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Summary: "Every great artist started out as a kid. Forget the awards, the sold-out museum exhibitions, and the timeless masterpieces. When the world’s most celebrated artists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Jackson Pollock’s family moved constantly—he lived in eight different cities before he was sixteen years old. Georgia O’Keeffe lived in the shadow of her zperfecty older...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2016
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT 709 StablerStabler, David
Summary: Presents twenty stories featuring the United States presidents when they were children, including William Taft's dance lessons, Lyndon Johnson's classroom pranks, and Gerald Ford's struggles with dyslexia.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J920 STAStabler, David
Summary: Sixteen "true tales from the childhoods of famous athletes, from Babe Ruth (so incorrigible that his parents put him in reform school at age 7) to Muhammad Ali (who learned to fight at age 12 after a thief stole his bicycle)"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 STAStabler, David
Summary: Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such a troublemaker that his family sent him to reform school. Race-car champion Danica Patrick fended off bullies who told her "girls cant drive." And football superstar Peyton Manning was forced to dance the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Staples, Mavis.
Contents: Step into the light -- Pops recipe -- Have a little faith -- God is not sleeping -- A dying man's plea -- Ain't no better than you -- I wanna thank you -- I still believe in you -- At the end of the day -- There's a devil on the loose -- In times like these -- Will the circle be unbroken.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alligator Records 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES STAStaples, Mavis.
Contents: Interesting -- 20th century express -- Come home -- Jaguar -- Train -- The old song -- I guess I'm crazy -- Time waits for no one.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Paisley Park 1989