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  • Meet Roald Dahl

    Frances E. Ruffin

    Library Binding (Powerkids Pr, Aug. 31, 2006)
    A short biography of the British author who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "James and the Giant Peach," "Matilda," and many other books.
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  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

    Frances E. Ruffin

    Library Binding (Rosen Central, Aug. 15, 2011)
    Explains polycystic ovary syndrome, discusses the diagnosis and treatment of it, and examines ways sufferers can change their lifestyles to help control the symptoms.
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  • Annie Oakley

    Frances E Ruffin

    Hardcover (PowerKids Press, Jan. 1, 2003)
    Phoebe Anne Moses, called Annie Oakley, got her start with a rifle in Darke County, Ohio, at the age of 10. She helped provide food for her family by hunting and then began a business selling her extra game to shops in Cincinnati. It was there in 1880 that she entered a shooting contest against Frank Butler, a professional sharpshooter. Frank became her husband and later her manager, helping Annie to win stardom in a show called Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
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  • Sally Hemings

    Frances E. Ruffin

    Library Binding (Powerkids Pr, Aug. 1, 2002)
    Describes the life and legend of Sally Hemings, a slave belonging to Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.
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  • Jamestown

    Frances E. Ruffin

    Paperback (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, Dec. 15, 2005)
    Provides a brief history of the Jamestown colony, explains why it is an important site in American history, and describes what visitors might see there today.
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  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Frances E Ruffin

    Hardcover (PowerKids Press, Jan. 1, 2005)
    A biography of the twenty-sixth president of the United States is interspersed with step-by-step instructions for drawing objects and items related to the president's life, including a portrait of the man himself.
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  • Her Story, Her Words: The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

    Frances E Ruffin

    Hardcover (Rosen Publishing Group, Jan. 1, 2004)
    Pull up a chair as Sojourner Truth reminisces about the major events that shaped her life and her work for equal rights. Readers will get to know this great woman through her compelling stories of struggle and triumph.
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  • Clara Barton

    Frances Ruffin

    Hardcover (PowerKids Press, Jan. 1, 2002)
    Clara Barton excelled as a schoolteacher long before she helped to nurse wounded soldiers during the Civil War. While aiding the International Red Cross in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War, Clara decided that the United States should also have a Red Cross organization. In 1881, she founded the American Red Cross and fought tirelessly to help countless disaster victims and wartime casualties.
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  • Sojourner Truth

    Frances E. Ruffin

    Library Binding (Powerkids Pr, Aug. 1, 2002)
    Presents the life of Sojourner Truth, born a slave and later freed, who became a powerful voice in the fight for equal rights for African Americans and women.
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  • The Gateway Arch

    Frances E. Ruffin

    Library Binding (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, Dec. 15, 2005)
    Explains what the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri--one of the tallest structures in the world--represents, and describes how it was built.
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  • St. Augustine

    Frances E. Ruffin

    Paperback (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, Dec. 15, 2005)
    Explains what makes the city of Saint Augustine, Florida, so unique, including the history of the city and the efforts to save and rebuild the oldest part of the city, and why people visit there from around the country.
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  • I Am for Equal Rights: Sojourner Truth Fights for Equal Rights

    Frances E Ruffin

    Paperback (Rosen Publishing Group, Jan. 1, 2004)
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