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Quick view Onward: A Photobiography of African-American Polar Explorer Matthew Henson by Dolores Johnson The conquest of the North Pole was an elusive, almost impossible goal at the beginning of the last century. But a son of patrician parents, Robert E. Peary, and a son of sharecroppers, Matthew Henson, shared a dream of conquering the unconquered North... View Details
Quick view Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka How did Jon Scieszka get so funny? He grew up as one of six brothers with Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, and jokes told at family dinner. View Details
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Quick view Who Is Michelle Obama? by Megan Stone Born into a close knit family in Chicago, Michelle Robinson was a star student who graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law. Then in 1992, she married another promising young lawyer named Barack Obama and the rest, as they say, is history. View Details
Quick view Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse by David A Kelly Kelly and Jessell tell the true story behind the creation--and breaking--of the Curse of the Bambino, inflicted on World Series champions the Boston Red Sox after they traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1918. Illustrations. View Details
Quick view The Double Life of Pocahontas by Jean Fritz A biography of the famous American Indian princess Pocahontas, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures. View Details
Quick view Nelson Mandela by Lenny Hort South African human rights activist Nelson Mandela is the focus of this full-color biography, which explains to young readers in age-appropriate language Mandela's place in world history. View Details
Quick view Around the World in a Hundred Years by Jean Fritz These ten true tales of 15th-century explorers bring history to life, with accounts of the exploits of Christopher Columbus, Bartholomew Diaz, Ponce de Leon, and others. View Details
Quick view Jimmy the Joey: The True Story of an Amazing Koala Rescue by Susan Kelly Describes the rescue and rehabilitation of a baby koala. View Details
Quick view The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter Follow Jane from her childhood in London watching a robin on her windowsill, to her years in the African forests of Gombe, Tanzania, observing chimps, to her worldwide crusade to save these primates and their habitat that are now in danger of extinction. View Details
Quick view Saving Yasha: The Incredible True Story of an Adopted Moon Bear by Lia Kvatum The true story of Yasha, an orphaned moon bear, and how he was adopted into a brand new family. View Details
Quick view Helen Keller: Crusader for the Blind and Deaf by Stewart Graff This easy-to-read biography introduces Helen Keller to the young reader. A courageous girl who overcame the obstacles of being both deaf and blind since infancy, Helen Keller's story stands as an inspiration to all. View Details
