Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them.
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Author:Demuth, Patricia Brennan
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Edwards, Roberta
Summary:Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters.
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McDonough, Yona Zeldis
Summary:If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician.
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Bader, Bonnie
Summary:Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Buckley, James
Summary:Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. won the world heavyweight championship at the age of 22, the same year he joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
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Belviso, Meg.
Summary:As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution.
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Kelley, True
Summary:Roald Dahl is one of the most famous children's book authors ever. Now in this Who Was ...? biography, children will learn of his real-life adventures.
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Bisantz, Max.
Summary:Discover why Selena, the Queen of Tejano music, became one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the twentieth century!As a young girl, Selena Quintanilla sang in a band called Se
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McDonough, Yona Zeldis
Summary:Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old! Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors.
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Edgers, Geoff
Summary:Almost everyone can sing along with the Beatles, but how many young readers know their whole story?
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Smith, Sherri L.
Summary:It's up, up, and away with the Tuskegee Airmen, a heroic group of African American military pilots who helped the United States win World War II .
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Streets, Annabel
Summary:52 Ways to Walk is a short, user-friendly guide to attaining the full range of benefits that walking has to offer--physical, spiritual, and emotional--backed by the latest scientific research to in
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Meyer, Urban
Summary:Remarkable lessons in leadership and teambuilding from one of the greatest college football coaches of our timeIn only thirteen years as a head football coach, first at Bowling Green and then at Ut
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Lamott, Anne
Summary:From Anne Lamott, the New York Times-bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow, comes the book we need from her now: How to bring hope back into our lives.
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Zhu, Mimi
Summary:A collection of powerful essays and affirmations that follows Mimi Zhu's journey toward embodying and re-learning love after a violent romantic relationship, a stunning and provocative book th