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Anderson, Kirsten (Kirsten Stephanie)

Summary: Recounts the life of P.T. Barnum, the legendary showman who transformed the American circus into a popular phenomenon.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, New York 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Gigliotti, Jim.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 630.92 CAR

Johnson, Varian

Summary: Introduces the Negro Leagues of baseball, highlighting the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the leagues during the 1930s and 1940s.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.357 JOH

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk His What Johnson

Medina, Nico

Summary: Describes the history of the Berlin Wall, from its construction in 1961 to divide the city of Berlin to its destruction in 1989.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 943 MED

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 943 MED

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT World What Medina

Burgan, Michael

Summary: Presents the life of the business mogul who turned a small food packagaing company into a booming business known for its fair treatment of workers and pioneering safe food preparation standards.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

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

Pollack, Pam.

Summary: "In 1995, on a four-hour-delayed train from Manchester to London, J.K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Upon arriving in London, she began immediately writing the first book in the saga. Rowling's true-life, rags-to-riches story is as compelling as the world of Hogwarts that she created. This biography details not only Rowling's life and her love of literature...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2012

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET ROWLING

Buckley, James

Summary: Presents the life of the legendary boxer who began his career as Cassius Clay, discussing his prowess in the ring, his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War, and his life after boxing.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET ALI

Edwards, Roberta.

Summary: A biography that introduces youngsters to Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the Moon.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2008

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET ARMSTRONG

Morgan, Ellen

Summary: "In 2005, a group of construction workers in Jerusalem made an incredible discovery. Underneath the parking lot they were digging up lay an ancient city that was built in the tenth century! Three years later, gold coins from an even earlier century were found at the site. The city of Jerusalem is like a layer cake of history-more than five thousand years of complicated history-all of which...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 933 MOR

Buckley, James

Summary: "While most athletes excel in just one sport, Jim Thorpe was different. Born in Oklahoma in 1887, he played both professional football and baseball, and ran track and field. Jim was not only a sports icon but also a trailblazer. Raised as part of the Sac and Fox tribal nation, he was the first Native American person to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. And although his personal...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023

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MacCarry, Noel

Summary: Presents the life of the folk singer and social activist, and discusses his role in the union, anti-war, civil rights, and environmental movements and the opposition he sometimes aroused for his radical views.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2017

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB SEGER MAC

Morgan, Ellen

Summary: "Presents young readers with a biography that covers what is known historically about Jesus and places in his life in the context of his world when Jerusalem was part of the Roman Empire. Also explains the early origins of Christianity and how it became a major religion"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who Jesus

Bader, Bonnie

Summary: Describes the history of the soccer World Cup, covering clothing and equipment, host stadiums, the rules, qualifying to participate, and the most successful teams.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Random House 2018

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.334 BAD

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Sport What Bader

Hubbard, Crystal

Summary: "Starting in the 1960s, John Lewis began his activism alongside civil rights legend and good friend Martin Luther King Jr. He participated in many now-historic events, including the 1963 March on Washington, the Freedom Rides, and the Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. John continued his impactful career when he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1986. He...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

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. A flying ace for the British Air Force, he was married to an Academy Award-winning actress. He also wrote books and screenplays for adults. Entertaining and readable, this biography has 80 black-and-white illustrations.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Pascal, Janet B.

Summary: Presents the history of the Wild West, covering pioneers, business people, scouts, lawmen, outlaws, gangs, gunslingers, and cowboys.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978 PAS

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist What Pascal

Marche, Stephen

Summary: "On a small two-lane bridge in a rural county that loathes the federal government, the US Army uses lethal force to end a stand-off with hard-right militias, or anti-government patriots. Inside an ordinary diner, a disaffected young man with a handgun takes aim at the American president stepping in for impromptu photo-op, and a bullet splits the hyper-partisan country into violently opposed...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.49 MAR

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