 8, 1871, a fire started on the south side of Chicago. A long drought made the neighborhood go up in flames. And practically... |
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What Was the Great Depression?
Janet B Pascal - Grosset & Dunlap, 2015.
Format: Print book
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On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market - the system that controls money in America - plunged to a record low. But this event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of three people was not working.... |
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What Was the Hindenburg?
Janet B Pascal - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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At 800-feet long, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built--just slightly smaller than the Titanic! Also of a disastrous end, the zeppelin burst into flame as spectators watched it attempt to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. In under a minute, the Hindenburg was gone,... |
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What Was the Holocaust?
GAIL HERMAN - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event - the Holocaust.The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps - six million of them Jews. Gail Herman traces the rise of Hitler and the Nazis,... |
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What Was Hurricane Katrina?
Robin Koontz - Grosset & Dunlap; Dgs edition
Format: Print book
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On August 25th, 2005, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes in history hit the Gulf of Mexico. High winds and rain pummeled coastal communities, including the City of New Orleans, which was left under 15 feet of water in some areas after the levees burst. Track this powerful... |
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What Was the Ice Age?
NICOLAS DAVID MEDINA - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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A mesmerizing overview of the world as it was when glaciers covered the earth and long-extinct creatures like the woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive.Go back 20,000 years ago to a time of much colder global temperatures when glaciers and extensive sheets of ice covered... |
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What Is LEGO?
Jim O'Connor - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Find out how these fun, stackable blocks became the most popular toys in the world.The LEGO toy company was founded in 1934 by a Danish carpenter who loved making wooden pull toys. From its humble beginnings, the company has lived up to its name--which comes from the Danish phrase meaning... |
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What Was The Lewis And Clark Expedition?
Judith St George - Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Format: Print book
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When Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the ""Corp of Discovery"" left St. Louis, Missouri, on May 21, 1804, their mission was to explore the vast, unknown territory acquired a year earlier in the Louisiana Purchase. The travelers hoped to find a waterway that crossed... |
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What Was the March on Washington?
Kathleen Krull - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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On August 28, 1963, more than 200, 000 people gathered in Washington, DC, to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and it was this peaceful protest that spurred the momentous civil rights laws of the mid-1960s.... |
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What Is NASA?
Sarah Fabiny - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Find out all about NASA in this out-of-this-world addition to the What Was? series. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny... |
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What Were the Negro Leagues?
Varian Johnson - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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This baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in the history of baseball. In America during the early twentieth century, no part was safe from segregation, not even the country's national pastime, baseball.... |
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What Is Nintendo?
Gina Shaw - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Founded in 1889, Nintendo started out as a small playing card company in Japan. Though the cards sold well, Nintendo really became popular when it began creating toys in the 1960s, and then became internationally renowned after developing video games and consoles in the 1970s and '80s.... |
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What Is the Panama Canal?
Janet Pascal - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel... |
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What Are the Paralympic Games?
Gail Herman - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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It's time to cheer for the inspiring athletes of the Paralympic Games! As the Opening Ceremony for the 1948 Summer Olympic Games commenced in London, a similar sporting competition was taking place a few miles away. But the men at Stoke Mandeville weren't your typical athletes.... |
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What Was Pearl Harbor?
Patricia Demuth - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover
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A terrifying attack! On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was a highly secretive and devastating attack: four battleships sunk, more than two thousand servicemen died, and the United States was propelled... |
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What Was Pompeii?
Jim OConnor - Penguin Workshop; Illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
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The morning of August 24, AD 79, seemed like any other in the Roman city of Pompeii. So no one was prepared when the nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, spouting ash that buried the city and its inhabitants. The disaster left thousands dead, and Pompeii was no more than... |
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What Is a Presidential Election?
Douglas Yacka - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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The 2020 Election is here! And so is this book, which tells young readers all about presidential campaigns and American politics--complete with stickers, activities, and a color-your-own Electoral Map poster!Who can run for president? What's the difference between America's two major... |
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What Was Reconstruction?
SHERRI L SMITH - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Learn about a pivotal time in American history and its momentous effects on civil rights in America.Reconstruction -- the period after the Civil War -- was meant to give newly freed Black people the same rights as white people. And indeed there were monumental changes once slavery ended... |
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What Were the Roaring Twenties?
MICHELE MORTLOCK - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Flappers, flag-pole sitting, and the Ford Model T--these are just a few of the things that instantly conjure up a unique era--the Roaring Twenties.It was the bees' knees, the cat's meow. If you're not familiar with 1920s slang, all the more reason to read this fascinating look... |
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What Is Rock and Roll?
