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  • Margarete Steiff: Toy Maker

    Carol Greene

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1993)
    A biography of the German toy maker, stricken during childhood by polio, whose company became famous for its teddy bears
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  • John F. Kennedy

    Veda Boyd Jones

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2006)
    Highlights the life and career of former president John F. Kennedy.
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  • Henry Ford

    Wil Mara

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, March 1, 2004)
    Looks at the life a Henry Ford, the man responisible for mass producing the automobile in the early part of the twentieth century.
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  • George W. Bush

    Wil Mara

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2003)
    An introduction to the life of George W. Bush, who became the forty-third president after the closest presidential race in United States history.
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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Musical Genius

    Carol Greene

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 1993)
    A brief account of the life of the eighteenth-century Austrian composer, from his acclaim as a child prodigy through his prolific musical career to his early death in 1791 at age thirty-five
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  • Alexander Hamilton

    K. C. Kelley

    Library Binding (Children's Press, Feb. 1, 2017)
    Discover how Alexander Hamilton became president, was a founding father and his contributions to today's society.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. In fact, he was one of America's most influential Founding Fathers. Learn all about his amazing life-and tragic death-in the pages of this book.
    M

  • John Muir

    Wil Mara

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2002)
    Introduces the life of John Muir, the naturalist who formed the Sierra Club to help preserve the Sierra Mountains.
    M

  • John Muir: Man of the Wild Places

    Carol Greene, Steven Dobson

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, June 1, 1991)
    A biography of the naturalist who was an early proponent of wilderness preservation and helped start the Sierra Club
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  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Wil Mara

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, March 16, 2003)
    An easy-to-read biography about Martin Luther King, Jr. and how his efforts to stop racism affected society.
    M

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Wil Mara

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 2002)
    A brief overview of the life of the man who was President of the United States during the difficult years of the Civil War and who issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.
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  • Jane Goodall: Champion for Chimpanzees

    Jodie Shepherd

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2015)
    Jane Goodall loved animals from the time she was a young girl. She dreamed of going to Africa to see the wildlife that lived there. After getting her wish, Goodall went on to become one of the most respected primatologists in the world. Her many discoveries changed the way we look atand treatchimpanzees.
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  • Helen Keller

    Sean Dolan

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2005)
    Chronicles the life of the celebrated writer and social reformer who overcame the limitations of being both deaf and blind with the aid and encouragement of her teacher, Annie Sullivan.
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