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By: Michael Burgan

ISBN: 9780448483153
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jan 2017
Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap
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Known for his eccentric lifestyle and trillion-watt smile, Branson's hot air balloon flights, innovative leadership, and world record attempts have made him an instantly-recognizable global icon. Born into a wealthy family in London, Branson suffered from dyslexia. His knack for business started early with a parakeet-breeding enterprise at age 11.


(Hardback)

By: Kirsten Anderson

ISBN: 9780593754238
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: May 2024
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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(Paperback)

By: Pam Pollack

ISBN: 9780399544279
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Sep 2017
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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Readers will learn the story of the "ten-dollar Founding Father" who inspiredthe smash Broadway musical "Hamilton." Illustrations.


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By: Pam Pollack

ISBN: 9780448482378
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Dec 2014
Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap
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Known as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time, Alfred Hitchcock's unique vision in movies like Psycho and The Birds sent shivers down our spines. His innovative camera techniques have been studied for decades and his gift for storytelling cemented his place in history. This book tells his story.


(Paperback)

By: Joan Holub

ISBN: 9780448455860
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jan 2012
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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Just in time for baseball season! Kids will learn all about the Home Run King in this rags-to- riches sports biography. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, a true sports legend is brought to life.


(Paperback)

By: Sarah Fabiny

ISBN: 9780448483054
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jan 2017
UK Publication Date: 29th July 2015
Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap
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Born into wealth in 1860's London, Beatrix Potter always had a vivid imagination. Her early interests included natural history and archaeology, and Potter delighted in sketching fossils and fungi. Potter wrote and illustrated her well-known book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Peter Rabbit and his animal friends have become cultural touchstones.


(Paperback)

By: James Buckley

ISBN: 9780448483085
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jan 2017
Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap
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Much of his early life remains a mystery, he began his career as a sailor during Queen Anne's War. He settled in the Bahamas under Captain Benjamin Hornigold who taught the young sailor to go "a-pirating." Soon enough, Blackbeard was commanding his own fleet and stealing ships around the Caribbean and up and down the Eastern seaboard.


(Board book)

By: Lisbeth Kaiser

ISBN: 9780593384282
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: May 2022
UK Publication Date: 22nd April 2022
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers
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(Hardback)

By: Pam Pollack

ISBN: 9781524792138
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Nov 2020
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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(Paperback)

By: Pam Pollack

ISBN: 9780448488691
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Nov 2020
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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(Paperback)

By: Dana Meachen Rau

ISBN: 9781101995600
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Apr 2017
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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Presents an account of the life of the Mexican American labor activist who helped organize the migrant farm workers and establish a union to fight for their rights.


(Hardback)

By: Ellen Labrecque

ISBN: 9780399544033
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jun 2019
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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(Paperback)

By: Ellen Labrecque

ISBN: 9780399544019
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jun 2019
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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"Viva la revoluci--n!" Readers will learn how Che Guevara, a doctor turned communist leader who became a key player in the Cuban revolution, ended up paying the ultimate price for his cause. Original.


(Hardback)

By: Michael Burgan

ISBN: 9781524788742
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Mar 2021
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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(Paperback)

By: Michael Burgan

ISBN: 9781524788735
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Mar 2021
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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Learn more about Chinas most famous teacher and philosopher, whose ideas are still influential today.


(Paperback)

By: Geoff Edgers

ISBN: 9780448446424
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Aug 2007
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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A biography of Elvis Presley, the man known around the world as the King of Rock'n'Roll.


(Hardback)

By: Jim Gigliotti

ISBN: 9780399544156
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Mar 2022
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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"Find out how a journalist and sportsman became one of the most famous American novelists of the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher.


(Paperback)

By: Sarah Fabiny

ISBN: 9780451533333
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Sep 2017
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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After overthrowing Fuigencia Batista in 1959, Fidel Castro became the leader of an island country only ninety miles away from Florida. While in power, Castro outlasted ten US presidents and turned the small nation into a one-party state with influence over the entire world.


(Paperback)

By: April Jones Prince

ISBN: 9780448479118
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Dec 2014
Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap
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After escaping to the North in 1838, as a free man he gave powerful speeches about his experience as a slave. He was so impressive that he became a friend of President Abraham Lincoln, as well as one of the most famous abolitionists of the nineteenth century.


(Paperback)

By: Roberta Edwards

ISBN: 9780448448923
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jan 2009
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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With more than 100 black-and-white illustrations, the fascinating story of George Washington comes to life, revealing the real man, not just the face on the $1 bill.


(Paperback)

By: Jim Gigliotti

ISBN: 9780448483122
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jan 2017
Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap
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Nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He became the first black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first black professor. He went on to specialise in botany and developed techniques to grow crops better.


(Hardback)

By: Yona Zeldis McDonough

ISBN: 9780593097236
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Sep 2019
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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A biography of the nineteenth-century woman who escaped slavery and helped many other slaves get to freedom on the Underground Railroad.


(Paperback)

By: Yona Zeldis McDonough

ISBN: 9780593097229
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Sep 2019
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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A biography of the nineteenth-century woman who escaped slavery and helped many other slaves get to freedom on the Underground Railroad.


(Paperback)

By: Gare Thompson

ISBN: 9780448431444
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Aug 2003
Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap
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At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and she spent the rest of her life struggling to break through it. But with the help of teacher Annie Sullivan, Helen learned to read, write, and do many amazing things. This inspiring illustrated biography is perfect for young middle grade readers.

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