Who Was?

  • Who Was Steve Jobs?

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    Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six short years. In this Who Was…? biography, children will learn how his obsession with computers and te… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Pollack, Pam
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: March 29 2012
    • ISBN10: 0448462117
    • Language: English
  • Who Is Wayne Gretzky?

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    After breaking or tying more than sixty records in hockey, it’s no wonder that Wayne Gretzky is known as “The Great One.” Born in Brantford, Ontario, on January 26, 1961, in a nation obsessed with the… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Herman, Gail
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: February 05 2015
    • ISBN10: 0448483211
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Galileo?

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    Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name–a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo cont… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Demuth, Patricia Brennan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: February 5, 2015
    • ISBN10: 0448479850
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

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    One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edi… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was…?
    • Author: Frith, Margaret
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: December 29 2005
    • ISBN10: 0448437651
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Theodore Roosevelt?

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    He was only 42 years old when he was sworn in as President of the United States in 1901, making TR the youngest president ever. But did you know that he was also the first sitting president to win the… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Burgan, Michael
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: May 01 2014
    • ISBN10: 0448479451
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Maya Angelou?

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    Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, “Still I Rise,… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Labrecque, Ellen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: January 12 2016
    • ISBN10: 0448488531
    • Language: English
  • Who Were the Wright Brothers?

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    As young boys, Orville and Wilbur Wright loved all things mechanical. As young men, they gained invaluable skills essential for their success by working with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and an… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Buckley, James
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: May 1, 2014
    • ISBN10: 0448479516
    • Language: English
  • Who Was George Washington?

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    In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two majo

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Edwards, Roberta
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: January 08, 2009
    • ISBN10: 0448448920
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Salvador Dalí?

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    Learn about the fascinating career of surrealist Salvador Dalí from his early life in Spain through his public life as an internationally famous artist in this exciting addition to the #1 New York Ti[more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Manzanero, Paula K.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: September 26, 2023
    • ISBN10: 0448489562
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Babe Ruth?

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    Just in time for baseball season

    Babe Ruth came from a poor Baltimore family and, as a kid, he was a handful. It was at a reform school that Babe discovered his talent for baseball, and by the age o

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Holub, Joan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: January 05 2012
    • ISBN10: 0448455862
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Stephen Hawking?

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    Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: “Where did the universe come from?”

    Stephen Hawking was born exactly t

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Gigliotti, Jim
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: June 04 2019
    • ISBN10: 0451532481
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Napoleon?

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    Learn more about Napoleon Bonaparte, the decorated French military leader who conquered much of Europe in the early nineteenth century.

    Born in the Mediterranean island of Corsica, Napoleon Bonaparte

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Gigliotti, Jim
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: December 04 2018
    • ISBN10: 0448488604
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Elvis Presley?

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    Put on your blue suede shoes and get ready for another addition to the Who Was…? series The King could not have come from humbler origins: Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, during the Depression, he gre… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was…?
    • Author: Edgers, Geoff
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: August 16 2007
    • ISBN10: 0448446421
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Princess Diana?

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    Learn how Lady Diana Spencer became the People’s Princess as she takes her place in the ranks of the Who Was? series.

    A shy twenty-year-old girl stepped out of a horse-drawn coach and into the world s

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Labrecque, Ellen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: April 04 2017
    • ISBN10: 0448488558
    • Language: English
  • Who Was George Washington Carver?

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    Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Gigliotti, Jim
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: December 29 2015
    • ISBN10: 0448483122
    • Language: English
  • Who Is Jane Goodall?

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    A life in the wild

    Jane Goodall, born in London, England, always loved animals and wanted to study them in their natural habitats. So at age twenty-six, off she went to Africa Goodall’s up-close obs

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Edwards, Roberta
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: November 08 2012
    • ISBN10: 0448461927
    • Language: English
  • Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen?

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    It’s up, up, and away with the Tuskegee Airmen, a heroic group of African American military pilots who helped the United States win World War II.

    During World War II, black Americans were fighting for

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Smith, Sherri L.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: August 07 2018
    • ISBN10: 0399541942
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Pelé?

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    The story of a poor boy from Brazil who became the greatest soccer player of all time and one of the most important athletes of the twentieth century!

    His parents may have named him Edson Arantes do N

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Buckley, James
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: June 05 2018
    • ISBN10: 0399542612
    • Language: English
  • Who Is Shaquille O’Neal?

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    NBA champion, sports analyst, and successful businessman Shaquille O’Neal is a lively and entertaining addition to the #1 New York Times Bestselling Series!

    Shaquille O’Neal discovered his love of bas

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Labrecque, Ellen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: October 04 2022
    • ISBN10: 0399544070
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Frank Sinatra?

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    Learn about the showstopping life of one of the most famous entertainers of all time in this book about Frank Sinatra from the #1 New York Times Bestselling Series!

    Before Frank Sinatra became the int

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Labrecque, Ellen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: July 11 2023
    • ISBN10: 0399544100
    • Language: English
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