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Books in Rookie Biographies: Previous Editions series

  • Ellen Ochoa

    Elizabeth D. Jaffe

    Paperback (Children's Press, March 1, 2005)
    Meet Ellen Ochoa, the the first Hispanic woman astronaut.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.
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  • Betsy Ross

    Wil Mara

    Paperback (Children's Press, March 1, 2006)
    Meet Betsy Ross, the woman who reportedly stitched the first American flag.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. Learn how she worked hard as a seamstress and helped soldiers during the Revolutionary War by giving them food and water and nursing their wounds.
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  • Mary McLeod Bethune

    Susan Evento

    Paperback (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2004)
    Meet Mary McLeod Bethune, an African American educator who fought poverty and discrimination.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. An introduction to the life of Mary McLeod Bethune, an African American educator who fought poverty and discrimination, founded a college, and worked with Franklin Delano Roosevelt to improve opportunities for blacks.
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  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Wil Mara

    Paperback (Children's Press, March 15, 2003)
    Meet Alexander Graham Bell!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. Imagine growing up without a telephone! You don't have to, thanks to Alexander Graham Bell's passion for communication and the extraordinary invention he brought to the world.
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  • Clara Barton

    Wil Mara

    Paperback (Children's Press, March 16, 2003)
    Meet Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross.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. An introduction to the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.
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  • Mother Teresa

    Susan Eddy

    Paperback (Children's Press, Feb. 1, 2004)
    Meet Mother Teresa, Nobel Peace Prize recipient for her work helping the poor in India.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. An introduction to the life of Mother Teresa who dedicated her life to helping the poor in India and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work.
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  • Thurgood Marshall

    Christine Taylor-Butler

    Paperback (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2006)
    Meet Thurgood Marshall, first African American Supreme Court Justice..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.Introduces the youngest readers to the life of the first African American Supreme Court Justice..
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  • Thomas Alva Edison

    Wil Mara

    Paperback (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2004)
    Meet Thomas Edison!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. Thomas Edison changed the world when he invented an electric light bulb. This books introduces his fascinating life to the youngest readers.
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  • Rachel Carson

    Justine Fontes, Ron Fontes

    Paperback (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2005)
    Meet Rachel Carson, biologist and author.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. An introduction to the life and accomplishments of a female biologist and writer, who wrote a book warning about the dangers of pesticide which led to laws protecting the environment.
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  • John Muir

    Wil Mara

    Paperback (Children's Press, March 15, 2003)
    Meet Jon Muir!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. Introduces the life of John Muir, the naturalist who formed the Sierra Club to help preserve the Sierra Mountains.And how he inspired Teddy Roosevelt to help protect the wilderness.
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