Who Was?
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Who Was John F. Kennedy?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe man who saved the lives of his PT-109 crewmen during WWII and became the 35th president fought-and won-his first battle at the age of two-and-a-half, when he was stricken with scarlet fever. Altho… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 29 2004
- ISBN10: 0448437430
- Language: English
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By: Stine, Megan
Who Is Michelle Obama?
$5.99PaperbackAdd to cartBorn into a close knit family in Chicago, Michelle Robinson was a star student who graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law. Then in 1992, she married another promising young lawyer and the rest, as t… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Stine, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0448478633
- Language: English
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By: Sutherland, Tui
Who Was Harry Houdini?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartEvery kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs, jail cells, and locked trunks. But do they know that the ever-ambitious and adventurous Houdini was also a fa… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Sutherland, Tui
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 22, 2002
- ISBN10: 0448426862
- Language: English
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By: Gail Herman
Who Is Derek Jeter?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartWhen Derek Jeter was eight years old, he announced that he was going to play baseball for the New York Yankees. Jeter earned the attention of major league scouts in high school and was drafted to the … [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Herman, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 18 2015
- ISBN10: 0448486970
- Language: English
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By: Ellison, Katie
Who Was Bob Marley?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartGet Up, Stand Up for the king of reggae music
Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and so- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Ellison, Katie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 6, 2017
- ISBN10: 0448489198
- Language: English
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Who Was Sojourner Truth?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartAlmost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court–and won Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was kno… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 29 2015
- ISBN10: 0448486784
- Language: English
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By: Megan Stine
Who Was Marie Curie?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartBorn in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There sh… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Stine, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 07 2014
- ISBN10: 044847896X
- Language: English
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By: Celeste Mannis
Who Was William Shakespeare?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the world’s most famous playwright remains largely a mystery. Young Will left the town of Stratford to pursue theater in
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Mannis, Celeste
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 28, 2006
- ISBN10: 0448439042
- Language: English
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Who Was Alexander the Great?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartAlexander the Great conquers the New York Times best-selling Who Was…? series
When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon, he already had grand ambitions. He complained that his father, the great k- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Waterfield, Kathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0448484234
- Language: English
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By: Pam Pollack
Who Was Steve Jobs?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartSteve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six short years. In this Who Was…? biography, children will learn how his obsession with computers and te… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Pollack, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 29 2012
- ISBN10: 0448462117
- Language: English
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By: Herman, Gail
Who Is Wayne Gretzky?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartAfter breaking or tying more than sixty records in hockey, it’s no wonder that Wayne Gretzky is known as “The Great One.” Born in Brantford, Ontario, on January 26, 1961, in a nation obsessed with the… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Herman, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 05 2015
- ISBN10: 0448483211
- Language: English
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Who Was Galileo?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartLike Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name–a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo cont… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Demuth, Patricia Brennan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 5, 2015
- ISBN10: 0448479850
- Language: English
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By: Margaret Frith
Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartOne day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edi… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Frith, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 29 2005
- ISBN10: 0448437651
- Language: English
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By: Michael Burgan
Who Was Theodore Roosevelt?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartHe was only 42 years old when he was sworn in as President of the United States in 1901, making TR the youngest president ever. But did you know that he was also the first sitting president to win the… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Burgan, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0448479451
- Language: English
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By: Ellen Labrecque
Who Was Maya Angelou?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartBorn in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, “Still I Rise,… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Labrecque, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 12 2016
- ISBN10: 0448488531
- Language: English
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By: Buckley, James
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartAs young boys, Orville and Wilbur Wright loved all things mechanical. As young men, they gained invaluable skills essential for their success by working with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and an… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Buckley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 1, 2014
- ISBN10: 0448479516
- Language: English
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By: Roberta Edwards
Who Was George Washington?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two majo
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Edwards, Roberta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 08, 2009
- ISBN10: 0448448920
- Language: English
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Who Was Salvador DalÃ?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartLearn about the fascinating career of surrealist Salvador Dalà from his early life in Spain through his public life as an internationally famous artist in this exciting addition to the #1 New York Ti… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Manzanero, Paula K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 0448489562
- Language: English
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By: Holub, Joan
Who Was Babe Ruth?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartJust in time for baseball season
Babe Ruth came from a poor Baltimore family and, as a kid, he was a handful. It was at a reform school that Babe discovered his talent for baseball, and by the age o- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Holub, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 05 2012
- ISBN10: 0448455862
- Language: English
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By: Gigliotti, Jim
Who Was Stephen Hawking?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartLearn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: “Where did the universe come from?”
Stephen Hawking was born exactly t- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Gigliotti, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 0451532481
- Language: English




















