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  • Margaret Mead

    Coming of Age in America

    by Joan Mark ...
    Series series Oxford Portraits in Science
    The American anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-1978) was barely 24 years old when she left New York to study the natives of Samoa, New Guinea, and other remote Pacific islands. Anthropological research to her was not a dull academic discipline but an adventure in which every little detail, from Balinese ritual dances to Polynesian tattooing, held enormous fascination. Her 1928 book--Coming of Age ... Read more

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    by Jess Brallier, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker ...
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    Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein-but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really know about Albert Einstein besides the funny hair and genius label? For instance, do they know that he was expelled from school as a kid? Finally, here's the story of Albert Einstein's life, told in a fun, engaging way that clearly explores the world he lived in and changed. ... Read more

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  • True Stories of History and Biography (Illustrated)

    by Nathaniel Hawthorne ...
    In writing this ponderous tome, the author's desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals, in such a form and style, that the YOUNG might make acquaintance with them of their own accord. For this purpose, while ostensibly relating the adventures of a Chair, he has endeavored to keep a distinct and unbroken thread of authentic history. The Chair is made to ... Read more

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  • Who Was Isaac Newton?

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    by Janet B. Pascal, Who HQ ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Isaac Newton was always a loner, preferring to spend his time contemplating the mysteries of the universe. When the plague broke out in London in 1665 he was forced to return home from college. It was during this period of so much death, that Newton gave life to some of the most important theories in modern science, including gravity and the laws of motion. ... Read more

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  • Who Was Alexander Graham Bell?

    by Bonnie Bader, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by David Groff ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he refused to have a telephone in his study? Bell's story will fascinate young readers interested in the early history of modern technology! ... Read more

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  • Who Was Louis Braille?

    by Margaret Frith, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Robert Squier ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Louis Braille certainly wasn't your average teenager. Blind from the age of four, he was only fifteen when in 1824 he invented a reading system that converted printed words into columns of raised dots. Through touch, Braille opened the world of books to the sightless, and almost two hundred years later, no one has ever improved upon his simple, brilliant idea. ... Read more

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    Elijah McCoy's Steam Engine

    by Monica Kulling ...
    Illustrated by Bill Slavin ...
    Series Book 2 - Great Idea Series
    In the second of Tundra's Great Idea series, biographies for children who are just starting to read, Monica Kulling presents the life of an extraordinary man.There were few opportunities for the son of slaves, but Elijah McCoy's dreams led him to study mechanical engineering in Scotland. He learned everything there was to know about engines - how to design them and how to build them. But when he ... Read more

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  • Amelia Earhart

    by John Parlin ...
    "Women must try to do things as men have tried. "When she was eight years old, Amelia Earhart built a roller coaster and "flew" through the air. She loved to watch daredevil pilots fly loops in the sky. Amelia decided to pilot a plane herself, and became one of the first women to learn to fly. She broke flight records and in 1932 was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone. The ... Read more

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  • I am Amelia Earhart

    by Brad Meltzer ...
    Illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos ...
    Series series Ordinary People Change the World
    Groundbreaking American pilot Amelia Earhart is the 2nd hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8.Amelia Earhart refused to accept no for an answer; she dared to do what no one had ever done before, and became the first woman to fly a plane all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. This biography follows her from childhood to her first flying lessons and ... Read more

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  • Albert Einstein : The Genius Who Failed School - Biography Book Best Sellers | Children's Biography Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    Albert Einstein lived a very interesting life. When he was young, his teacher said that he would never be anything great because he was stupid. We all know how wrong his teacher was because Einstein grew to formulate the most complex of all theories. Einstein’s story would tell us to never give up. Read and learn from his biography today! ... Read more

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  • Who Was George Washington Carver?

    by Jim Gigliotti, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Stephen Marchesi ...
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    Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He became the first black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first black professor. He went on to the Tuskegee Institute where he specialized in botany (the study of plants) and ... Read more

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  • Mr. Ferris and His Wheel

    by Kathryn Gibbs Davis ...
    Illustrated by Gilbert Ford ...
    Science, history, and engineering combine in this uplifting nonfiction picture book about the invention of the world’s most iconic amusement park ride, the Ferris wheel.Capturing an engineer’s creative vision and mind for detail, this fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossible odds to invent the world’s ... Read more

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