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  • Anne Frank

    Young Diarist

    by Ruth Ashby ...
    Series series Childhood of World Figures
    In 1933, at the age of four, Anne Frank and her family fled from the Nazis in Germany and sought safe haven in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In 1940, when the Germans invaded the Netherlands, the Frank family once again feared for their lives. Like tens of thousands of Dutch Jews, the Franks went into hiding. They lived in several hidden rooms -- known as the "Secret Annex" -- above Mr. Frank's ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Rocket Man

    The Mercury Adventure of John Glenn

    by Ruth Ashby ...
    Illustrated by Robert Hunt ...
    On February 20, 1962, as millions of Americans waited anxiously, astronaut John Glenn blasted off in his rocket ship, Friendship 7, and became the first American to orbit the Earth.Although the risks of such a mission for Friendship 7 were well known, no one including Glenn knew the peril he was about to encounter in space. John Glenn was one of the Mercury 7 astronauts, the early pioneers of ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle

    by Ruth Ashby ...
    In 1831, young adventurer and nature enthusiast Charles Darwin set sail on a remarkable five-year voyage that changed the study of biology forever.Award-winning author Ruth Ashby shares the story of Darwin's famous journey aboard the British navy ship, the Beagle, which led to the development of his theories of evolution and natural selection.This lively account follows the naturalist's exciting ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • The Amazing Mr. Franklin

    Or the Boy Who Read Everything

    by Ruth Ashby ...
    Illustrated by Michael G. Montgomery ...
    Everyone knows Benjamin Franklin was an important statesman, inventor, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. But did you know he started the first public library in America?Ben Franklin was always a "bookish" boy. The first book he read was the Bible at age five, and then he read every printed word in his father's small home library. Ben wanted to read more, but books were expensive. He ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • The Great American Documents: Volume II

    1831-1900

    by Ruth Ashby, Russell Motter ...
    Series Book 2 - The Great American Documents
    A captivating journey through America's most influential documents from 1831 to 1900, brought to life with stunning illustrations.In the second volume of the Great American Documents series, acclaimed author Ruth Ashby and renowned illustrator Ernie Colón continue their exploration of the history of America through the major speeches, laws, proclamations, court decisions, and essays that shaped it ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Who Was Ben Franklin?

    by Dennis Brindell Fradin, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by John O'Brien ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Ben Franklin was the scientist who, with the help of a kite, discovered that lightning is electricity. He was also a statesman, an inventor, a printer, and an author-a man of such amazingly varied talents that some people claimed he had magical powers! Full of all the details kids will want to know, the true story of Benjamin Franklin is by turns sad and funny, but always honest and awe-inspiring. ... Read more

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  • Who Was Paul Revere?

    Illustrated by John O'Brien ...
    by Roberta Edwards, Who HQ ...
    Series series Who Was?
    In 1775, Paul Revere of Boston made his now-famous horseback ride warning colonists of an impending attack by the British. This event went largely unnoticed in history until Longfellow celebrated it in a poem in 1861. So who was Paul Revere? In addition to being an American patriot, he was a skilled silversmith and made false teeth from hippo tusks! This biography, with black-and-white ... Read more

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  • Who Was Charles Darwin?

    by Deborah Hopkinson, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Nancy Harrison ...
    Series series Who Was?
    As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting “useless” experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures from the coasts of Africa, South America, and the Galapagos Islands, and expanded his groundbreaking ideas that would ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • What Was the Boston Tea Party?

    by Kathleen Krull, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Lauren Mortimer ...
    Series series What Was?
    "No Taxation without Representation!" The Boston Tea Party stands as an iconic event of the American Revolution—outraged by the tax on tea, American colonists chose to destroy the tea by dumping it into the water! Learn all about the famed colonialists who fought against the British Monarchy, and read about this act of rebellion from our history! With black-and-white illustrations throughout and ... Read more

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  • What Is the Declaration of Independence?

    by Michael C. Harris, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Jerry Hoare ...
    Series series What Was?
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Step back in time to the creation of America’s founding document with this fascinating history for young readers, part of the beloved What Was? series. The perfect way to celebrate the U.S.A.’s 250th anniversary!On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously well into the night. He was drafting the Declaration of ... Read more

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  • The Underground Railroad

    by Raymond Bial ...
    By ones, twos, and threes, in the years before the Civil War thousands of enslaved people slipped through the night on their way to freedom, riding the Underground Railroad. Hidden and hunted, the escape of southern slaves to the North remains a compelling event in American history. Within the pages of this book are documented, in prose and elegantly articulate photographs, examples of "stations" ... Read more

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  • What If You Could Sniff Like a Shark?: Explore the Superpowers of Ocean Animals

    by Sandra Markle ...
    Illustrated by Howard McWilliam ...
    Series series What If You Had... ?
    If you could have any ocean animal's superpower, whose would you choose?What if you woke up one morning, and you suddenly had the superpower of an ocean animal? If you could shapeshift like a giant Pacific octopus, you could squeeze through even the smallest gaps. If you could snap your claws like a coconut crab, you could slice through sheets of metal. And if you could sniff like a great white ... Read more

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