JIM O'CONNOR - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Put on your dancing shoes and move to the music.Rock and roll sprang from a combination of African-American genres, Western swing, and country music that exploded in post World War II America. Jim O'Connor explains what constitutes rock music, follows its history and sub-genres through... |
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials?
Joan Holub - Grosset & Dunlap; Dgs edition
Format: Print book
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"Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available,... |
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What Was the San Francisco Earthquake?
Dorothy Hoobler - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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In this addition to the What Was? series, kids will experience what it was like to be in San Francisco in 1906 when the ground buckled in a major, catastrophic earthquake.One early April morning in 1906, the people of San Francisco were jolted awake by a mammoth earthquake - one that registered... |
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What Is the Stanley Cup?
Gail Herman - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Ice hockey fans will pull on their skates and gear up for this Who HQ title about the Stanley Cup Finals--the National Hockey League's championship games.Out of the thirty-two pro hockey teams that compete, only one can call itself the champion and proudly hoist up the Stanley Cup--the... |
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What Is the Statue of Liberty?
Joan Holub - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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In 1876, France decided to give the United States a very big and very special present--the Statue of Liberty. The gift was to commemorate the 100th birthday of the United States, and just packing it was no small feat--350 pieces in 214 crates shipped across the ocean. The story of how the 111-foot-tall... |
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What Was Stonewall?
Nico Medina - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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How did a spontaneous protest outside of a New York City bar fifty years ago spark a social movement across America? Find out about the history of LGBTQ rights in this Who HQ title.In the early-morning hours of June 28, 1969, police arrived at the Stonewall Inn's doors and yelled, "Police!... |
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What Are the Summer Olympics?
Gail Herman - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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Back in 775 BC, athletes from all over Ancient Greece came together to compete in various games. The contests were held every four years and winning athletes brought honor and respect to their homelands.The tradition of the Olympic Games faded over time until 1896, when they were brought... |
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What Is the Super Bowl?
Dina Anastasio - Grosset & Dunlap; Dgs edition
Format: Print book
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With over 110 million viewers every year, the Super Bowl is one of the most watched television events in the United States. The final showdown between the two best football teams in the NFL attracts some of the biggest musicians to perform at the half-time show. But the Super Bowl is more... |
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What Are the Ten Commandments?
YONA Z MCDONOUGH - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Learn the story behind the ten laws that have been the guiding light of Judeo-Christian belief.Not just about Moses, whose origin story leaves open questions, this book looks back at the time when the commandments were written, how the belief in one all-powerful God set the Israelites apart... |
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What Was the Titanic?
Stephanie Sabol - Penguin Workshop
Format: Library Binding
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For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later.At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer... |
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What Were the Twin Towers? (What Was?)
Jim OConnor - Penguin Workshop
Format: May 10
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Discover the true story of the Twin Towers - how they came to be the tallest buildings in the world and why they were destroyed.. When the Twin Towers were built in 1973, they were billed as an architectural wonder. At 1,368 feet, they clocked in as the tallest buildings in the world and changed... |
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
Yona Zeldis McDonough - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls... |
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What Was the Vietnam War?
Jim O'Connor - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Learn how the United States ended up fighting for twenty years in a remote country on the other side of the world.The Vietnam War was as much a part of the tumultuous Sixties as Flower Power and the Civil Rights Movement. Five US presidents were convinced that American troops could end a war in the small,... |
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What Was the Wild West?
Janet B Pascal - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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Saddle up and get ready for a ride back into the wild and wooly past of the American West.The west was at its wildest from 1865 to 1895, when territories west of the Mississippi River remained untamed and lawless. Famous for cowboys, American Indians, lawmen, gunslingers, pioneers, and prospectors,... |
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What Is the Women's Rights Movement?
Deborah Hopkinson - Penguin Workshop
Format: Library Binding
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The story of Girl Power! Learn about the remarkable women who changed US history.From Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Gloria Steinem and Hillary Clinton, women throughout US history have fought for equality. Author Deborah Hopkinson chronicles the beginning of the movement... |
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What Was Woodstock?
Joan Holub - Grosset & Dunlap, 2016.
Format: Print book
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On August 15, 1969, a music festival called "Woodstock" transformed one small dairy farm in upstate New York into a gathering place for over 400,000 young music fans. Concert-goers, called "hippies," traveled from all over the country to see their favorite musicians... |
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What Is the World Cup?
