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Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? by Bonnie Bader
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Category: Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was soon organizing black people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights. Maintaining nonviolent and peaceful tactics even when his life was threatened, ...Show more
Who Was Maya Angelou by PUTRA DEDE
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situ
Who Was Pablo Picasso? by True Kelley
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Over a long, turbulent life, Picasso continually discovered new ways of seeing the world and translating it into art. A restless genius, he went through a blue period, a rose period, and a Cubist phase. He made collages, sculptures out of everyday objects, and beautiful ceramic plates. True Kelley's eng ...Show more
Who Was Princess Diana? (Who Was?) by Labrecque, Ellen
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A shy twenty-year-old girl stepped out of a horse-drawn coach and into the world spotlight, capturing the imagination of millions as a real life fairytale princess. Although the storybook marriage didn't have a happy ending, Diana learned to use her
Who Was Queen Elizabeth? by June Eding; Nancy Harrison (Illustrator); Who HQ
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Our bestselling series is fit for a queen The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and dangerous: cast out of her father's court at the age of three and imprisoned at nineteen, Elizabeth was crowned queen in 1558, when she was only twenty-five. A tough, intelligent woman who spoke five languages, Eli ...Show more
Who Was Steve Irwin? by Dina Anastasio; Jim Eldridge (Illustrator); Tomie dePaola; Who HQ
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By popular demand, the 100th Who Was...' subject is Steve Irwin Steve Irwin did not have a typical childhood. Born in Melbourne, Australia, on February 22, 1962, he was raised on the wildlife park his parents owned. He cared for the animals and especially loved reptiles--he got a python for his six ...Show more
Who Was Walt Disney? by Whitney Stewart; Nancy Harrison (Illustrator); Who HQ
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pictures with tar on the side of his family's white house. His family was poor, and the happiest time of his childhood was spent living on a farm in Missouri. His affection for small-town life is reflected in Di ...Show more
Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Written for young readers, this is an introduction to the life of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Illustrated with b&w drawings.
Who is Malala Yousafzai? by Dinah Brown
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak out for the right ...Show more