Biography & Autobiography - Historical
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Robert Henry Hendershot
$6.99 Add to cartWar
Over his mother’s objections Robert Henry Hendershot has joined the Union Army as a drummer boy. He wants to see battle and capture a confederate soldier — but his company commander says he’s t- Series: Brave Kids
- Author: Goodman, Susan E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: March 01 2003
- ISBN10: 068984980X
- Language: English
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Bessie Coleman: Daring Stunt Pilot
$8.99 Read moreFor fast-paced true tales of extraordinary lives, turn to this series. These graphic novel format biographies inspire, entertain, and inform readers about individuals who have made significant contrib… [more below]
- Series: Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies
- Author: Robbins, Trina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2007
- ISBN10: 073687903X
- Language: English
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Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
$17.99 Read moreA Newbery Honor Book
In a moving, lyrical tale about the cost and fragility of freedom, a New York Times best-selling author and an acclaimed artist follow the life of a man who courageously shipped h- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0763691569
- Language: English
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A Ben of All Trades: The Most Inventive Boyhood of Benjamin Franklin
$16.99 Read moreA rousing biography from Michael J. Rosen and Matt Tavares reveals how Benjamin Franklin’s boyhood shaped his amazingly multifaceted life.
Young Benjamin Franklin wants to be a sailor, but his father- Author: Rosen, Michael J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1536201219
- Language: English
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Henry Hudson: An Explorer of the Northwest Passage
$8.99 Add to cartExplore the life of Henry Hudson in this captivating biography. In the early 1600s, England was amid the many countries in search of a northern passage to trade with the Far East. After many explorers… [more below]
- Series: World Explorers
- Author: Hazleton, Amie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1515742091
- Language: English
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Daniel Boone Frontiersman
$11.99 Add to cartIn search of open spaces and land to call his own, Daniel Boone fearlessly led a band of brave settlers into the bountiful Kentucky wilderness. Daniel’s expert hunting ability, incredible outdoor surv… [more below]
- Series: Heroes of History
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 215
- Publish Date: May 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1932096094
- Language: English
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Ben Franklin Thinks Big
$5.99 Read moreThe life of Ben Franklin, a key leader in the founding of the United States, is introduced in this early reader biography.
Ben Franklin was a famous inventor, statesman, and writer who helped the thirt
- Series: I Can Read Level 2
- Author: Keenan, Sheila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 06 2018
- ISBN10: 006243263X
- Language: English
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The Light of Muhammad
$22.00 Add to cartThe Light of Muhammad (s) is a children’s version of Hajjah Amina Adil’s six hundred page volume, The Life of Muhammad (s), which she compiled from Ottoman and Arabic sources. This was the last projec… [more below]
- Author: Adil, Hajjah Amina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: July 02 2006
- ISBN10: 1930409419
- Language: English
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Davy Crockett: Ever Westward
$11.99 Add to cartGrowing up in Greene County, Tennessee, Davy Crockett’s education came from the toil of hard labor. Working as a farm hand and wagon driver, he learned about the people and the land of the West — and… [more below]
- Series: Heroes of History
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 189
- Publish Date: January 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1932096671
- Language: English
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Pequeñas LÃderes: Mujeres Extraordinarias de la Historia Afroamericana / Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
$16.95 Read moreUN BESTSELLER INSTANT?NEO DEL NEW YORK TIMES!
Este bestseller del New York Times, con bellas ilustraciones, presenta a lectores de todas las edades, mujeres que cambiaron e
UN BESTSELLERDE USA TODAY!- Author: Harrison, Vashti
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1644733803
- Language: Spanish
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Coretta Scott
$9.99 Read moreMultiple starred reviews greeted this amazing collaboration between Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson. As Booklist put it: “Poet and painter have joined forces to offer an indelible, emotional expressio
- Author: Shange, Ntozake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 27 2011
- ISBN10: 0061253669
- Language: English
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Unsinkable Lucile: How a Farm Girl Became the Queen of Fashion and Survived the Titanic
$19.95 Read moreBefore Chanel there was Lucile.
She was one of the world’s most glamorous women and the most famous fashionista of the Edwardian age. Yet, couturiere Lucile, Lady Duff Gordon was born as just plain
- Author: Brewster, Hugh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0228103827
- Language: English
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Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille
$11.99 Add to cartA biography of the modest Frenchman who, after being blinded at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and write.
- Author: Freedman, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 81
- Publish Date: September 20 1999
- ISBN10: 0395968887
- Language: English
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Immigrant Architect: Rafael Guastavino and the American Dream
$19.95 Read moreRafael Guastavino Sr. was 39 when he left a successful career as an architect in Barcelona. American cities–densely packed and built largely of wood–were experiencing horrific fires, and Guastavino
- Series: History Makers
- Author: de Miguel, Berta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 60
- Publish Date: April 07, 2020
- ISBN10: 0884488128
- Language: English
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Who is that Man in the Red Suit?: The Story of How Saint Nicholas Became Santa
$8.99 Add to cartWhy do we celebrate Christmas with a jolly ole soul in a red suit? Is Santa just a legend or is there more to it? Follow along as little Mary discovers the story of a special man who lived for Jesus a
- Author: Goins, Jennifer S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 9798985766325
- Language: English
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Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies
$19.99 Read more#1 New York Times bestselling author and celebrated journalist Cokie Roberts brings young readers a stunning nonfiction picture book that highlights the female patriots of the American Revolution. Thi
- Author: Roberts, Cokie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0060780029
- Language: English
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Pocahontas: An American Princess
$5.99 Add to cartPocahontas is famous for saving the life of Captain John Smith, the man she loved. At least that’s what legend tells us. Now read the true story of this Native American princess.
- Series: Penguin Young Readers, Level 4
- Author: Milton, Joyce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 02 2000
- ISBN10: 044842181X
- Language: English
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Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You
$18.99 Add to cartYou can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall.
You can be a King. Beat the drum for justice. March to your own conscience. Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr.- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0802723683
- Language: English
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The Escape of Robert Smalls: A Daring Voyage Out of Slavery
$18.95 Add to cartThe mist in Charleston Inner Harbor was heavy, but not heavy enough to disguise the stolen Confederate steamship, the Planter, from Confederate soldiers. In the early hours of May 13, 1862, in the mid… [more below]
- Author: Jones-Radgowski, Jehan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2019
- ISBN10: 154351281X
- Language: English
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Quien Fue Albert Einstein?
$12.95 Read moreEveryone 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 ex… [more below]
- Series: Quien Fue? / Who Was?
- Author: Brallier, Jess M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: August 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1631138480
- Language: Spanish