Bonnie Bader - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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GOOOAAAAAL! Get ready for a front-row seat at the world's most-watched sporting event--the World Cup.Every four years, thirty-two of the best men's soccer teams from across the globe compete for the title of FIFA World Cup winner. Over one billion people tuned in worldwide to watch the final... |
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What Is the World Series?
Gail Herman - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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"Strike - you're out!" "He's safe!" "Homerun!" Every October, millions of baseball fans around the country anxiously wait to see which team wins baseball's biggest championship. But the original games of the 1900s hardly look like they do today. Take a look... |
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What Is the Story of Alice in Wonderland?
Dana Meachen Rau
Format: Paperback
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Published in 1865 by British author Lewis Carroll, this fantasy adventure story introduced the world to Alice and introduced Alice to some very strange but beloved creatures, including The White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, and The Queen of Hearts.This silly tale that started... |
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What Is the Story of Batman?
Michael Burgan - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time.His aliases include the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, and World's Greatest Detective, but he's best known as Batman, and he's leaping from the night sky onto the page in this fun biography.Bruce... |
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What Is the Story of Doctor Who?
Gabriel P. Cooper - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time.This What Is the Story of? title is out of this universe! Learn the history of the Time Lord, the TARDIS, and the epic battles they've faced across time and space.When Doctor Who began airing on the BBC in 1963,... |
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What Is the Story of Dracula?
Michael Burgan - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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From appearances in films and animated features to interpretations as a Muppet and breakfast cereal mascot, Dracula has been the inspiration for many other fictional vampires and is now an established figure in pop culture.Created by Bram Stoker in his 1897 Gothic horror novel, Count Dracula... |
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What Is the Story of Frankenstein?
Sheila Keenan - Penguin Workshop
Format: Hardcover
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Your favorite characters are now part of the Who HQ library!One of the most iconic monsters of all time comes to life in our What Is the Story Of? series.From his origins in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, through his many movie portrayals in the twentieth century, Frankenstein is one of the most... |
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What Is the Story of Hello Kitty?
Kirsten Anderson - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Your favorite characters are now part of the Who HQ library! Say hello to the premier title in the What Is the Story Of? series. Hello Kitty!This cute cartoon character who's shaped like a bobtail cat and wears a bow in her hair has become an icon of our times. Hello Kitty, as she is known,... |
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What Is the Story of Looney Tunes?
Korte, Steven - PENGUIN WORKSHOP
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Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time. If you're a fan of Acme anvils and know that the question "What's up, Doc?" needs no answer, this history of the cartoon favorites Looney Tunes is for you In the 1930s, Warner Brothers studios... |
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What Is the Story of Mickey Mouse?
Steve Korté - Who HQ
Format: Paperback
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Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time.Meet Mickey Mouse--Disney's most famous and much-loved cartoon character!In 1928, the short film Steamboat Willie dazzled audiences. It was not only one of the first cartoons to feature sound, it was also where... |
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What Is the Story of Scooby-Doo?
M. D. Payne - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Your favorite characters are now part of the Who HQ library! Nothing mysterious about it! Learn all about how Scooby and his friends took over Saturday mornings--and then the world--in this debut title in the What Is the Story Of? series.Most kids are familiar with the always-hungry, scaredy-cat... |
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What Is the Story of The Wizard of Oz?
Kirsten Anderson - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time.We're off to see the Wizard...along with Dorothy, Toto, and all of her friends as they make their way onto the What Is the Story of? list. When L. Frank Baum wrote about the adventures of a young farm girl... |
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What Is the Story of Wonder Woman?
Steve Korté - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Your favorite characters are now part of the Who HQ library!Wonder Woman--DC Comics' greatest female superhero--flies onto our What Is the Story Of list. She is a founding member of the Justice League, a goddess, and an ambassador of the Amazonian people. Wonder Woman burst onto the comic... |
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Where Is Alcatraz?
Nico Medina - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Escape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America's most famous prison!The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern... |
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Where Is the Amazon?
Sarah Fabiny - Penguin Workshop
Format: Hardcover(Library Binding)
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Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this Where Is... ? title. Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13, 000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the "population" of this geographic wonderland.... |
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Where Is Antarctica?
Sarah Fabiny - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Explore Antarctica--the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth--in this adventure-filled title in the Who HQ series.Antarctica, the earth's southernmost continent, was virtually untouched by humans until the nineteenth century. Many famous explorers journeyed (and often died)... |
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Where Is Area 51?
Paula K. Manzanero - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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You'll find it on a map--but you'll never get anywhere near this top secret military base. What exactly is going on there?Is Area 51 a top secret military base that lies in the middle of the barren Nevada desert? Or could it actually be a facility for examining aliens and their... |
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Where Is the Bermuda Triangle?
