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Books in Very First Book series

  • King Henry VIII

    Robert Green

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, March 1, 1998)
    A biography of the English monarch who challenged the Pope's authority, established a state religion, married six wives, and presided over the beginnings of the Renaissance in England.
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  • The Empire of Ghana

    Rebecca L. Green

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 1998)
    A survey of the history and culture of the West African Empire of Ghana that, flourishing from about 750 until 1076, is not related to modern Ghana.
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  • Farm

    Jo Lodge

    Rag Book (Campbell Books, April 1, 2017)
    Babies love to look at faces and high-contrast images. Baby's Very First Book: Farm also has a mirror and crinkly pages to stimulate their senses.
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  • The Story of Carbon

    Mark D. Uehling

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Oct. 1, 1995)
    Discusses the chemical element carbon: its forms, uses, and importance in our lives
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  • Jazz: A First Book

    Langston Hughes

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, March 1, 1982)
    An introduction to jazz, focusing on its historical development and its most famous performers.
  • Mines and Minie Balls: Weapons of the Civil War

    Jean F. Blashfield

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 1997)
    Describes the various weapons developed and used during the Civil War, such as longarms, handguns, swords, cannons, naval weapons, and mines
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  • The Story of Hydrogen

    Mark D. Uehling

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Oct. 1, 1995)
    Discusses the discovery, nature, behavior, and uses of the element hydrogen
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  • The Penobscot

    Katherine M. Doherty, Craig A. Doherty

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Oct. 1, 1995)
    Examines the history, traditions, beliefs, and daily life of the Penobscot Indians of Maine
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  • Messy

    Nicola Tuxworth

    Board book (Lorenz Books, )
    None
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  • The Ottawa

    Elaine Landau

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, June 1, 1996)
    Views the life and culture of the Great Lakes Native American tribe and presents a fact-filled, intriguing exploration into the traditions, society, culture, and lifestyle of the Ottawa tribe.
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  • Baby's Very First Book:Faces

    John Fordham

    Rag Book (Macmillan Children's Books, )
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  • Shirley Chisholm

    Jill S. Pollack

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Aug. 1, 1994)
    A biography of the first African American woman to be elected to Congress, and to run for a major party nomination for president recounts her girlhood in Barbados and her entry into politics
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