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Colbert, David
Michelle Obama : An American Story
In just a few generations, Michelle Obama's family has blazed a path from a slave cabin to the White House. She's now writing a new chapter in history as a fresh kind of first lady, old-fashioned in many ways, yet so genuine and natural that she constantly surprises and inspires.
151 p. 2009
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Delano, Marfe Ferguson
Helen's Eyes : a Photobiography of Annie Sullivan Helen Keller's Teacher
Anne Sullivan grew up poor, with little education, the child of struggling Irish immigrants. Almost blind, because of untreated disease, she was sent to the Perkins School for the Blind at age 14, where she thrived. After graduation, she was hired to teach six-year-old Helen Keller, who was both blind and deaf, and became "Helen's eyes."
63 p. 2008
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Demi.
Alexander the Great
Traces the life of the warrior king of Macedonia, who at a young age conquered and united the known world of his time.
59 p 2010
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Fern, Tracey E.
Barnum's Bones : How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World
Documents the work of Barnum Brown, an early twentieth-century paleontologist, who grew up to work for the American Museum of Natural History and discovered the first documented skeletons of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and other noteworthy species.
unpaged 2012
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Fleischman, Sid
The Trouble Begins at 8 : a Life of Mark Twain in the Wild Wild West
Here, in high style, is the story of a wisecracking adventurer who came of age in the untamed West. This unconventional person surprised himself by becoming the most famous American of his time.
224 p. 2008
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Freedman, Russell
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass : the Story Behind an American Friendship
A clear-sighted, carefully researched account of two surprisingly parallel lives and how they intersected at a critical moment in U.S. history.
119 p. 2012
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Freedman, Russell.
Lafayette and the American Revolution
Recount how the aristocratic Frenchman, who disdained court life and craved battlefield glory, came to the aid of the Continental Army and ended up one of George Washington's closest associates and friends. From Lafayette's mostly fatherless childhood and military career to his exile for his part in the French Revolution and his final, vindicated days.
88 p. 2010
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Gherman, Beverly
Sparky : the Life and Art of Charles Schulz
Here is a colorful look at the life and influence of Charles Schulz, creator of the beloved comic strip Peanuts.
125 p. 2010
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Hendrix, John
John Brown : his Fight for Freedom
In the late 1850s, when many men and women were speaking out against slavery, few had the same impact as John Brown, the infamous white abolitionist who backed his beliefs with unstoppable action.
39 p. 2009
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Holub, Joan
Who Was Jim Henson?
Jim Henson broke into television when he was only a freshman in college. He created puppets like none ever seen before, with expressive fabric faces and rod-controlled arms. His Muppets became world-renowned celebrities and formed the backbone of a media empire.
106 p. 2010
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Hoose, Phillip M.
Claudette Colvin : Twice Toward Justice
On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the injustices of segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be nine months later, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin found herself shunned by classmates and community leaders. A year later she dared to challenge segregation again as a key plaintiff in the landmark case that struck down the segregation laws of Montgomery and influenced the cause of racial equlity in the South.
133 p. 2009
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Kennon, Michou
Beyonce´
Biography of the singer Beyonce´.
32 p. 2011
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Lange, Karen E.
Nevermore : A Photobiography of Edgar Allan Poe
This is an atmospheric account of America’s most famous Romantic writer. It moves from Poe's birth in Boston, through his residences in several states, to his mysterious death in Baltimore. A gripping tale of an American master, whose stories of mystery paralleled his own strange and ultimately tragic life story.
64 p. 2009
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Linde, Barbara M.
LeBron James
Raised by a loving single mother in Akron, Ohio, LeBron James learned how to play basketball in a community gym. His early coaches saw flashes of talent and encouraged the future hall-of-famer to push himself to achieve. This entertaining biography examines LeBrons youth, rise to the title of Mr. Basketball of Ohio, and his current status as a basketball icon of basketball fans worldwide.
48 p. 2011
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Liu, Na
Little White Duck : a Childhood in China
A young girl describes her experiences growing up in China, beginning with the death of Chairman Mao in 1976.
108 p. 2012
Children's Graphic Novel
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McDonough, Yona Zeldis
Louisa : the Life of Louisa May Alcott
Louisa came from a family that was poor but freethinking, and she started teaching when she was only seventeen years old. But writing was her passion, and she left an indelible mark on American literature.
unpaged 2009
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Mitchell, Don
Driven : a Photobiography of Henry Ford
A biography of Henry Ford, the industrial visionary who changed the automobile from rich man's toy into affordable necessity.
64 p. 2010
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Pen~a, Matt de la
A Nation's Hope : the Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis
Biography of boxer Joe Louis.
unpaged 2011
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Ray, Deborah Kogan
The Creator of Millions of Cats: Wanda Ga´g, the Girl Who Lived to Draw
Following in her artistic father's footsteps, Wanda learned to draw early in life. But he died when she was 15, and she had to take care of her 7 younger siblings for a long time. Finally she had a chance to do an art show of her work, and out of that came "Millions of Cats" the first of her many books for children.
40 p. 2008
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Rockwell, Anne F.
Open the Door to Liberty! : a Biography of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Describes how an African slave, Toussaint L'Ouverture, lead his fellow slaves on the island of St. Domingue (now Haiti) to revolt against the white plantation owners, to gain their freedom and influence the course of world history.
64 p. 2009
Children's Nonfiction Book
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