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  • Germ Hunter: A Story About Louis Pasteur

    Elaine Marie Alphin, Elaine Verstraete

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, March 1, 2003)
    Chronicles the life of Pasteur from his childhood in early nineteenth-century France to his years searching for the reasons behind diseases and how to cure them.
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  • We'll Race You, Henry: A Story about Henry Ford

    Barbara Mitchell, Kathy Haubrich

    Paperback (LernerClassroom, Aug. 1, 1986)
    Henry Ford loved mechanical things: springs and gears, cogs and wheels, and things that clicked and ticked and turned. One hot summer day in 1876, Henry and his father were riding to Detroit in their farm wagon. Suddenly there was a huffing-puffing monster heading straight toward them. It was a road-roller, and it was lumbering down the road all by itself. That was the day Henry started thinking about horseless riding machines--and he never stopped. In We'll Race You, Henry, young readers will discover the origins of one of the most popular cars of all time--the Model T--as well as the daring side of its inventor and the early days of automobile racing.
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  • The World at His Fingertips: A Story About Louis Braille

    Barbara O'Connor, Rochelle Draper

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, Aug. 1, 1997)
    A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who created the dot system of reading and writing that is now used by the blind
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  • With Open Hands: A Story about Biddy Mason

    Jeri Chase Ferris, Ralph L. Ramstad

    Paperback (LernerClassroom, Jan. 1, 2002)
    Born a slave in Georgia in 1818, Bridget "Biddy" Mason learned to survive in a harsh world. Taken from her parents as a young child, Biddy grew up to be self-reliant and hard working. When she and her children finally found freedom in California in 1855, she turned her nursing skills into a successful career as a midwife. Even after she became a wealthy landowner in Los Angeles, Biddy never forgot her basic philosophy of sharing with others: "The open hand is blessed," she always said, "for it gives in abundance, even as it receives."
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  • Dance of the Swan: A Story About Anna Pavlova

    Barbara Allman, Shelly O. Haas

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, Dec. 1, 2000)
    Profiles the Russian dancer who worked hard to realize her dream of becoming a ballerina, and describes how her grace changed the style of ballet and encouraged children to become ballerinas.
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  • Natural Writer: A Story About Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

    Judy Cook, Laura Lee Smith, Laurie Harden

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, May 1, 2001)
    Chronicles the life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, from her birth in 1896, through her authorship of "The Yearling", to her death in 1953.
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  • We'll Race You, Henry!: A Story About Henry Ford

    Barbara Mitchell, Kathy Haubrich

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, April 1, 1986)
    A brief biography of Henry Ford with emphasis on how he came to develop fast, sturdy, and reliable racing cars that eventually gave him the idea for his Model T.
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  • Demanding Justice: A Story About Mary Ann Shadd Cary

    Jeri Chase Ferris, Kimanne Smith

    Paperback (LernerClassroom, Jan. 1, 2003)
    Mary Ann Shadd Cary spent her entire lifetime fighting for justice and equality for African Americans. Born a free African American in the 1820s, Cary started schools for black children and wrote books and articles. She was also the first black woman to publish a weekly newspaper and to enter law school. Never afraid of offending anyone, Cary demanded justice for herself and for her fellow African Americans.
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  • A Head Full of Notions: A Story About Robert Fulton

    Andy Russell Bowen, Lisa Harvey

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, Nov. 1, 1996)
    Describes the life and work of the inventor of the steamboat
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  • Musical Genius: A Story About Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Barbara Allman, Janet Hamlin

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, March 1, 2004)
    Describes the life of the eighteenth-century Austrian composer, a musical prodigy who learned to write music before he could write letters and grew up to become Imperial Court Composer to Emperor Joseph.
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  • Shoes for Everyone: A Story About Jan Matzeliger

    Barbara Mitchell, Hetty Mitchell

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, April 1, 1986)
    A biography of the half-Dutch/half-black Surinamese man who, despite the hardships and prejudice he found in his new Massachusetts home, invented a shoe-lasting machine that revolutionized the shoe industry in the late nineteenth century.
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  • Dance of the Swan: A Story about Anna Pavlova

    Barbara Allman, Shelly O. Haas

    Paperback (LernerClassroom, Jan. 1, 2007)
    Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1881, Anna Pavlova grew up dreaming of becoming a prima ballerina. Throughout her lifetime, Anna inspired and encouraged people around the world with her exceptionally graceful and expressive dance. Believing that expressing beauty is essential to the human spirit, Anna strove to help audiences discover the soaring beauty that could uplift their spirits.
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