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A Little House Traveler: Writings from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Journeys Across America

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder

Price: $8.95

Publisher: HarperCollins: February 2006

Seller ID: 174669

ISBN: 0060724919

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - LikeNew

By the mid-1930s Laura Ingalls Wilder's journeys had taken her from Wisconsin to South Dakota, from Missouri to California and back again. She had traveled by wagon, by train, and by car; alone, with her husband, and with her daughter. She had watched the times, seasons, and people change over six decades of traveling. But one thing remained the same: Laura always kept a pencil and paper with her to jot down notes about her experiences.For the first time ever, writings from three of Laura's most memorable trips have been collected in one special omnibus edition featuring historical black...
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A Place To Hide: True Stories Of Holocaust Rescues (Scholastic Biography)

By: Jayne Pettit

Price: $2.25

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks: July 1997

Seller ID: 68091

ISBN: 059045353X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

By: Barry Wittenstein

Price: $18.99

Publisher: Neal Porter Books: August 2019

Seller ID: 239890

ISBN: 0823443310

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

A Voice From the Wilderness: The Story of Anna Howard Shaw

By: Don Brown

Price: $4.95

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers: September 2001

Seller ID: 168581

ISBN: 0618083626

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

By the time Anna Howard Shaw was barely twelve years old, she had crossed the stormy Atlantic (one and a half times), survived a grueling journey from Massachusetts to the unexplored woods of Michigan, and helped create a house and home in the middle of nowhere. By most measures, Anna Howard Shaw's life was hard and filled with struggle. But a life in the North American wilderness also had many pleasures. Anna was young, happy, and strong. What Anna didn't have was school. With incredible fortitude and purpose, not only did Anna go on to teach school herself, she also accomplished a gr...
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Abraham Lincoln

By: Jane A. Schott

Price: $2.95

Publisher: Backpack Books: January 2002

Seller ID: 178300

ISBN: 0760728275

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Alexander The Great (3.3 Young Reading Series Three (Purple))

By: Jane Bingham

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd: August 2004

Seller ID: 184909

ISBN: 0746063261

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream

By: Tanya Lee Stone

Price: $17.99

Publisher: Candlewick: February 2009

Seller ID: 111793

ISBN: 0763645028

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

They had the right stuff. They defied the prejudices of the time. And they blazed a trail for generations of women to follow. What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape -- any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and the scrawled note o...
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Anne Frank

By: N/A

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Sweetwater Press: January 2011

Seller ID: 263431

ISBN: 1581738153

Binding: New Trade

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Ben's Trumpet

By: Rachel Isadora

Price: $11.99

Publisher: Greenwillow Books: February 1979

Seller ID: 54608

ISBN: 0688801943

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

The story of Ben is fiction, but it could be the story of more than one jazz musician who grew up in the twenties. Using the art-deco style of the period, Rachel Isadora not only captures the poignancy and yearning of a youthful talent, but in page after page of striking art seems to convey the very sound of music.
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China's Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution

By: Chen, Da

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers: June 2001

Seller ID: 269885

ISBN: 0385729294

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Cleopatra

By: Diane Stanley, Peter Vennema

Price: $4.95

Publisher: HarperCollins: August 1997

Seller ID: 230735

ISBN: 0688154808

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Queen of Egypt at the age of eighteen, Cleopatra's passion was to untie the world under Egyptian rule. Legendary leaders risked their kingdoms to win her heart, and her epic life has inspired countless tales throughout history. A timeless story of love, war, and ambition, their pictorial biography is sure to entertain and educate.
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Dorothea Lange: The Photographer Who Found the Faces of the Depression

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

Price: $11.98

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company: February 2017

Seller ID: 192380

ISBN: 0807516996

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra

By: Andrea Davis Pinkney

Price: $6.99

Publisher: Hyperion Book CH: December 2006

Seller ID: 106840

ISBN: 0786814209

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince And His Orchestra
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Emily and Carlo

By: Marty Rhodes Figley

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Charlesbridge: February 2012

Seller ID: 211639

ISBN: 1580892744

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - LikeNew

Emily Writes: Emily Dickinson and Her Poetic Beginnings

By: Jane Yolen

Price: $18.99

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR): February 2020

Seller ID: 260169

ISBN: 1250128080

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Farmer George Plants a Nation

By: Peggy Thomas

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Boyds Mills Pr: January 2008

