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Who Was Julia Child?
Born in California in 1912, Julia Child enlisted in the Army and met her future husband, Paul, during World War II. She discovered her love of French food while stationed in Paris and enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu cooking school after her service. Child knew that Americans would love French food as much as she did, so she wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 1961. The book was a success a…
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Boy: Tales of Childhood
"I am only eight years old," I told myself. "No little boy of eight has ever murdered anyone. It's not possible!" In Boy, Roald Dahl recounts his days as a child growing up in England. From his years as a prankster at boarding school to his envious position as a chocolate tester for Cadbury's, Roald Dahl's boyhood was as full of excitement and the unexpected as are his world-famous, best-sel…
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Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
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, King was also an advocate for the poor and spoke out against racial and economic injustice…
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Going Solo
From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG comes an autobiographical account of his exploits as a World War II pilot! 'Going Solo' tells of how, when he grew up, Roald Dahl left England for Africa and a series of daring and dangerous adventures began. From tales of plane crashes to surviving snake bites, read all about Roald Dahl's life before becoming the w…
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I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's mira…
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The Great Inventors from A to Z
The traditional formula of the alphabet book is reinterpreted in two volumes packed with information and curiosities! Each letter of the alphabet corresponds to an important topic that explores and explains space travel, or presents a person whose inventions have changed the world. Thanks to these volumes, the young readers will be able to say, without fear of contradiction, that they know spac…
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Malala the Brave
Imagine you are an eleven-year-old girl, and the people in control say you may not go to school. What would you do? Would you go anyway? Would you speak out against your treatment? Would you risk your life for an education? Malala Yousafzai did all of these things. Read the story of her incredible bravery and her work to support every child's right to an education.
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Ramses II
Born to a military commander and his wife, Ramses II never expected to be crowned pharaoh of ancient Egypt. Readers will be fascinated by his journey to becoming one of the most famous and influential leaders of the time.
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Marie Curie
The work of Marie Curie revolutionized scientific understanding of the nature of atoms and opened up new frontiers in medicine. Marie Curie is a detailed account of this remarkable woman's legacy in the face of discrimination and struggle. The book can be used to teach students the elements of a biography.
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Rosalind Franklin's Beautiful Twist
Rosalind Franklin's Beautiful Twist tells the story of a brilliant but relatively unknown scientist, Rosalind Franklin. The book chronicles Rosalind's life and her work to discover the makeup and purpose of DNA, a blueprint for the building blocks of all living things. Because she was a woman in a male-dominated institution, male scientists took credit for her research and findings. Read about …
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