Penguin Young Readers Group

  • What Was the Underground Railroad?

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    No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from–there were no trains or tracks, only “conductors” who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about “passengers” on the “R

    • Series: What Was?
    • Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: December 26, 2013
    • ISBN10: 0448467127
    • Language: English
  • Who Was George Washington Carver?

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    Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Gigliotti, Jim
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: December 29 2015
    • ISBN10: 0448483122
    • Language: English
  • What Is the Constitution?

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    We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story–arguments and all–of how the United States Constitution came into being.

    Signed on September 17, 1787–four years after the American War for Ind

    • Series: What Was?
    • Author: Demuth, Patricia Brennan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: June 19, 2018
    • ISBN10: 1524786098
    • Language: English
  • Who Is Jane Goodall?

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    A life in the wild

    Jane Goodall, born in London, England, always loved animals and wanted to study them in their natural habitats. So at age twenty-six, off she went to Africa Goodall’s up-close obs

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Edwards, Roberta
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: November 08 2012
    • ISBN10: 0448461927
    • Language: English
  • What Is the Super Bowl?

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    With over 110 million viewers every year, the Super Bowl is one of the most watched television events in the United States. The final showdown between the two best football teams in the NFL attracts s… [more below]

    • Series: What Was?
    • Author: Anastasio, Dina
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: October 20 2015
    • ISBN10: 0448486954
    • Language: English
  • Seasparrow

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    “As Hava sails across the sea toward Monsea with the world’s only copies of the formulas for the zilfium weapon, she makes an unexpected discovery about one of the ship’s crew, but before she can unra… [more below]

    • Series: Graceling Realm
    • Author: Cashore, Kristin
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 624
    • Publish Date: September 26 2023
    • ISBN10: 1984816691
    • Language: English
  • Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen?

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    It’s up, up, and away with the Tuskegee Airmen, a heroic group of African American military pilots who helped the United States win World War II.

    During World War II, black Americans were fighting for

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Smith, Sherri L.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: August 07 2018
    • ISBN10: 0399541942
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Pelé?

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    The story of a poor boy from Brazil who became the greatest soccer player of all time and one of the most important athletes of the twentieth century!

    His parents may have named him Edson Arantes do N

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Buckley, James
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: June 05 2018
    • ISBN10: 0399542612
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Harriet Tubman?

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    Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone’s property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she firs… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: September 03 2019
    • ISBN10: 059309722X
    • Language: English
  • Furysong

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    “One of fantasy’s best series.” —Booklist, starred review

    In this explosive conclusion to the epic trilogy that began with Fireborne, Annie and Lee are fighting for their lives–and for each other–a

    • Series: Aurelian Cycle
    • Author: Munda, Rosaria
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 496
    • Publish Date: September 19, 2023
    • ISBN10: 0525518290
    • Language: English
  • Heat

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    The #1 Bestseller

    Michael Arroyo has a pitching arm that throws serious heat along with aspirations of leading his team all the way to the Little League World Series. But his firepower is nothing co

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    • Author: Lupica, Mike
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: March 01 2007
    • ISBN10: 0142407577
    • Language: English
  • What Is Lego?

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    Find out how these fun, stackable blocks became the most popular toys in the world.

    The LEGO toy company was founded in 1934 by a Danish carpenter who loved making wooden pull toys. From its humble be

    • Series: What Was?
    • Author: O’Connor, Jim
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: May 05, 2020
    • ISBN10: 0593092945
    • Language: English
  • House of Hollow

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    A New York Times Bestseller!
    An Instant Indie Bestseller!

    A dark, twisty modern fairytale where three sisters discover they are not exactly all that they seem and evil things really do go bump in the n

    • Author: Sutherland, Krystal
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: March 01, 2022
    • ISBN10: 0593110366
    • Language: English
  • Good Dogs on a Bad Day

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    The Secret Life of Pets meets Toy Story in a new illustrated series about a group of Very Good doggie day care buddies who follow a few of their wilder instincts, leading to hilarious chaos.

    Do good d

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    • Series: Good Dogs
    • Author: Wenitsky, Rachel
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: January 18 2022
    • ISBN10: 0593108469
    • Language: English
  • What Was the Titanic?

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    For more than one hundred years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how

    • Series: What Was?
    • Author: Sabol, Stephanie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: March 06, 2018
    • ISBN10: 0515157260
    • Language: English
  • How It Feels to Float

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    “Profoundly moving . . . Will take your breath away.” –Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl in Pieces

    “Give this to all your friends immediately . . . It tackles mental health, depression, sexual identit

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    • Author: Fox, Helena
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: May 05 2020
    • ISBN10: 052555436X
    • Language: English
  • Who Is Dolly Parton?

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    Born in a little cabin in Tennessee, Dolly Parton always dreamed big, and she was right to! She wrote her first song at age five and became a country music star by the time she was in her early twenti… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was…?
    • Author: Kelley, True
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: April 03 2014
    • ISBN10: 0448478927
    • Language: English
  • Blood on the River: James Town, 1607

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    Twelve-year-old Samuel Collier is a lowly commoner on the streets of London. So when he becomes the page of Captain John Smith and boards the Susan Constant, bound for the New World, he can’t believe

    • Author: Carbone, Elisa
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: November 01, 2007
    • ISBN10: 0142409324
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Walt Disney?

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    Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pictures with tar on the side of his family’s white house. His family was poor, and the happiest time of hi… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was…?
    • Author: Stewart, Whitney
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: May 01 2009
    • ISBN10: 0448450526
    • Language: English
  • The Best Would You Rather? Book: Hundreds of Funny, Silly, and Brain-Bending Question-And-Answer Games for Kids

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    Bringing the popular “Would You Rather” game to the page, The Best Would You Rather Book is full of entertaining questions and fun illustrations to keep readers busy as they choose their fate from sil[more below]

    • Author: Panton, Gary
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: July 04 2023
    • ISBN10: 0593523741
    • Language: English
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