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Who Was Sacagawea? (Who Was...?)
by Dennis B Fradin  Publisher Comments Kids can learn all about Sacagawea, who was only 16 when she made the famous journey across 4,500 miles of unexplored territory with Lewis and Clark as their guide. Illustrations....
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Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson
by Amy Ehrlich Publisher Comments Rachel Carson was always curious about the world around her. As a girl, she loved being outside, exploring and learning more about the universe. As an adult, Rachel wrote books, including Silent Spring, considered to be the start of today's environmental...
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Sterling Biographies: Thomas Jefferson: Architect of Freedom (Sterling Biographies)
by Rita T. Mullin Publisher Comments One of the great thinkers of all time, Thomas Jefferson helped shape America in its early years, and his ideas continue to inspire us today. His amazing contributions include not only writing the Declaration of Independence, but his actions as the United...
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My Life in Dog Years (98 Edition)
by Gary Paulsen Publisher Comments Gary Paulsen has owned dozens of unforgettable and amazing dogs. In each chapter he tells the story of one special dog, among them Snowball, the puppy he owned as a boy in the Philippines; Ike, his mysterious hunting companion; Dirk, the grim protector...
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Cesar Chavez: A Hero for Everyone (Milestone Books)
by Gary Soto Publisher Comments ¡Viva la causa! ¡Viva César Chávez! Up and down the San Joaquin Valley of California, and across the country, people chanted these words. Cesar Chavez, a migrant worker himself, was helping Mexican Americans work together for better...
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Who Was Ben Franklin? (Who Was...?)
by D Brindell Fradin Publisher Comments Full of the details kids want to know, the true story of Ben Franklin is by turns funny and sad, but always honest and inspiring. Illustrations....
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Looking Back: A Book of Memories
by Lois Lowry Publisher Comments People are constantly asking Newbery medalist Lois Lowry where she gets her ideas. In this fascinating memoir, Lowry answers this question through her recollections of childhood friends and through pictures and memories that explore her rich family...
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Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein
by Don Brown Publisher Comments When he was born, Albert was a peculiar, fat baby with an unusually big and misshaped head. When he was older, he hit his sister, bothered his teachers, and didn't have many friends. But in the midst of all of this, Albert was fascinated with solving...
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Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? (Who Was...?)
by Margaret Frith Publisher Comments This accessible, appealing biography shines the light on Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light bulb, along with the phonograph and a precursor to the movie camera called a kinetoscope. Illustrations....
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Who Was Albert Einstein?
by Jess M. Brallier Publisher Comments Full of the details kids want to know, the true story of scientist Albert Einstein is told in a fun, engaging way. Illustrations....
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Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: A Memoir of My Fifth-Grade Year
by Esme Raji Codell Publisher Comments Like every Chicago fifth grader, Codell spends her days within the small world of school, neighborhood, and family. But this small world provides rich material for the often hilarious, always engrossing stories and vignettes that Codell has compiled for...
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Landmark Books #0008: The Story of Thomas Alva Edison
by Margaret Cousins Publisher Comments Beginning with Thomas Edison's childhood, when he set up his first laboratory in his basement as a 10-year-old, and following through his many jobs before he was able to support himself as an inventor, this is the true story of the man who brought the...
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Ben Franklin: Young Printer (Childhood of Famous Americans)
by Augusta Stevenson Publisher Comments Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Benjamin Franklin, as he embarked his adventures as a young printer....
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Charles Darwin (DK Biography)
by David King Publisher Comments With more than 100 full-color photographs and illustrations and detailed sidebars, these two new entries in DK's acclaimed Biography series celebrate two pioneers who changed how the world is viewed: scientist Charles Darwin and aviatrix Amelia Earhart....
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Tom Jefferson: Third President of the United States (Childhood of Famous Americans)
by Helen Albee Monsell Publisher Comments Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of America's third president, Thomas Jefferson....
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Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and Invent Investigative
by Ann Bausum Publisher Comments Hold the presses! Here's the sensational story of the birth of investigative journalism in America. At the turn of the 20th century, news reporters and monthly magazines collaborate to create a new kind of journalism--in-depth, serialized "exposes" of...
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Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind
by Margaret Davidson Publisher Comments A poignant story of the man who developed the Braille system of printing for the blind....
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Who Was Annie Oakley? (Who Was...?)
by Stephanie Spinner Publisher Comments Annie Oakley was the original power girl in an age when most women stayed home. During the late 19th century, Annie Oakley became a famous sharpshooter and daredevil horseback rider with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Illustrations....
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Jane Goodall (Up Close)
by Sudipta Bardhan-quallen Publisher Comments Up Close: Jane Goodall by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen Up Close: Thurgood Marshall by Chris Crowe A trailblazing scientist made famous by her favorite primates. Jane Goodall will forever be linked with the chimpanzees that she's studied for over fifty years...
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Who Was Queen Elizabeth? (Who Was...?)
by June Eding Publisher Comments 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...
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