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Escape!: The Story of The Great Houdini Cover Image

Escape!: The Story of The Great Houdini (Paperback)

By Sid Fleischman

$8.99

ISBN: 9780060850968

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Published: Greenwillow Books - April 22nd, 2008

Mary Wears What She Wants (Hardcover)

By Keith Negley, Keith Negley (Illustrator)

$17.99

ISBN: 9780062846792

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Published: Balzer + Bray - January 15th, 2019

Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song Cover Image

Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song (Hardcover)

By Brian Pinkney (By (artist)), Andrea Davis Pinkney

$18.99

ISBN: 9780316070133

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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - July 30th, 2013

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Cover Image

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Hardcover)

By Javaka Steptoe

$18.99

ISBN: 9780316213882

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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - October 25th, 2016

Who Was Alexander Hamilton? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Was Alexander Hamilton? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso, Who HQ, Dede Putra (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780399544279

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Published: Penguin Workshop - August 22nd, 2017

Who Was King Tut? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Was King Tut? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Roberta Edwards, Who HQ, True Kelley (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448443607

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Published: Penguin Workshop - March 2nd, 2006

Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Bonnie Bader, Who HQ, Elizabeth Wolf (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448447230

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Published: Penguin Workshop - December 27th, 2007

Who Was Walt Disney? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Was Walt Disney? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Whitney Stewart, Who HQ, Nancy Harrison (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448450520

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Published: Penguin Workshop - April 16th, 2009

Who Is Barack Obama? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Is Barack Obama? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Roberta Edwards, Who HQ, John O'Brien (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448453309

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Published: Penguin Workshop - December 24th, 2009

Who Was Rosa Parks? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Was Rosa Parks? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Yona Zeldis McDonough, Who HQ, Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448454429

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Published: Penguin Workshop - December 23rd, 2010

Who Was Jackie Robinson? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Was Jackie Robinson? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Gail Herman, Who HQ, John O'Brien (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448455570

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Published: Penguin Workshop - December 23rd, 2010

Who Is J.K. Rowling? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Is J.K. Rowling? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso, Who HQ, Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448458724

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Published: Penguin Workshop - August 2nd, 2012

Who Was Roald Dahl? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Was Roald Dahl? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By True Kelley, Who HQ, Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448461465

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Published: Penguin Workshop - August 30th, 2012

Who Was Sally Ride? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Was Sally Ride? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Megan Stine, Who HQ, Ted Hammond (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448466873

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Published: Penguin Workshop - May 16th, 2013

Who Is Michelle Obama? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Is Michelle Obama? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Megan Stine, Who HQ, John O'Brien (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448478630

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Published: Penguin Workshop - August 15th, 2013

Who Was Marie Curie? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Was Marie Curie? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Megan Stine, Who HQ, Ted Hammond (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448478968

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Published: Penguin Workshop - August 7th, 2014

Who Was Frederick Douglass? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Was Frederick Douglass? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By April Jones Prince, Who HQ, Robert Squier (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448479118

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Published: Penguin Workshop - December 26th, 2014

Who Is Gloria Steinem? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Is Gloria Steinem? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Sarah Fabiny, Who HQ, Max Hergenrother (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448482385

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Published: Penguin Workshop - December 26th, 2014

Who Was Edgar Allan Poe? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Was Edgar Allan Poe? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Jim Gigliotti, Who HQ, Tim Foley (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448483115

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Published: Penguin Workshop - August 11th, 2015

Who Is Hillary Clinton? (Who Was?) Cover Image

Who Is Hillary Clinton? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Heather Alexander, Who HQ, Dede Putra (Illustrator)

$5.99

ISBN: 9780448490151

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Published: Penguin Workshop - August 2nd, 2016

Turning Pages: My Life Story Cover Image

Turning Pages: My Life Story (Hardcover)

By Sonia Sotomayor, Lulu Delacre (Illustrator)

$17.99

ISBN: 9780525514084

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Published: Philomel Books - September 4th, 2018

Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You Cover Image

Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You (Hardcover)

By Sonia Sotomayor, Rafael López (Illustrator)

$17.99

ISBN: 9780525514121

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Published: Philomel Books - September 3rd, 2019

She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History Cover Image

She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History (Hardcover)

By Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illustrator)

$17.99

ISBN: 9780525516996

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Published: Philomel Books - March 6th, 2018

Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote Cover Image

Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote (Hardcover)

By Kirsten Gillibrand, Maira Kalman (Illustrator)

$18.99

ISBN: 9780525579014

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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - November 13th, 2018

Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work Cover Image

Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work (Hardcover)

By Victoria Ortiz

$18.99

ISBN: 9780544973640

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Published: Clarion Books - June 4th, 2019

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra Cover Image

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra (Paperback)

By Andrea Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)

$6.99

ISBN: 9780786814206

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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - January 1st, 2007

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women Cover Image

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women (Hardcover)

By Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo

$35.00

ISBN: 9780997895810

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Published: Rebel Girls - November 10th, 2016

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 Cover Image

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 (Hardcover)

By Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo

$35.00

ISBN: 9780997895827

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Published: Rebel Girls - November 20th, 2017

The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up the World Cover Image

The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up the World (Hardcover)

By Robert Ball (Illustrator), The Staff of The Undefeated

$17.99

ISBN: 9781328940629

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Published: Clarion Books - December 24th, 2019

Trombone Shorty (Hardcover)

By Troy Andrews, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)

$17.95

ISBN: 9781419714658

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Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - April 14th, 2015

Me, Frida (Paperback)

By Amy Novesky, David Diaz (Illustrator)

$9.95

ISBN: 9781419715167

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Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2015

Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois Cover Image

Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois (Hardcover)

By Amy Novesky, Isabelle Arsenault (Illustrator)

$18.95

ISBN: 9781419718816

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Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - March 1st, 2016

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark Cover Image

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark (Hardcover)

By Debbie Levy, Elizabeth Baddeley (Illustrator)

$18.99

ISBN: 9781481465595

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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - September 20th, 2016

The origin story of real-life superhero RBG is just as cool and meaningful as Batman, or whatever.

