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Smith, Charles R.

Summary: "A picture book look at many of the men and women who revolutionized life for African Americans throughout history"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 SMI

Hearst, Michael

Summary: "Brief and humorous biographies of fascinating people"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 HEA

Gutman, Dan

Summary: Paige and Turner have collected some of the most unusual and surprising facts about the Beatles, from their childhoods and early days as musicians to the formation and rise of the band to become the greatest of all time.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J 782.42 GUT

Anderson, Kirsten (Kirsten Stephanie)

Summary: "Enter a world of shrunken heads, mystic holy men, shriveled aliens, and bizarre relics in the delightfully odd tale of Robert Ripley. Born in California, Ripley began his career as a sports cartoonist. He went on to chronicle global records and oddities in his weekly column, Believe It Or Not! After publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst took an interest in the column, it became a syndicated...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2015

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET RIPLEY

Nelson, S. D.

Summary: "In 1876, Lakota chief Crazy Horse helped lead his people's resistance against the white man's invasion of the northern Great Plains. One of the leaders of the US military forces was Army Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. The men had long been enemies. Atthe height of the war, when tribalism had reached its peak, they crossed paths for the last time. In this action-packed double biography, S....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 NEL

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 NEL

Burcaw, Shane.

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "With acerbic wit and a hilarious voice, Shane Burcaw describes the challenges he faces as a twenty-one-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy. From awkward handshakes to having a girlfriend and everything in between, Shane handles his situation with humor and a "you-only-live-once" perspective on life. While he does talk about everyday issues that are relatable to teens, he also offers an...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt & Co 2014

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Pascal, Janet B

Summary: "It seems entirely fitting that Maurice Sendak was born on the same day that Mickey Mouse first made his cartoon debut--June 10, 1928. Sendak was crazy about cartoons and comic books, and at twelve, after seeing Disney's Fantasia, he decided that he was going to become an illustrator. His love of childrens books began early: often sick and confined to bed, little Maurice read and read and read....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SEN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET SENDAK

O'Neill, Alexis

Summary: Learn how Melvil Dewey's love of organization and words drove him to develop and implement his Dewey Decimal system, leaving a significant and lasting impact in libraries across the country.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC O'NE

Summary: A latest anthology for tween boys collects ten true stories, biographies, essays, and other engaging short entries by leading nonfiction writers and journalists.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 GUY

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCI

Klimo, Kate.

Summary: "How Ted Geisel became Dr. Seuss"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR Purple Klimo 2016

Bond, Rebecca

Summary: "Inspired by the author's grandfather's experiences living in a lodge in the woods, a story of how people and animals survive a forest fire in a small Canadian town"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret Ferguson Books, Farrar Straus Giroux 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 971 BON

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