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Benjamin Franklin

L. L. Owens

Library Binding (Essential Library, Sept. 1, 2007)

Profiles the American statesman who was also a diplomat, publisher, scientist, and inventor.

Helen Keller: Educator, Activist & Author

Valerie Bodden

Library Binding (Essential Library, Aug. 15, 2016)

Describes the life and accomplishments of the deaf and blind woman who overcame her disabilities to become an educator, activist, and author.

Saint Pope John Paul II: Religious Leader and Humanitarian

Judy Dodge Cummings

Library Binding (Essential Library, Aug. 1, 2015)

This biography examines the remarkable life of Saint Pope John Paul II using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking historical and contemporary images and photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Saint Pope John Paul II's family background, childhood, education, inspirational work as a Roman catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope, and his canonization. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Charles Lindbergh: Groundbreaking Aviator

Rebecca Rowell

Library Binding (Essential Library, Sept. 1, 2010)

Traces the life of the famed air pilot, from his childhood and early interest in aviation to his landmark flight across the Atlantic Ocean and the fame he received for the feat.

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Harper Lee: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Alexis Burling

Library Binding (Essential Library, Sept. 1, 2015)

This biography examines the life of Harper Lee using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking historical and contemporary images and photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Lee's family background, childhood, education, and time as a Pulitzer Prize-Winning author. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Malcolm X: Rights Activist and Nation of Islam Leader

Tom Robinson

Library Binding (Essential Library, Aug. 1, 2013)

Presents the life of the African-American activist, describing his difficult childhood, criminal activities and imprisonment, conversion to the Nation of Islam, and assassination in 1965.

George Washington Carver: Agricultural Innovator

Helga Schier

Library Binding (Essential Library, Jan. 1, 2008)

The life and career of the famous African American scientist.

Frederick Douglass: Fugitive Slave and Abolitionist

Sue Vander Hook

Library Binding (Essential Library, Aug. 1, 2010)

Presents the life and accomplishments of the abolitionist, from his birth and childhood in slavery to his escape to freedom, his success as a lecturer, and his appointment as the minister to Haiti.