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  • Coretta Scott King: First Lady of Civil Rights

    George E. Stanley, Meryl Henderson

    Paperback (Aladdin, Dec. 16, 2008)
    Coretta Scott King is well known for being the wifeÊof Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and for her own civil rights and world peace activism. She also received many awards and honorary degrees. But before she did all of those impressive things, Coretta was a strong little girl who could outclimb anyone in her neighborhood, was very close to her dad, and had a beautiful singing voice! Read all about how Coretta Scott King learned that if you work hard enough, your dreams can come true.
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  • Osceola, young Seminole Indian

    Electa Clark

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, Jan. 16, 1965)
    The biography of the leader of the Seminoles, a tribe of Florida Indians, who resisted the United States Army in order to retain the Big Cypress Swamp territory in the Everglades. A Victim of malaria, Osceola was honored for bravery by the American people.

  • Aleck Bell, ingenious boy

    Mabel Cleland Widdemer

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, Jan. 1, 1947)
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  • Kit Carson, boy trapper

    Augusta Stevenson

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, Jan. 1, 1945)
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  • Booker T. Washington, ambitious boy

    Augusta Stevenson

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, Jan. 1, 1960)
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  • Oliver Hazard Perry, boy of the sea

    Laura Long

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, March 15, 1949)
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  • Althea Gibson: Young Tennis Player

    Beatrice Gormley, Meryl Henderson

    Paperback (Aladdin, Jan. 6, 2005)
    Focusing on her spirited and mischievous childhood, a title in a popular biography series highlights the traits that later made Althea Gibson a true tennis champion--the first African-American to compete in what is now known as the U.S. Open, and to win the singles championship in what is now the French Open. Original.
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  • Abraham Lincoln/George Washington: Young Presidents -- The Great Emancipator/Our First Leader

    Augusta Stevenson

    Paperback (Aladdin, Jan. 1, 2003)
    Two previously released editions in the Childhood of Famous Americans series are bound together for one low price, bringing together the stories of two of America's greatest Presidents. Original.
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  • Langston Hughes: Young Black Poet

    Montrew Dunham

    Paperback (Aladdin, Aug. 1, 1995)
    Focuses on the early years of the well-known poet, Langston Hughes, whose writings reflect the everyday experiences of African Americans.
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  • Betsy Ross: Girl of Old Philadelphia

    Ann Weil, Al Fiorentino

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, March 15, 1961)
    "Recreates the childhood of the woman traditionally remembered as the maker of the first American flag, which was secretly presented to General George Washington in Philadelphia in 1776."

  • Abner Doubleday: Young Baseball Pioneer

    Montrew Dunham, Gray Morrow

    Paperback (Aladdin, March 1, 1995)
    Recounts Abner Doubleday's experiences growing up in Cooperstown, New York, and describes how he came to formulate some rules for playing baseball
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  • Dolly Madison,: Quaker girl,

    Helen Albee Monsell

    Hardcover (The Bobbs-Merrill Company, March 15, 1944)
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