Seller ID: 85305

ISBN: 159078460X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

George Washington as he's rarely seen. Besides being a general and the first president of the United States, George Washington was also a farmer. His efforts to create a self-sufficient farm at Mount Vernon, Virginia, mirrored his struggle to form a new nation. Excerpts from Washington's writings are featured throughout this NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book, which also includes a timeline, resource section, as well as essays on Washington at Mount Vernon and his thoughts on slavery. Both illustrator and author worked closely with the staff of Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens to render an a...
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Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table (Food Heroes)

By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Readers to Eaters: February 2016

Seller ID: 214040

ISBN: 0983661588

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Florence Nightingale: The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse

By: Catherine Reef

Price: $18.99

Publisher: Clarion Books: November 2016

Seller ID: 96489

ISBN: 0544535804

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

four perfect pe: A Holocaust Story

By: Lila Perl, Marion Blumenthal Lazan

Price: $6.99

Publisher: Greenwillow Books: September 2016

Seller ID: 187124

ISBN: 0062489968

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Franklin D. Roosevelt: The People's President (Great Lives Series) (Great Lives (Fawcett))

By: John W. Selfridge

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Ballantine Books: January 1990

Seller ID: 68097

ISBN: 0449904016

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist Hero (Childhood of Famous Americans)

By: George E. Stanley

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Aladdin: July 2008

Seller ID: 68092

ISBN: 141695547X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery. He was separated from his family when he was young, worked day and night, and was beaten for no other reason than the color of his skin. How could anyone ever overcome such overwhelming odds? But Frederick eventually became a famous abolitionist, author, statesman, and reformer. Read all about how one of the most prominent figures in African American history triumphed over impossible obstacles, and paved the way for others to achieve their own freedom
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Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar

By: Keith Richards

Price: $12.95

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers: September 2014

Seller ID: 204831

ISBN: 031632065X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - LikeNew

How to Build a Hug: Temple Grandin and Her Amazing Squeeze Machine

By: Amy Guglielmo,Jacqueline Tourville

Price: $11.99

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers: August 2018

Seller ID: 215068

ISBN: 153441097X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

I am Abraham Lincoln (Ordinary People Change World)

By: Brad Meltzer

Price: $12.99

Publisher: Dial: January 2014

Seller ID: 92649

ISBN: 0803740832

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

"We can all be heroes. "That's the inspiring message of this lively, collectible picture book biography series from "New York Times" bestselling author Brad Meltzer. "Kids always search for heroes, so we might as well have a say in it," Brad Meltzer realized, and so he envisioned this friendly, fun approach to biography - for his own kids, and for yours. Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in an entertaining, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction readers, those who aren't quite ready for the Who Was series. Each book focuses on a particular charact...
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I am Amelia Earhart (Ordinary People Change World)

By: Brad Meltzer

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Dial: January 2014

Seller ID: 239484

ISBN: 0803740824

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

I am George Washington (Ordinary People Change World)

By: Brad Meltzer

Price: $12.99

Publisher: Dial Books: May 2016

Seller ID: 92651

ISBN: 0525428488

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)

By: Malala Yousafzai

Price: $10.99

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers: January 2016

Seller ID: 251342

ISBN: 0316327913

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

By: Debbie Levy

Price: $18.99

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers: September 2016

Seller ID: 264041

ISBN: 1481465597

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Independence Cake: A Revolutionary Confection Inspired by Amelia Simmons, Whose True History Is Unfortunately Unknown

By: Deborah Hopkinson

Price: $11.99

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade: May 2017

Seller ID: 215075

ISBN: 0385390173

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - LikeNew

John Muir: America's Naturalist

By: Thomas Locker

Price: $8.98

Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing: May 2003

Seller ID: 257458

ISBN: 757739039381

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Jump!: From the Life of Michael Jordan

By: Floyd Cooper

Price: $17.99

Publisher: Philomel: October 2004

Seller ID: 95251

ISBN: 0399242309

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Michael Jordan was once just an ordinary little boy growing up in a North Carolina suburb, trying to keep up with his older brother Larry. Michael was always good at sports, but it seemed like Larry was always going to be bigger, quicker, and luckier. But Michael never gave up, and his practicing began to pay off. Then one summer day during a backyard game of one-on-one, Larry Jordan's "little" brother took him--and the whole family--by surprise Based on actual events, this story of a friendly sibling rivalry is enhanced by Floyd Cooper's stunning two-tone art. Jump even features a gate-...
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Knots in My Yo-Yo String

