Biography & Autobiography - Historical
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Tango Mike Mike: The Story of Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez
$19.99 Add to cartThis is the perfect children’s book and a short read (32 pages long) filled with family photos.
Kids will gain a basic understanding of Tango Mike Mike … the soldier, the father, the Legend.
- Author: Benavidez Garcia, Yvette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 08 2017
- ISBN10: 0998911712
- Language: English
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28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World
$20.99 Read moreEach day features a different influential figure in African-American history, from Crispus Attucks, the first man shot in the Boston Massacre, sparking the Revolutionary War, to Madame C. J. Walker, w
- Author: Smith, Charles R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: January 13 2015
- ISBN10: 1596438207
- Language: English
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Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
$19.99 Add to cartCapturing an engineer’s creative vision and mind for detail, this fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossibl… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Kathryn Gibbs
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 02 2014
- ISBN10: 0547959222
- Language: English
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Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution
$13.95 Add to cartAbigail Adams is often referred to as the wife of one president and the mother of another. Rarely is she described as a woman in her own right. Although her primary focus and concerns were in her role… [more below]
- Author: Bober, Natalie S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0689819161
- Language: English
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A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent
$19.99 Add to cartTold for the first time in picture book form is the true story of James Lafayette–an enslaved person who spied for George Washington’s army during the American Revolution.
After his resounding defe
- Author: Rockwell, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1467749338
- Language: English
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A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation
$18.99 Add to cartAs a new generation of activists demands an end to racism, A Place to Land reflects on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and the movement that it galvanized.
Winner of the Orbis Pictus … [more below]- Author: Wittenstein, Barry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 0823443310
- Language: English
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The Story of Johnny Appleseed
$7.99 Read moreThe classic story of legendary American pioneer Johnny Appleseed.
John Chapman lived in the frontier in Massachusetts. But when he decided to travel west, wearing a cooking pot on his head and plantin- Author: Aliki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 15 1971
- ISBN10: 0671667467
- Language: English
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Who Was Marco Polo?
$6.99 Add to cartMarco 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 … [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Holub, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 05 2007
- ISBN10: 0448445409
- Language: English
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Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark
$5.99 Read moreWhen a childhood illness leaves her blind and deaf, Helen Keller’s life seems hopeless indeed. But her indomitable will and the help of a devoted teacher empower Helen to triumph over incredible adver… [more below]
- Series: Step Into Reading – Level 4
- Author: Hurwitz, Johanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0679877053
- Language: English
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The Wonders We Seek: Thirty Incredible Muslims Who Helped Shape the World
$18.99 Add to cartIn this biographical collection, with stunning portraits and illustrations by Saffa Khan, authors Saadia Faruqi and Aneesa Mumtaz highlight some of the talented Muslim physicians, musicians, athletes,
- Author: Faruqi, Saadia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0062973444
- Language: English
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History & Mythology For Kids: Explore Timeless Tales, Characters, History, & Legendary Stories from Around the World – Egyptian, Greek, Norse & More
$29.99 Add to cartHistory & Mythology for Kids is a special “Four Books In One Collection”
Enter ancient worlds, meet famous people and discover fascinating facts about past civilizations & incredible kingdoms from arou
- Author: Brought Alive, History
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: October 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1914312430
- Language: English
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Before She Was Harriet
$18.99 Add to cartWho was Harriet Tubman before she was Harriet?
We know her today as Harriet Tubman, but in her lifetime she was called by many names. As General Tubman she was a Union spy. As Moses she led hundreds t- Series: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books
- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0823420477
- Language: English
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Out of Hiding: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey to America (with a Foreword by Alan Gratz)
$19.99 Add to cartWith a foreword by Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee.
Ruth Gruener was a hidden child during the Holocaust. At the end of the war, she and her parents were overjoyed to be free. … [more below]
- Author: Gruener, Ruth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1338627457
- Language: English
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Andrew Jackson: Young Patriot
$9.99 Add to cartDear Reader:
The Childhood of Famous Americans series, seventy years old in 2002, chronicles the early years of famous American men and women in an accessible manner. Each book is faithful in spirit … [more below]- Series: Childhood of Famous Americans (Paperback)
- Author: Stanley, George E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 11 2011
- ISBN10: 0689857446
- Language: English
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Who Was Genghis Khan?
$6.99 Add to cartNamed 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 … [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Medina, Nico
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 04 2014
- ISBN10: 0448482606
- Language: English
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Heroes for All Times: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #23: High Time for Heroes
$7.99 Add to cartThe #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the … [more below]
- Series: Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #28
- Author: Osborne, Mary Pope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 07 2014
- ISBN10: 037587027X
- Language: English
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Who Was Christopher Columbus?
$6.99 Add to cartLearn 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… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Bader, Bonnie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 27 2013
- ISBN10: 0448463334
- Language: English
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Who Was Queen Elizabeth I?
$6.99 Read moreOur 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
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Eding, June
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 03 2008
- ISBN10: 0448448394
- Language: English
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Helen Keller
$5.99 Add to cartThe bestselling biography of Helen Keller and how, with the commitment and lifelong friendship of Anne Sullivan, she learned to talk, read, and eventually graduate from college with honors.
- Author: Davidson, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 01, 1989
- ISBN10: 0590424041
- Language: English
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Follow the Dream: [The Story of Christopher Columbus]
$19.99 Add to cartIllus. in full color. The 15th century comes alive in this splendidly original picture book about Christopher Columbus. “The illustrations, executed in a variety of media, show scenes from the explore… [more below]
- Author: Sis, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 09 2003
- ISBN10: 0679806288
- Language: English
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