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  • Bill Clinton: Forty-Second President of the United States

    Carol Greene

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, April 1, 1995)
    Traces the life of President Clinton, looks at his childhood and education, and describes the work he does as president
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  • Alexander Hamilton: American Hero

    K. C. Kelley

    Paperback (Children's Press, Feb. 1, 2017)
    Learn about one of America's most influential Founding Fathers.Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. Meet Alexander Hamilton. He grew up without a father and lost his mother when he was just 13. Yet through hard work and perseverance, Alexander Hamilton became a successful statesman. Learn all about his amazing life-and tragic death.
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  • President Donald Trump

    Joanne Mattern

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Feb. 15, 2017)
    Meet Donald Trump. He made his fortune in real estate development and later gained fame as a reality TV star. Trump changed the face of American politics in 2016, when he was elected president. He became the first U.S. president who never before held a political office or served in the military. Learn all about Donald Trumps interesting lifeand history-making electionin the pages of this book.
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  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Great Man of Music

    Carol Greene

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1992)
    A biography of the prolific eighteenth-century composer and organist who created some of the world's greatest instrumental and religious music
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  • Sacagawea: Brave Explorer

    Jodie Shepherd

    Paperback (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2015)
    Sacagawea was only 15 years old when she led the Lewis and Clark expedition into the wilderness of the western United States.Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. From finding food to easing relations with new people, Sacagawea proved herself to be an incredible help. Without her, the greatest adventure in American history might very well have failed.
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  • Pocahontas: Daughter of a Chief

    Carol Greene

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, March 1, 1989)
    A brief biography of the American Indian princess who as a young girl befriended John Smith, saving him from death at the hands of her father, and later was very helpful to the colonists at Jamestown.
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  • Ludwig van Beethoven: A Revolutionary Composer

    Joanne Mattern

    Paperback (Children's Press, Feb. 1, 2017)
    Meet Ludwig van Beethoven.Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. Meet Ludwig van Beethoven. He performed his first concert at age seven and had his first composition published by the time he was 12. Even after losing his hearing, Beethoven continued to create some of the best-loved music of all time. Learn all about this incredible musician's trials and triumphs in the pages of this book.
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  • James M. Barrie: Author of Peter Pan

    Marlene Toby, Carol Green

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1995)
    The life of J. M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, told in very simple language.
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  • Cesar Chavez

    Susan Eddy

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2003)
    A brief biography of Cesar Chavez, the Mexican American union leader who fought to get migrant farm workers better wages.
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  • Pocahontas

    Joanne Mattern

    Paperback (Children's Press, Feb. 1, 2015)
    Meet Pocahontas!Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. Pocahontas' people, the Powhatan, were already living in Virginia when the first English settlers arrived. Without the help and friendship of this young American Indian girl, the settlers at Jamestown would surely have starved to death. She is one of America's earliest heroes.
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  • Laura Bush

    Wil Mara

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, March 1, 2003)
    An introduction to the life of the former Texas librarian and teacher who, as the wife of the forty-third president, became first lady in 2001.
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  • Oprah Winfrey: An Inspiration to Millions

    Wil Mara

    Library Binding (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2016)
    Meet Oprah Winfrey, one of the most respected celebrities in the world!Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. Born into poverty, Oprah made herself a promise when she was just four years old: that she would have a better life. Through hard work and perseverance she made good on that promise, becoming the only African-American billionaire in America
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