Biography & Autobiography - Historical
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Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
$9.99 Add to cartThis quintessential middle grade biography of Harriet Tubman now features a cover by NAACP Image Award winner and Caldecott Honor illustrator Kadir Nelson, a foreword by National Book Award finalist J
- Author: Petry, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0062668269
- Language: English
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Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs
$9.99 Read moreIn 1802, Jean-Francois Champollion was eleven years old. That year, he vowed to be the first person to read Egypt’s ancient hieroglyphs. Champollion’s dream was to sail up the Nile in Egypt and uncove
- Series: Rise and Shine
- Author: Rumford, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 23 2003
- ISBN10: 0618333452
- Language: English
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Parks for the People: How Frederick Law Olmsted Designed America
$17.99 Read moreNational Book Award finalist Elizabeth Partridge reveals the life and work of Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park, the United States Capitol building’s landscape, and more.
Nobody coul- Author: Partridge, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1984835157
- Language: English
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Who Was Daniel Boone?
$6.99 Add to cartCalled 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 rea… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Kramer, S. A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0448439026
- Language: English
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Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books
$8.99 Add to cartLearn about the early life of Abraham Lincoln in this picture book biography that Kirkus Reviews calls “a moving tribute to the power of books and words.”
In a tiny log cabin a boy listened with delig- Author: Winters, Kay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1416912681
- Language: English
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In the Mouth of the Wolf
$19.95 Add to cartRose Zar was 19 years old when the Nazis invaded her native Poland. Her father urged her to save herself by hiding “in the mouth of the wolf”–or within the enemy itself. She managed to obtain false p… [more below]
- Author: Zar, Rose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: March 15 1992
- ISBN10: 0827603827
- Language: English
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Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery
$13.99 Add to cartA 1994 Newbery Honor Book
The intriguing story of Eleanor Roosevelt traces the life of the former First Lady from her early childhood through the tumultuous years in the White House to her active ro- Series: Clarion Nonfiction
- Author: Freedman, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: April 14 1997
- ISBN10: 0395845203
- Language: English
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Outrageous Women of Civil War Times
$14.95 Add to cartFascinating true stories of the most amazing women in American history
They were pioneers and trailblazers, spies and ex-slaves, reformers and first ladies. They became America’s first women nurses, … [more below]
- Series: Outrageous Women #7
- Author: Furbee, Mary Rodd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: April 30 2003
- ISBN10: 0471229261
- Language: English
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I Begin with Spring: The Life and Seasons of Henry David Thoreau
$18.95 Read moreI Begin with Spring weaves natural history around Thoreau’s life and times in a richly illustrated field notebook format that can be opened anywhere and invites browsing on every page. Beginning each
- Author: Dunlap, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0884489086
- Language: English
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Pathways: Grade 5 Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England Trade Book
$19.99 Add to cartIn this welcome reissue, celebrated author and illustrator Diane Stanley and her husband, Peter Vennema, paint an impressive portrait of the remarkable queen who loved her people so dearly and ruled t
- Author: Stanley, Diane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 07 2001
- ISBN10: 0688179614
- Language: English
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Helen Keller
$5.99 Add to cartReaders will be inspired by the amazing story of Helen Keller in this informative biography. They will learn all about her life, her achievements, and the challenges she faced along the way. The Level… [more below]
- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Jazynka, Kitson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1426326696
- Language: English
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Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World
$14.99 Read more“Inviting and original.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Mohandas Gandhi and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. both shook and changed the world in their quest for peace among all people, but what thre- Author: Krishnaswami, Uma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1481416790
- Language: English
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The Children of Willesden Lane: A True Story of Hope and Survival During World War II
$9.99 Add to cartA young readers’ edition of an important and inspiring true story of hope and survival during World War II.
Fourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who hoped to become a concert pianist. Bu- Author: Golabek, Mona
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 031655488X
- Language: English
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A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women
$19.99 Read moreLynne Cheney and Robin Preiss Glasser collaborated on America: A Patriotic Primer, which captured the imagination of American children and became a national best-seller. Now they turn their hands to … [more below]
- Author: Cheney, Lynne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 16 2003
- ISBN10: 0689858191
- Language: English
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A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull
$8.99 Add to cartThe True Story of Sitting Bull from multi-award-winning author Joseph Bruchac.
Anxious to be given a name as strong and brave as that of his father, a proud Lakota Sioux grows into manhood, acting wit- Series: Paperstar Book
- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 23 1998
- ISBN10: 069811616X
- Language: English
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The Story of Neil Armstrong: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$6.99 Add to cartHelp kids ages 6 to 9 discover the life of Neil Armstrong–a story about working hard and achieving the impossible
Neil Armstrong became the first person ever to step foot on the moon. Before he flew- Series: The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers
- Author: Thomson, Sarah L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1646115309
- Language: English
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Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different 2: Even More True Tales of Amazing Boys Who Changed the World
$16.99 Read moreBoys can be anything they want to be In this sequel to the New York Times bestseller Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, Ben Brooks introduces seventy-six more boys and men who will inspire yo… [more below]
- Series: The Dare to Be Different
- Author: Brooks, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 0762472154
- Language: English
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Joan of Arc
$12.99 Add to cartAgainst the fascinating tapestry of Frances history during the Hundred Years’ War, Diane Stanley unfolds the story of the simple thirteen-year-old village girl who in Just a few years would lead Franc
- Author: Stanley, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 05 2002
- ISBN10: 0064437485
- Language: English
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Dear Benjamin Banneker
$9.99 Add to cartThroughout his life Banneker was troubled that all blacks were not free. And so, in 1791, he wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who had signed the Declaration of Independence. Banneker atta
- Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0152018921
- Language: English
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Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass
$19.99 Read moreThe inspirational, true story of how Frederick Douglass found his way to freedom one word at a time.
This picture book biography chronicles the youth of Frederick Douglass, one of the most prominent A- Series: Paula Wiseman Books
- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2012
- ISBN10: 1416959033
- Language: English
