Picture book biography
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A picture book of Anne Frank
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Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm + 1 sound disc (approximately 33 min. : digital ; 4 3/4 in).
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.
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A picture book of Sojourner Truth
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14)
A picture book of Patrick Henry
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15)
A picture book of Paul Revere
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17)
A picture book of Thomas Alva Edison
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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who originated the raised dot system of reading and writing used throughout the world by the blind.
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A picture book of Thurgood Marshall
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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life of the pilot who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by herself in a plane. The first woman to fly across the Atlantic solo, she disappeared mysteriously.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Known as the Father of the Constitution, James Madison served two terms as the fourth president, from 1809 until 1817. Determined that all Americans be treated fairly, he devised our three branches of government and drafted the Bill of Rights. When the British set fire to Washington D.C. in 1814, his wife Dolley saved one of our country's greatest treasures, a portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart which now hangs in the Smithsonian Institution,...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"John Adams was an American patriot and Founding Father, and Abigail, his wife, was his most trusted adviser for more than fifty years. While John served in both Continental Congresses, Abigail managed their farm within earshot of cannon fire. She later advised her husband through amusing letters as he served as our first ambassador to Great Britain. And when John was elected America's first vice president and our second president, Abigail vowed to...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sam Houston was a teacher, a lawyer, a war hero, and statesman. He is best known for defeating the Mexican Army in 1836 and establishing Texas as an independent nation. He served two terms as the president of the Republic of Texas and helped Texas to become the twenty-eighth state."--Amazon.com.