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Neil Armstrong: Young Pilot
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This series of biographies, longtime favorites of young readers, now add the first new titles in over 20 years. Rich or poor, great American men and women lived out childhoods as vastly different as the adults they became. Here young readers will learn about the early years of the first person to step foot on the moon, a historic feat he described ...
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James Whitcomb Riley, Young Poet
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This book is aimed at children between the ages of 8 and 12 years. Active and restless, "Bud" Riley, the boy who would grow to be one of the 19th century's most popular and respected poets, had a hard time sitting still in school - unless he was drawing or writing the "poems he heard in his head." Fine illustrations and text rich with history draw ...
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Abner Doubleday: Boy Baseball Pioneer
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This book is intended for ages 8 to 12 years. Young readers will share Abner Doubleday's enthusiasm and love of baseball and recognise him as a heroic general who fought bravely in two wars in this installation of the "Young Patriots" series. An early adapter of modern baseball rules, Abner adored the sport and helped bring it into mainstream ...
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Thurgood Marshall
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Whenever Thurgood Marshall got into trouble at school, the principal would make him sit in the basement and read the U.S. Constitution. By the time he was 12, he had most of it memorized and his interest in law had begun to take seed. In 1967 he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court--the first African American to serve in that position.
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Abner Doubleday, Young Baseball Pioneer: Young Baseball Pioneer
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This is one in the "Childhood of Famous Americans" series, which tells of the childhood of people who grew up to be exceptional. Written in simple language, beginning readers can understand, these lively, inspiring, and accessible biographies cover both the well-known and the more obscure. Abner Doubleday is considered the father of modern-day ...
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Abner Doubleday, Young Baseball Pioneer
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This is one in the "Childhood of Famous Americans" series, which tells of the childhood of people who grew up to be exceptional. Written in simple language, beginning readers can understand, these lively, inspiring, and accessible biographies cover both the well-known and the more obscure. Abner Doubleday is considered the father of modern-day ...
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Young Patriots James Whitcomb Riley: Young Poet
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Minnie Belle Mitchell, Montrew Dunham, Patrick Girard Lawlor (Read by)
Listen to this children's series about the childhood adventures of American heroes and heroines.
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Mahalia Jackson: Young Gospel Singer
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Biography of the great singer, Mahalia Jackson.
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Langston Hughes: Young Black Poet
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Focuses on the early years of the well-known poet, Langston Hughes, whose writings reflect the everyday experiences of African Americans.
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Anne Bradstreet; young Puritan poet.
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A biography stressing the childhood of America's first woman poet who became known as "The Tenth Muse."
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Margaret Bourke-White: Young Photographer
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This is one in the "Childhood of Famous Americans" series, which tells of the childhood of people who grew up to be exceptional. Written in simple language, beginning readers can understand, these lively, inspiring, and accessible biographies cover both the well-known and the more obscure. Margaret Burke-White's adult life was filled with firsts: ...
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Downer's Grove Revisited
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Primary Coverage Area: Downer's Grove Area, Claundon Hills area, Westmont area, Woodridge area
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George Westinghouse, Young Inventor
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Thurgood Marshall: Young Justice
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Whenever Thurgood Marshall got into trouble at school, the principal would make him sit in the basement and read the U.S. Constitution. By the time he was 12, he had most of it memorized and his interest in law had begun to take seed. In 1967 he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court--the first African American to serve in that position.
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John Muir: Young Naturalist
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Montrew Dunham, Al Fiorentino (Illustrator)
A founding father of the conservation movement in the United States, John Muir was born in Scotland and emigrated to Wisconsin when he was eleven. This easy-to-read biography takes a look at Muir's life as young naturalist, destined to become one of America's first eco-heroes.
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Roberto Clemente: Young Ball Player
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Traces the personal life and baseball career of the Puerto Rican baseball superstar, from his childhood love of the game through his professional career and untimely death to his election to the Hall of Fame in 1973.
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Neil Armstrong: Young Flyer
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This series of biographies, longtime favorites of young readers, now add the first new titles in over 20 years. Rich or poor, great American men and women lived out childhoods as vastly different as the adults they became. Here young readers will learn about the early years of the first person to step foot on the moon, a historic feat he described ...
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Downers Grove, 1832-1982
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Ronald Reagan: Young Leader
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Ronald Reagan was America's 40th president, but even before he ran for officein his native California, he was known to millions as a movie star. Color andb&w illustrations throughout.
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Mahalia Jackson: Gospel Singer and Civil Rights Champion
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This work is aimed at ages 8 to 12 years. 'Haley' Jackson grew up in poverty on the levees of New Orleans, hunting alligators along the Mississippi River for food and gathering driftwood for fuel with her brother Peter. But every Sunday, when her father preached at the Baptist Church, young Mahalia sang proudly in the choir - the youngest member ...
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Mahalia Jackson: Library Edition (Young Patriot)
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Halie" Jackson grew up in poverty on the levees of New Orleans, hunting for alligators for food along the Mississippi River with her brother, Peter. But every Sunday young Mahalia sang proudly in the church choir, the youngest member at age five. She left school after eighth grade and worked as a maid to help support her family. However, her ...
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