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  • The Boo-Boos That Changed the World

    A True Story About an Accidental Invention (Really!)

    by Barry Wittenstein ...
    Illustrated by Chris Hsu ...
    Did you know Band-Aids were invented by accident?! And that they weren't mass-produced until the Boy Scouts gave their seal of approval?1920s cotton buyer Earle Dickson worked for Johnson & Johnson and had a klutzy wife who often cut herself. The son of a doctor, Earle set out to create an easier way for her to bandage her injuries. Band-Aids were born, but Earle's bosses at the pharmaceutical ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Day the River Caught Fire

    How the Cuyahoga River Exploded and Ignited the Earth Day Movement

    by Barry Wittenstein ...
    Illustrated by Jessie Hartland ...
    Discover the true story of how a 1969 fire in one of the most polluted rivers in America sparked the national Earth Day movement in this nonfiction picture book by award-winning author Barry Wittenstein and beloved illustrator Jessie Hartland.After the Industrial Revolution in the 1880s, the Cayuhoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, caught fire almost twenty times, earning Cleveland the nickname “The ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Oscar's American Dream

    by Barry Wittenstein ...
    Illustrated by Kristen Howdeshell, Kevin Howdeshell ...
    If you want to see 20th century American history unfold before your eyes, stand on a city street corner and watch it change! It all starts when an immigrant named Oscar opens a barber shop...When Oscar lands on Ellis Island, he has only a suitcase and a down payment in his hands. And he has a dream-- to own his own barbershop. After it opens on the corner of Front St. and Second Ave, Oscar's ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • A Place to Land

    Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

    by Barry Wittenstein ...
    Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney ...
    As a new generation of activists demands an end to racism, A Place to Land reflects on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and the movement that it galvanized.Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for ChildrenSelected for the Texas Bluebonnet Master ListMuch has been written about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1963 March on Washington. B... ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Waiting for Pumpsie

    by Barry Wittenstein ...
    Illustrated by London Ladd ...
    In 1959 the Boston Red Sox was the last team in the Major Leagues to integrate. But when they call Elijah “Pumpsie” Green up from the minors, Bernard is overjoyed to see a black player on his beloved home team. And, when Pumpsie’s first home game is scheduled, Bernard and his family head to Fenway Park. Bernard is proud of Pumpsie and hopeful that this historic event is the start of great change ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    The Boo-Boos That Changed the World

    A True Story About an Accidental Invention (Really!)

    by Barry Wittenstein ...
    Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

    Unabridged

    20 min

    Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2018EARLE HAS A WIFE NAMED JOSEPHINE.She’s kind of klutzy and often cuts and burns herself around the house. Ouch!Then a lightbulb goes off over Earle’s head. (Not an actual lightbulb, but you get the idea.)Earle figures out a way to make easy-to-use bandages for Josephine. Earle just wants to help his wife. He doesn’t mean to invent something important.But he does. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    by Brad Meltzer ...
    Illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos ...
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    Civil Rights leader Rosa Parks is the 3rd hero in in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8.Each picture book in this series is a biography of a significant historical figure, told in a simple, conversational, vivacious way, and always focusing on a character trait that made the person heroic. The heros are depicted as children throughout, telling their life ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • When I Grow Up: Sonia Sotomayor (Scholastic Reader, Level 3)

    Illustrated by Gerald Kelley ...
    by AnnMarie Anderson ...
    Series Book 3 - Scholastic Reader
    Meet the first Hispanic woman justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court!These brand-new easy readers are the perfect introductory biography series for young children. Each book will feature a recognizable figure and will take the reader on an exciting journey from obscure childhood to famed adulthood. Aspirational first-person text will be accompanied by a mixture of illustrations and photographs ... Read more

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  • Our Children Can Soar

    A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change

    by Michelle Cook ...
    Illustrated by Leo Dillon, Ms. Diane Dillon, Eric Velasquez, Mr. R. Gregory Christie, James E. Ransome, Mr. Bryan Collier, Shadra Strickland, Frank Morrison, Pat Cummings, Cozbi Cabrera, Ms. Charlotte Riley-Webb, AG Ford, E. B. Lewis ...
    Rosa sat soMartin could march.Martin marched soBarack could run.Barack ran soOur children can soar.This is the seed of a unique and inspirational picture book text, that is part historical, part poetry, and entirely inspirational. It symbolically takes the reader through the cumulative story of the US Civil Rights Movement, showing how select pioneers' achievements led up to this landmark moment, ... Read more

    $6.49 USD

  • Lillian's Right to Vote

    A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

    by Jonah Winter ...
    Illustrated by Shane W. Evans ...
    An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.As Lillian, a one-hundred-year-old African American woman, makes a “long haul up a steep hill” to her polling place, she sees more than trees and sky—she sees her family’s history. She sees the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Last Loose Tooth

    by Tyler Clark Burke ...
    **Everyone loses their baby teeth - but how do the teeth feel about leaving?This funny reimagining of the Tooth Fairy myth from the teeth's perspective is the perfect purchase for any child with a loose tooth or those visiting the dentist for the first time!**Lou is the last loose baby tooth in the mouth. All of the other teeth take the plunge, one by one, into the great unknown. These charismatic ... Read more

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  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg Couldn't Drive?

    by Dan Gutman ...
    Illustrated by Allison Steinfeld ...
    Series series Wait! What?
    From the best-selling author of My Weird School: a new entry in the cheerful and engaging biography series centered on high-interest historic figures.Did you know that Ruth Bader Ginsburg failed her driving test five times? Or that her real name was Joan? Bet you didn’t know that she liked paddle boarding, white water rafting, and riding elephants! She even had a praying mantis named after her. ... Read more

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