By: Jerry Spinelli

Price: $10.99

Publisher: Ember: March 1998

Seller ID: 122769

ISBN: 0679887911

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

" A master of those embarrassing, gloppy, painful, and suddenly wonderful things that happen on the razor's edge between childhood and full-fledged adolescence" (The Washington Post), Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli has penned his early autobiography with all the warmth, humor, and drama of his best-selling fiction. From first memories through high school, including first kiss, first punch, first trip to the principal's office, and first humiliating sports experience, this is not merely an account of a highly unusual childhood. Rather, like Spinelli's fiction, its appeal lies in the accessibil...
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Leaving Glorytown: One Boy's Struggle Under Castro

By: Eduardo F. Calcines

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR): March 2009

Seller ID: 248449

ISBN: 0374343942

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Eduardo F. Calcines was a child of Fidel Castro's Cuba; he was just three years old when Castro came to power in January 1959. After that, everything changed for his family and his country. When he was ten, his family applied for an exit visa to emigrate to America and he was ridiculed by his schoolmates and even his teachers for being a traitor to his country. But even worse, his father was sent to an agricultural reform camp to do hard labor as punishment for daring to want to leave Cuba. During the years to come, as he grew up in Glorytown, a neighborhood in the city of Cienfuegos, Eduardo ...
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Leonardo da Vinci: Young Artist, Writer, and Inventor (Childhood of World Figures)

By: George E. Stanley

Price: $3.99

Publisher: Aladdin: October 2005

Seller ID: 158859

ISBN: 1416905707

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Leonardo Da Vinci is best known as the Renaissance painter who created the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper." he also made great contributions as a sculptor, architect, engineer. and scientist. But Leonardo wasn't always famous. Leonardo grew up in Vinci, a small town in Italy, and when he was only a few years old he was separated from his mother and sent to live with his grandparents and uncle Francesco. Although Leonardo only receiced a formal education for a few years, Francesco taught Leonardo about nature. Leonardo loved to sketch the world around him. When he was a teenager, Leonard...
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Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters

By: Andrea Davis Pinkney

Price: $9.99

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers: January 2013

Seller ID: 246466

ISBN: 0547906048

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and sparked a boycott that changed America. Harriet Tubman helped more than three hundred slaves escape the South on the Underground Railroad. Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.The lives these women led are part of an incredible story about courage in the face of oppression; about the challenges and triumphs of the battle for civil rights; and about speaking out for what you believe in--even when it feels like no one is listening. Andrea Davis Pinkney's moving text and Stephen Alcorn...
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Maya Angelou: (History Book for Kids, Biography Book for Children)

By: Danielle Jawando

Price: $11.99

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing: October 2019

Seller ID: 264434

ISBN: 1786275074

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman (Picture Puffin)

By: Alan Schroeder

Price: $6.99

Publisher: Puffin: December 2000

Seller ID: 103029

ISBN: 014056196X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

This is the story of young Harriet Tubman, then called "Minty". A slave in the Brodas household, she is often punished for her feisty, rebellious spirit, and always, above all, dreams of escape.
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Monet (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)

By: Mike Venezia

Price: $2.98

Publisher: Childrens Pr: May 1990

Seller ID: 70985

ISBN: 0516422766

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Clever illustrations and story lines, together with full-color reproductions of actual paintings, give children a light yet realistic overview of each artist's life and style in these fun and educational books.
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My Thirteenth Winter: A Memoir

By: Samantha Abeel

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Scholastic: December 2004

Seller ID: 233611

ISBN: 0439339057

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: New - New

In this beautiful and chilling memoir, twenty-five-year-old Samantha Abeel describes her struggles with a math-related learning disability, and how it forced her to find inner strength and courage. Samantha Abeel couldn't tell time, remember her locker combination, or count out change at a checkout counter -- and she was in seventh grade. For a straight-A student like Samantha, problems like these made no sense. She dreaded school, and began having anxiety attacks. In her thirteenth winter, she found the courage to confront her problems -- and was diagnosed with a learning disability. Slow...
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My Thirteenth Winter: A Memoir

By: Samantha Abeel

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Scholastic: December 2004

Seller ID: 263555

ISBN: 0439339057

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Previous owners name written in ink inside front cover otherwise pages unmarked.
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