Megan Stine - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Who doesn't love a great mystery? This book presents the eerie accidents and unexplained disappearances that have occurred in the region known as the Bermuda Triangle. Even before it was named, the Bermuda Triangle--roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico--had gained a mythic... |
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Where Is Broadway?
Douglas Yacka - Penguin Workshop
Format: Hardcover
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Take your seats, because Where Is Broadway? is ready to take center stage!In a lively and engaging style, authors Douglas Yacka and Francesco Sedita cover the development of the first theaters and the birth of the American musical, as well as the shows and stars that have become... |
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Where Is the Brooklyn Bridge?
Megan Stine - Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Format: Print book
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Young readers will connect with the story of this National Historic Landmark--the Brooklyn Bridge! Building the Brooklyn Bridge was no simple feat. Despite a brilliant plan from a father-son team of engineers, the process was a dangerous and grueling one. Construction workers developed... |
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Where Is Chichen Itza?
Paula K Manzanero - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Discover more about the amazing Maya by "visiting" the city of Chichen Itza.Although it's known more as an important tourist attraction today, the city of Chichen Itza was a powerful religious, political, scientific, and artistic center of the Maya people. Readers will learn... |
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Where Is the Colosseum?
Jim O'Connor - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Library Binding
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A marvel of engineering that proclaimed the might of the Emperor of Ancient Rome.The Emperor Titus opened the enormous Colosseum in AD 80 to host 100 days of games, and it will astound readers to learn what the ancient Romans found entertaining. Over 50,000 screaming fans watched gladiators... |
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Where Is the Congo?
Megan Stine - Who HQ
Format: Paperback
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Discover what lives and grows in the Congo Basin in Central Africa, one of the planet's most remarkable regions.Running through six countries in the middle of Africa, the Congo Basin contains some of the largest tropical rainforests in the world. Dealing with present-day issues of climate... |
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Where Is Easter Island?
MEGAN STINE - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Unearth the secrets of the mysterious giant stone statues on this tiny remote Pacific island.Easter Island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from anywhere, has intrigued visitors since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s. How did people first come to live there? How did they... |
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Where Is the Eiffel Tower?
Dina Anastasio - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Learn about the Eiffel Tower, beloved and iconic symbol of Paris, France, and one of the most recognizable structures in the world!When the plans for the Eiffel Tower were first announced, many people hated the design of the future landmark, calling it ungainly and out of step with the beautiful... |
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Where Is the Empire State Building?
Janet Pascal - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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New York City boasts one of the most famous skylines in the world, and the Empire State Building is undeniably the focal point of this incredible view. At 102 stories, the structure was no small feat. In fact, its construction coincided with the onset of the Great Depression, and so progress... |
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Where Are the Galapagos Islands?
Megan Stine - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Armchair adventurers can set sail for the remote Galapagos Islands and learn about the strange and unique animals that live there. The Galapagos Islands are a chain of volcanic islands located on either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean. The isolated location of the islands has allowed... |
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Where Is the Grand Canyon?
Jim O'Connor - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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There are canyons all over the planet, and the Grand Canyon in Arizona is not the biggest. Yet because of the spectacular colors in the rock layers and fascinating formations of boulders, buttes, and mesas, it is known as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Starting with a brief... |
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Where Is the Great Barrier Reef?
Nico Medina - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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In this Where Is? title, kids can explore the Great Barrier Reef - big enough to be seen from space but made up of billions of tiny living organisms.The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia, is the world's largest coral reef system. Stretching more than 1,400 miles, it provides... |
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Where Are the Great Pyramids?
Dorothy Hoobler - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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The Great Pyramids of Egypt--all kids over the age of five recognize them instantly. These massive tombs were built thousands of years ago, and still no one knows exactly how the ancient Egyptians did it! In this informative account, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler tell the story of the powerful... |
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Where Is the Great Wall?
Patricia Brennan Demuth - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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More than two thousand years ago, with his land under constant attack from nomads, the First Emperor of China came up with a simple solution: build a wall to keep out enemies. It was a wall that kept growing and growing. But its construction came at a huge cost: it is believed that more... |
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Where Is Hollywood?
Dina Anastasio - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Who HQ rolls out the red carpet for Where Is Hollywood?--the film capital of the world.Developed in the 1880s by Midwesterners looking for a sunny winter getaway, Hollywood was a small housing development outside still-small Los Angeles. But everything changed in the early 1900s when filmmakers... |
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Where Is the Kremlin?
