Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
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Who Is Steven Spielberg?
$6.99 Add to cartWhile other kids played sports, Steven Spielberg was writing scripts and figuring out camera angles. He went from entertaining his Boy Scout troop with home movies to amazing audiences around the worl… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Spinner, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 26 2013
- ISBN10: 0448479354
- Language: English
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Child of the Dream (a Memoir of 1963)
$16.99 Read moreAn incredible memoir from Sharon Robinson about one of the most important years of the civil rights movement.
In January 1963, Sharon Robinson turns thirteen the night before George Wallace declares o… [more below]
- Author: Robinson, Sharon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1338282808
- Language: English
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Books N Bros: 44 Inspiring Books for Black Boys
$17.99 Add to cartTeen entrepreneur Sidney Keys III of Books N Bros spreads his love of literacy with this compilation reviewing his 44 inspiring books for black teen boys–from classic fiction to fantasy, graphic nove… [more below]
- Series: Our Tomorrow
- Author: Keys, Sidney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1684620481
- Language: English
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The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion
$19.99 Add to cartThe unlikely true story of why we know the name William Shakespeare today, and the four-hundred-year-old book that made it possible.
Four hundred years ago, no one bothered to write down the exact wor- Author: Bausum, Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1682634957
- Language: English
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Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
$9.99 Add to cartAny person who leaves
the country to go to another
and later returns
will be put to death.This was the law in Japan in the early 1800s. When fourteen-year-old Manjiro, working on a fishing boat to help s
- Author: Blumberg, Rhoda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: January 07 2003
- ISBN10: 068817485X
- Language: English
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Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers
$17.99 Add to cartA Jane Addam’s Children’s Book Award Honor Book for Younger Children.
Dolores is a teacher, a mother, and a friend She wants to know why her students are too hungry to listen, why they don’t have shoes
- Author: Warren, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0761461078
- Language: English
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Tango Mike Mike: The Story of Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez
$19.99 Add to cartThis is the perfect children’s book and a short read (32 pages long) filled with family photos.
Kids will gain a basic understanding of Tango Mike Mike … the soldier, the father, the Legend.
- Author: Benavidez Garcia, Yvette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 08 2017
- ISBN10: 0998911712
- Language: English
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28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World
$20.99 Read moreEach day features a different influential figure in African-American history, from Crispus Attucks, the first man shot in the Boston Massacre, sparking the Revolutionary War, to Madame C. J. Walker, w
- Author: Smith, Charles R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: January 13 2015
- ISBN10: 1596438207
- Language: English
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The Story of Harriet Tubman: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover the life of Harriet Tubman–a story about about courage, bravery, and freedom for kids ages 6 to 9
Harriet Tubman became a celebrated leader in the fight to free people from slavery. Before t- Series: The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers
- Author: Platt, Christine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 68
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1646111095
- Language: English
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The Story of Stan Lee: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover the life of Stan Lee–a story about creating your own adventures for kids ages 6 to 9
Stan Lee was a famous comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher for Marvel Comics. Before he helpe- Series: Story of
- Author: Berrios, Frank J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 68
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1648760929
- Language: English
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The Story of Lin-Manuel Miranda: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover the life of Lin-Manuel Miranda–a story about creating change through art, for kids ages 6 to 9
Lin-Manuel Miranda is an award-winning composer, actor, and playwright–best known for the hit- Series: The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers
- Author: Berrios, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1638074984
- Language: English
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Who Was Georgia O’Keeffe?
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover how a little girl raised on a dairy farm grew up to become the first woman ever to have an exhibition of their entire life’s work at the Museum of Modern Art in this addition to the #1 New Yo… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Fabiny, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 448483068
- Language: English
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Rediscovering the Titanic (a True Book: The Titanic)
$7.99 Read moreRediscover the story of the largest and most luxurious ship ever built!
In 1985, Oceanographer Bob Ballard went searching for the most famous shipwreck of all time. Explorers, including Ballard, had be
- Series: A True Book (Relaunch)
- Author: Burgan, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1338840576
- Language: English
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Who Was Charles Darwin?
$6.99 Add to cartAs a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting “useless” experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 19 2005
- ISBN10: 0448437643
- Language: English
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She Persisted: Florence Nightingale
$16.99 Read moreInspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds–including Florence Nigh… [more below]
- Series: She Persisted
- Author: Johannes, Shelli R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0593529006
- Language: English
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Kids Who Are Changing the World: Ready-To-Read Level 3
$5.99 Add to cartMeet the inventive kids who are coming up with ways to save the world in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people “you should meet “
Have you ev- Series: You Should Meet
- Author: Higginson, Sheila Sweeny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1534432140
- Language: English
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Brown Girl Dreaming
$19.99 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller and National Book Award Winner
Raised in Sout
Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Red at the Bone, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.- Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0399252517
- Language: English
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Who Was Ulysses S. Grant?
$6.99 Add to cartUlysses S. Grant certainly does not have the typical war hero “back story.” Although a graduate of West Point, he never wanted to be a soldier and was terrified when he first saw battle. However, duri… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Stine, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 26 2014
- ISBN10: 448478943
- Language: English
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A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent
$19.99 Add to cartTold for the first time in picture book form is the true story of James Lafayette–an enslaved person who spied for George Washington’s army during the American Revolution.
After his resounding defe
- Author: Rockwell, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1467749338
- Language: English
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Kid Scientists: True Tales of Childhood from Science Superstars
$13.99 Add to cartFunny and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell tales from the challenging yet defining growing-up years of Albert Einstein, Jane Goodall, Marie Curie, and 12 other bril… [more below]
- Series: Kid Legends #5
- Author: Stabler, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1683690745
- Language: English