— Katy

Frederick's Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass (A Big Words Book #8) Cover Image

Frederick's Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass (A Big Words Book #8) (Paperback)

By Doreen Rappaport, London Ladd (Illustrator), London Ladd (Cover design or artwork by)

$8.99

ISBN: 9781484749593

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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - December 4th, 2018

Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller (A Big Words Book #4) Cover Image

Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller (A Big Words Book #4) (Paperback)

By Doreen Rappaport, Matt Tavares (Illustrator)

$8.99

ISBN: 9781484749609

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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - May 9th, 2017

Jack's Path of Courage: The Life of John F. Kennedy (A Big Words Book #3) Cover Image

Jack's Path of Courage: The Life of John F. Kennedy (A Big Words Book #3) (Paperback)

By Doreen Rappaport, Matt Tavares (Illustrator), Matt Tavares (Cover design or artwork by)

$8.99

ISBN: 9781484749616

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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - October 11th, 2016

The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop Cover Image

The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop (Hardcover)

By Carole Boston Weatherford, Frank Morrison (Illustrator)

$18.99

ISBN: 9781499804119

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Published: little bee books - January 8th, 2019

Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando Cover Image

Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando (Hardcover)

By Andrea Wang, Kana Urbanowicz (Illustrator)

$17.99

ISBN: 9781499807035

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Published: little bee books - March 5th, 2019

She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World Cover Image

She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World (Hardcover)

By Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illustrator)

$17.99

ISBN: 9781524741723

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Published: Philomel Books - May 30th, 2017

Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Writers (Kid Legends #4) Cover Image

Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Writers (Kid Legends #4) (Hardcover)

By David Stabler, Doogie Horner (Illustrator)

$13.95

ISBN: 9781594749872

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Published: Quirk Books - October 10th, 2017

Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change (Kid Legends #6) Cover Image

Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change (Kid Legends #6) (Hardcover)

By Robin Stevenson, Allison Steinfeld (Illustrator)

$13.99

ISBN: 9781683691419

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Published: Quirk Books - September 24th, 2019

Viva Frida (Hardcover)

By Yuyi Morales, Tim O'Meara (Photographs by)

$18.99

ISBN: 9781596436039

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Published: Roaring Brook Press - September 2nd, 2014

Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win (Women in Science) Cover Image

Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win (Women in Science) (Hardcover)

By Rachel Ignotofsky

$16.99

ISBN: 9781607749783

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Published: Ten Speed Press - July 18th, 2017

A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice Cover Image

A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice (Hardcover)

By Nadia Hohn, Eugenie Fernandes (Illustrator)

$16.95

ISBN: 9781771473507

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Published: Owlkids - August 13th, 2019

Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present Cover Image

Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present (Hardcover)

By Jamia Wilson, Andrea Pippins (Illustrator)

$23.99

ISBN: 9781786031587

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Published: Wide Eyed Editions - February 1st, 2018

Greek Gods and Heroes: 40 inspiring icons Cover Image

Greek Gods and Heroes: 40 inspiring icons (Hardcover)

By Sylvie Baussier, Almasty (Illustrator)

$14.99

ISBN: 9781786031433

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Published: Wide Eyed Editions - August 2nd, 2018

Boy howdy am I ever sick of biography collections for children. If I see one more anthology of Women Who Broke The Rules Exclamation Point I'm going to lay down and let a 200 copy shipment of Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls crush me to death Crucible-style. We don't need all of those books. We really only need these ones.

— Cristin

People of Peace: 40 inspiring icons Cover Image

People of Peace: 40 inspiring icons (Hardcover)

By Sandrine Mirza, Le Duo (Illustrator)

$14.99

ISBN: 9781786031440

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Published: Wide Eyed Editions - May 3rd, 2018

Boy howdy am I ever sick of biography collections for children. If I see one more anthology of Women Who Broke The Rules Exclamation Point I'm going to lay down and let a 200 copy shipment of Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls crush me to death Crucible-style. We don't need all of those books. We really only need these ones.

— Cristin

Music Legends: 40 inspiring icons Cover Image

Music Legends: 40 inspiring icons (Hardcover)

By Hervé Guilleminot, Jérôme Masi (Illustrator)

$14.99

ISBN: 9781786031457

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Published: Wide Eyed Editions - August 2nd, 2018

Boy howdy am I ever sick of biography collections for children. If I see one more anthology of Women Who Broke The Rules Exclamation Point I'm going to lay down and let a 200 copy shipment of Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls crush me to death Crucible-style. We don't need all of those books. We really only need these ones.

— Cristin