Deborah Hopkinson - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Get the inside story on the famous fortress in the heart of Moscow that has withstood fires, invaders, and revolutions for almost seven hundred years.Lined by nineteen beautiful towers, the high walls of the Kremlin enclose colorful domed cathedrals, treasure-filled museums, and the Russian... |
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Where Is Machu Picchu?
MEGAN STINE - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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What's left of Machu Picchu stands as the most significant link to the marvelous Inca civilization of Peru. Now readers can explore these ruins in this compelling Where Is? title.Built in the fifteenth century and tucked away in the mountains of Peru, Machu Picchu was abandoned after... |
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Where Is the Mississippi River?
DINA ANASTASIO - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Discover the history and culture of one of the most famous waterways in the world: the mighty Mississippi!The most famous river in America runs like a spine between the eastern and western parts of the country, flowing through ten states before it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The mighty... |
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Where Is Mount Everest?
Nico Medina - Grosset & Dunlap; Dgs edition
Format: Print book
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As the recent deaths of sixteen Sherpas underscore, climbing Mount Everest remains a daunting challenge. Located in the Himalayas, Everest is the highest mountain in the world at a whopping 29,029 feet. In this compelling narrative, Nico Medina guides readers through the mountains ancient... |
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Where Is Mount Rushmore?
True Kelley - Grosset & Dunlap; DGS edition
Format: Print book
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It was world-famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum's dream to carve sixty-foot-high likenesses of four presidents on a granite cliff in South Dakota. Does that sound like a wacky idea? Many at the time thought so. Borglum faced a lot of opposition and problems at every turn; the blasting and carving... |
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Where Is Niagara Falls?
Megan Stine - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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While traveling through Canada in 1678, a French priest came across the most gigantic waterfalls he'd ever seen. Stricken with both awe and fear, he began to shake, fell to his knees, and prayed. Ever since, people from all over the world have come to explore Niagara: among them the daredevils... |
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Where Is Our Solar System?
STEPHANIE SABOL - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Readers will want to grab a telescope and explore the night skies after finishing this overview of our solar system.Our solar system consists of eight planets, as well as numerous moons, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. For thousands of years, humans believed that Earth was at the center... |
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Where Is the Parthenon?
Roberta Edwards - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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Discover the ruins of the Parthenon, one of the most famous and beautiful places in the world! Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people don't know is that it only served... |
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Where Is the Serengeti?
Nico Medina - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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If youve never known what a wildebeest is, youll find out now in this latest Where? Is title about the Serengeti.Each year, over 1.5 million wildebeest make a harrowing journey (more than one thousand miles!) between Tanzania and Kenya. They are in search of new land to graze. Even if these... |
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Where Is Stonehenge?
True Kelley - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Unravel some of the riddles of Stonehenge, one of the most famous and mysterious monuments in the world!Where is Stonehenge? That's an easy question to answer. It sits on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England. But what is the meaning of these strange circles of stones? Was Stonehenge... |
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Where Is the Taj Mahal?
Dorothy Hoobler - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Library Binding
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Learn about the love story behind the creation of one of the most beautiful and famous buildings in the world.The Taj Mahal may look like a palace, but it's actually a tomb and a lasting testament to one of the world's great love stories. In 1612, Mogul emperor Shah Jahan married Mumtaz... |
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Where Is the Tower of London?
Janet B. Pascal - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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The Tower of London holds almost a thousand years' worth of secrets!The Tower of London draws more than 2 million visitors a year! Almost 1,000 years old and first built by William the Conqueror in 1066, the tower has been a fortress, a palace, a zoo, and an exhibit site for the amazing... |
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Where Is the Vatican?
Megan Stine - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Did you know that the Vatican is a country--the smallest in the world? Find out the amazing history of the headquarters of the Catholic Church.It's time to elect a new pope. Hundreds of thousands of people gather in front of St. Peter's Basilica to learn who will be the next leader of the Catholic... |
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Where Is Walt Disney World?
Joan Holub - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Building the most magical place on earth was no fairy tale. Learn the story behind the creation of Walt Disney World.In 1964, when Walt Disney and his brother Roy decided to build a second theme park in the Florida swamplands, they kept it super hush-hush. Why? Well, if word got out that... |
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Where is the White House
Megan Stine - Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Format: Print book
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The history of the White House, first completed in 1799, reflects the history of America itself. It was the dream of George Washington to have an elegant "presidential mansion" in the capital city that was named after him. Yet he is the only president who never got to live there.... |
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