Orca Biography
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The Dream of an Education: How Phymean Noun Built a School
$24.95 Add to cartAs a young child, Phymean Noun dreamed of learning to read and write. But growing up during the Khmer Rouge reign of terror in Cambodia in the 1970s made that dream impossible.
Formal education was no
- Series: Orca Biography
- Author: Hughes, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1459842421
- Language: English
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The True Story of Vanilla: How Edmond Albius Made History
$24.95 Add to cartIn 1841, a 12-year-old enslaved boy, Edmond Albius, made history when he discovered how to hand-pollinate vanilla plants using a bamboo twig.
Until that time, only bees in Mexico could pollinate the p
- Series: Orca Biography
- Author: Richards, Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1459838440
- Language: English
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The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey
$24.95 Add to cartLarry Kwong became the first player of Asian descent in the NHL when he played one shift with the New York Rangers in 1948.
Even though Larry’s achievement happened more than 70 years ago, his contrib
- Series: Orca Biography
- Author: Soon, Chad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1459835034
- Language: English
