Biographical
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Almost Home: A Story Based on the Life of the Mayflower’s Young Mary Chilton
$8.99 Add to cartDaughters of the Faith: Ordinary Girls Who Lived Extraordinary Lives.
Almost Home is the story of the pilgrims’ journey to America and of God’s providence and provision.
Several of the characters in the
- Series: Daughters of the Faith
- Author: Lawton, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0802436374
- Language: English
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The Little Girl
$15.99 Add to cartWhen the little girl arrives at her new home, the guard at the border takes away a little piece of her name. Then the teacher at her new school takes away the rest. This new home is beautiful, but it’… [more below]
- Author: Pham-Fraser, H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: July 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1039132545
- Language: English
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Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass
$18.99 Read moreSusan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass chat over tea about their efforts to win rights for women and African Americans.
Some people had rights, while others had none.Why shouldn’t they have them, too?… [more below]
- Author: Robbins, Dean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 05 2016
- ISBN10: 545399963
- Language: English
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Chasing the Sun
$17.95 Read moreBe inspired by the beauty and magnetism of van Gogh’s paintings.
A boy finds his way out of van Gogh’s Sunflowers and is fascinated by light. He discovers how warm she is and how much joy she brings.
- Series: Art for Kids #1
- Author: Hao, Liu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1605378429
- Language: English
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ASHA and Baz Meet Hedy Lamarr
$7.99 Read moreIn book 2 of the Asha and Baz series, readers once more dive into the past–this time to learn about famous actor and inventor Hedy Lamarr!
Computer class is off to a rocky start for Asha and Baz! They
- Series: ASHA and Baz
- Author: Fernandez, Caroline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 108
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1988761786
- Language: English
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The Honeybee Man
$17.99 Read more“Eccentric and unusual with an appealing, gentle charm,” raves Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review.
Every morning, Fred climbs three flights of stairs–up to his rooftop in Brooklyn, New York–and gre- Author: Nargi, Lela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0375849807
- Language: English
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Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women
$13.99 Add to cartNewbery Medal-winning biography tracing the fascinating life of Louisa May Alcott from her happy childhood in Pennsylvania and Boston to her success as a writer of such classics as Little Women.
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- Author: Meigs, Cornelia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0316565946
- Language: English
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Snowshoe Thompson: Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
$5.99 Read moreChristmas is coming, and Danny’s father is away digging for gold…
Danny wishes his dad would come home from Nevada for Christmas and writes him a letter to tell him so. When snow cuts off the mail un
- Series: I Can Read Level 3
- Author: Levinson, Nancy Smiler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: December 15 1995
- ISBN10: 0064442063
- Language: English
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Where Is the Buddha?
$18.95 Read moreA new story for children from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh: a young boy named Minh goes on a journey to find the Buddha, only to discover the Buddha is in each one of us
Minh loves going to the temple w- Author: Nhat Hanh, Thich
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1952692059
- Language: English
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The Jerrie Mock Story: The First Woman to Fly Solo around the World
$15.95 Add to cartA Junior Library Guild selection
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Official 2016 Summer Reading ListIn this biography for middle-grade readers, Nancy Roe Pimm tells the story of Ger
- Series: Biographies for Young Readers
- Author: Pimm, Nancy Roe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: March 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0821422162
- Language: English
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Indian Captive: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
$9.99 Add to cartIn this classic frontier adventure, Lois Lenski reconstructs the real-life story of Mary Jemison, who was captured in a raid as young girl and raised among the Seneca Indians.
Meticulously researched
- Author: Lenski, Lois
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 18 1995
- ISBN10: 0064461629
- Language: English
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Three Lines in a Circle: The Exciting Life of the Peace Symbol
$18.00 Add to cartOne line straight down. One line to the right. One line to the left, then a circle. That was all–just three lines in a circle.
This bold picture book tells the story of the peace symbol–designed in 1
- Author: Long, Michael G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 1947888323
- Language: English
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The Man Who Loved Libraries: The Story of Andrew Carnegie
$10.95 Add to cartA picture book biography of American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie
When he was a child in the 1840s, Andrew Carnegie and his family immigrated to America in search of a new beginning. His working-cla
- Author: Larsen, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1771476249
- Language: English
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The Kid Who Changed the World
$18.99 Add to cartThe bestselling book now featuring revised content and new illustrations!
The Kid Who Changed the World tells the story of Norman Borlaug, who would one day grow up and use his knowledge of agriculture
- Author: Andrews, Andy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 1400324335
- Language: English
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Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and C
$19.99 Add to cartThe slightly true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the plains.
Apples, ho When Papa decides to pull up roots and move f- Series: Anne Schwartz Books
- Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0689847696
- Language: English
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Ethel’s Song: Ethel Rosenberg’s Life in Poems
$17.99 Read moreConvicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union against the United States, Ethel Rosenberg shares the story of her beliefs, loves, secrets, betrayals, and injustices in this compellin… [more below]
- Author: Krasner, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1635926254
- Language: English
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It Came Even To Me
$19.95 Add to cartA pastor is torn between grace and truth, clinging to his convictions as he struggles to salvage his family.
Set in small-town Georgia in the present, this story paints a picture of the best and worst
- Author: Hill, Drew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: July 20 2024
- ISBN10: 9798890250254
- Language: English
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Dayswork
$17.99 Read moreIn the endless days of the pandemic, a woman spends her time sorting fact from fiction in the life and work of Herman Melville. As she delves into Melville’s impulsive purchase of a Massachusetts farm
- Author: Bachelder, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1324086491
- Language: English
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The Colony Club
$27.99 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble comes a thrilling historical novel about the inception of the Colony Club, the first women’s club of its kind, set against the dazzling backdrop of
- Author: Noble, Shelley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0063410605
- Language: English
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A Heart for Any Fate: Westward to Oregon, 1845
$13.95 Add to cartSeventeen-year-old Lovisa King leaves Missouri for the Oregon Territory in 1845. A Heart for Any Fate, based on the history of a company of real pioneers, tells the story of the King family, whose car
- Author: Crew, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1932010262
- Language: English
