Who Was?
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By: Pam Pollack
Who Was Steve Jobs?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartSteve 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
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By: Herman, Gail
Who Is Wayne Gretzky?
$6.99PaperbackRead moreAfter 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
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Who Was Galileo?
$5.99PaperbackAdd to cartLike 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
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By: Margaret Frith
Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartOne 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
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By: Michael Burgan
Who Was Theodore Roosevelt?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartHe 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
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By: Ellen Labrecque
Who Was Maya Angelou?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartBorn 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
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By: Buckley, James
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartAs 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
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By: Roberta Edwards
Who Was George Washington?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn 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
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Who Was Salvador DalÃ?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartLearn about the fascinating career of surrealist Salvador Dalà 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
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By: Holub, Joan
Who Was Babe Ruth?
$6.99PaperbackRead moreJust 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- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Holub, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 05 2012
- ISBN10: 0448455862
- Language: English
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By: Gigliotti, Jim
Who Was Stephen Hawking?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartLearn 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- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Gigliotti, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 0451532481
- Language: English
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By: Gigliotti, Jim
Who Was Napoleon?
$6.99PaperbackRead moreLearn 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- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Gigliotti, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0448488604
- Language: English
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By: Edgers, Geoff
Who Was Elvis Presley?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartPut 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
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By: Ellen Labrecque
Who Was Princess Diana?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartLearn 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- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Labrecque, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0448488558
- Language: English
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By: Jim Gigliotti
Who Was George Washington Carver?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartBorn 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
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By: Roberta Edwards
Who Is Jane Goodall?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartA 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- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Edwards, Roberta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 08 2012
- ISBN10: 0448461927
- Language: English
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By: Smith, Sherri L.
Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartIt’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- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Smith, Sherri L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 07 2018
- ISBN10: 0399541942
- Language: English
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By: James Buckley
Who Was Pelé?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe 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- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Buckley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 05 2018
- ISBN10: 0399542612
- Language: English
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By: Ellen Labrecque
Who Is Shaquille O’Neal?
$6.99PaperbackAdd to cartNBA 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- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Labrecque, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0399544070
- Language: English
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By: Ellen Labrecque
Who Was Frank Sinatra?
$6.99PaperbackRead moreLearn 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- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Labrecque, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0399544100
- Language: English
















