Who Was?

  • Who Was Jesse Owens?

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    At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning four gold medals. But the life of Jesse Owens is much more than a sports s… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Buckley, James
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: August 11 2015
    • ISBN10: 0448483076
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Charles Schulz?

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    Learn more about the cartoonist who created Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the lovable Peanuts gang in this new addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series!

    Charles (otherwise known a

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Holub, Joan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: March 01 2022
    • ISBN10: 0451532546
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?

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    Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them. Now young readers will see just how simi… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was…?
    • Author: Demuth, Patricia Brennan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: December 26 2013
    • ISBN10: 0448467062
    • Language: English
  • Who Was John McCain?

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    How did the son of a naval officer go on to become a United States Navy captain, an Arizona senator, and a candidate for president? Find out in this addition to the #1 New York Times best-selling Who [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Burgan, Michael
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: February 07 2023
    • ISBN10: 0593383680
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Roberto Clemente?

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    Growing up the youngest of seven children in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente had a talent for baseball. His incredible skill soon got him drafted into the big leagues where he spent 18 seasons playing r… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was…?
    • Author: Buckley, James
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: September 25 2014
    • ISBN10: 0448479613
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Nelson Mandela?

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    As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent twenty-seven years in pri… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was…?
    • Author: Pollack, Pam
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: January 09 2014
    • ISBN10: 0448479338
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Joan of Arc?

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    Joan of Arc was born in a small French village during the worst period of the Hundred Years’ War. For generations, France had been besieged by the British. At age 11, Joan began to see religious visio… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Pollack, Pam
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: March 01 2016
    • ISBN10: 0448483041
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

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    Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors. Although he died at… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was…?
    • Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: April 28 2003
    • ISBN10: 0448431041
    • Language: English
  • Who Were the Beatles?

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    Almost everyone can sing along with the Beatles, but how many young readers know their whole story? Geoff Edgers, a Boston Globe reporter and hard-core Beatles fan, brings the Fab Four to life in this… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was…?
    • Author: Edgers, Geoff
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: January 05 2006
    • ISBN10: 0448439069
    • Language: English
  • Who Is Sonia Sotomayor?

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    The truly inspiring story of the first Latina Supreme Court Justice.

    Outspoken, energetic, and fun, Sonia Sotomayor has managed to turn every struggle in life into a triumph. Born in the Bronx to immi

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Stine, Megan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: February 07 2017
    • ISBN10: 0399541926
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Ida B. Wells?

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    The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous Black female journalist in nineteenth-century America.

    Born into slavery in 1862, Ida

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Fabiny, Sarah
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: June 02 2020
    • ISBN10: 0593093356
    • Language: English
  • Who Was John F. Kennedy?

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    The man who saved the lives of his PT-109 crewmen during WWII and became the 35th president fought-and won-his first battle at the age of two-and-a-half, when he was stricken with scarlet fever. Altho… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: December 29 2004
    • ISBN10: 0448437430
    • Language: English
  • Who Is Michelle Obama?

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    Born into a close knit family in Chicago, Michelle Robinson was a star student who graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law. Then in 1992, she married another promising young lawyer and the rest, as t… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Stine, Megan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: August 15 2013
    • ISBN10: 0448478633
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Harry Houdini?

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    Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs, jail cells, and locked trunks. But do they know that the ever-ambitious and adventurous Houdini was also a fa… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was…?
    • Author: Sutherland, Tui
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: July 22, 2002
    • ISBN10: 0448426862
    • Language: English
  • Who Is Derek Jeter?

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    When Derek Jeter was eight years old, he announced that he was going to play baseball for the New York Yankees. Jeter earned the attention of major league scouts in high school and was drafted to the … [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Herman, Gail
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: August 18 2015
    • ISBN10: 0448486970
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Bob Marley?

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    Get Up, Stand Up for the king of reggae music

    Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and so

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Ellison, Katie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: June 6, 2017
    • ISBN10: 0448489198
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Sojourner Truth?

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    Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court–and won Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was kno… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: December 29 2015
    • ISBN10: 0448486784
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Marie Curie?

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    Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There sh… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Stine, Megan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: August 07 2014
    • ISBN10: 044847896X
    • Language: English
  • Who Was William Shakespeare?

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    The beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the world’s most famous playwright remains largely a mystery. Young Will left the town of Stratford to pursue theater in

    • Series: Who Was…?
    • Author: Mannis, Celeste
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: December 28, 2006
    • ISBN10: 0448439042
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Alexander the Great?

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    Alexander the Great conquers the New York Times best-selling Who Was…? series

    When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon, he already had grand ambitions. He complained that his father, the great k

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Waterfield, Kathryn
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: June 07 2016
    • ISBN10: 0448484234
    • Language: English
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