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Rosa Parks
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Heather Lehr Wagner,Gloria Blakely,Mary Hull |
A biography of the black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, led to a bus boycott that helped galvanize the civil rights movement. |
OL12609W |
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Audubon
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Jos. A. Smith,Jennifer L. Armstrong |
Briefly tells the story of this nineteenth-century painter and naturalist who is most famous for his detailed paintings of birds. |
OL16052750W |
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Prince William
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Denis Dougherty,Terri Dougherty |
Profiles the eldest son of Great Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana, from birth to his acceptance at the University of St. Andrews. |
OL1814242W |
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Melva Lawson Ware,Deborah A. Parks |
Examines the life and accomplishments of the First Lady who devoted herself to helping others and working for peace. |
OL18253734W |
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Young Amelia Earhart
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Sarah Alcott,James Anton,Susan Alcott |
A simple biography of the pilot who became the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. |
OL3748991W |
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Marie Curie, brave scientist
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Keith Brandt,Karen Milone,Brandt, Keith |
A brief biography focusing on the youth of the scientist who twice received the Nobel Prize for her work with radium. |
OL4090564W |
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Two tickets to freedom
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Florence B. Freedman,Florence B. Freeman |
Traces the search for freedom by a black man and wife who traveled to Boston and eventually to England after their escape from slavery in Georgia. |
OL4788654W |
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Hernando de Soto
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Jim Whiting,Kimberly Garcia,Jim Whiting |
A biography of the wealthy Spaniard who came to the New World to seek glory and who, in 1541, became the first European to reach the Mississippi River. |
OL5717502W |
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Marquis De Lafayette
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Kathleen Collins,Rosen Publishing Group |
Discusses the life and work of French soldier and political thinker, Marquis de Lafayette, and his role in the American Revolution. |
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Wild Bill Hickok
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Larissa Phillips,Tracie Egan |
Profiles the life and exploits of William Hickok, the legendary Western sharpshooter known as Wild Bill. |
OL5754235W |
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George Washington
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Tracie Egan,Rosen Publishing Group |
A biography of the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and first president of the United States, George Washington. |
OL5968473W |