Biography & Autobiography - Historical
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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
$16.99 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Meet the little leaders. They’re brave. They’re bold. They changed the world. Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in history, this book educates and inspires as it rela- Series: Vashti Harrison #1
- Author: Harrison, Vashti
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 05, 2017
- ISBN10: 0316475114
- Language: English
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Agent Most Wanted: The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II
$19.99 Read moreA young readers adaptation of Sonia Purnell’s New York Times bestselling book A Woman of No Importance, the story of Virginia Hall; the unassuming American spy who helped the allies win World War II.… [more below]
- Author: Purnell, Sonia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 0593350545
- Language: English
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The Gardener of Alcatraz: A True Story
$17.99 Add to cartA prisoner gardens his way to freedom in this inspiring picture-book biography.
When Elliott Michener was locked away in Alcatraz for counterfeiting, he was determined to defy the odds and bust out. B- Author: Bland Smith, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1623541603
- Language: English
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Stone Girl Bone Girl: The Story of Mary Anning of Lyme Regis
$8.99 Read moreDiscover the story of Mary Anning, the world’s best-known fossil hunter.
As a baby, Mary was struck by lightning, then as a little girl she found a fossilised sea monster, the most important prehisto- Author: Anholt, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 28 2006
- ISBN10: 1845077008
- Language: English
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Doña Gracia Saved Worlds
$19.99 Read moreIn 16th-century Portugal, even Do?a Gracia’s Jewish name was a secret. But she and her merchant husband helped other secret Jews, by persuading the king to protect them during the Inquisition. When he
- Author: Goldberg, Bonni
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1728466997
- Language: English
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I Am Rosa Parks
$16.99 Add to cartCivil Rights leader Rosa Parks is the 3rd hero in in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. (Cover may vary)
Each picture book in this series is a biography of a- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 17, 2014
- ISBN10: 0803740859
- Language: English
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Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II
$18.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE MILDRED L. BATCHELDER AWARD!
In this award-winning memoir translated from Italian to English, a Jewish girl grows up during a difficult time of racial discrimination and war, and discove
- Author: Levi, Lia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 22, 2022
- ISBN10: 0063065088
- Language: English
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Who Was King Tut?
$6.99 Add to cartEver since Howard Carter uncovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, the young pharaoh has become a symbol of the wealth and mystery of ancient Egypt. Now, a two-and-a-half-year-long museum exhibit of
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Edwards, Roberta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 02, 2006
- ISBN10: 0448443600
- Language: English
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I Am Benjamin Franklin
$16.99 Read moreThe 21st book in the New York Times bestselling series of biographies about heroes tells the story of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the U.S. who helped draft the Declaration of Ind… [more below]
- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 0525555919
- Language: English
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Who Was Helen Keller?
$6.99 Add to cartAt 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 Sulli
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Thompson, Gare
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 25, 2003
- ISBN10: 0448431440
- Language: English
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Who Was Ben Franklin?
$6.99 Add to cartBen Franklin was the scientist who, with the help of a kite, discovered that lightning is electricity. He was also a statesman, an inventor, a printer, and an author-a man of such amazingly varied tal
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Fraden, Dennis Brindell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 18, 2002
- ISBN10: 0448424959
- Language: English
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The Who Was? History of the World
$9.99 Add to cartBased on The New York Times Best-Selling series, this timeline of world history gives a fresh take on global events, from King Tut to Malala Yousafzai.
For the first time ever, the Who Was? subjects a- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Manzanero, Paula K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 08, 2019
- ISBN10: 1524788007
- Language: English
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Susie King Taylor: Nurse, Teacher & Freedom Fighter
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of Never Caught and She Came to Slay comes a vibrant middle grade biography of Susie King Taylor, one of the first Black Civil War nurses, in a ne… [more below]
- Series: Rise. Risk. Remember. Incredible Stories of Courageous Black Women
- Author: Dunbar, Erica Armstrong
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1665919949
- Language: English
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The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible….on Schindler’s List
$9.99 Add to cart“Much like The Boy In the Striped Pajamas or The Book Thief,” this remarkable memoir from Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the Holocaust on Oskar Schindler’s list, “brings to reade… [more below]
- Author: Leyson, Leon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 18 2015
- ISBN10: 1442497823
- Language: English
