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WHO WAS HARRIET TUBMAN?
Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad which she travelled by herself north to Philadelphia. Throughout her long life (she died at the age of ninety-two) and long after the Civil War brought an end…
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- 0-448-42889-X
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- 106 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm.
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- 973 MCD w c.1 201860308
I AM WALT DISNEY
I am the creator of Mickey Mouse. I am Walt Disney. As a child, I had a wild imagination and a great curiosity. As I grew up, I used those qualities to become a cartoonist. Eventually, I turned these drawings into films and began my own animation business. One of my characters, Mickey Mouse, became so popular that movie theaters sold out and I won an Academy Award. After pursuing a career as…
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- 978-0-545-62918-8
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- 127 p. ; ill. , portraits ; 20 cm.
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- 920 NOR i c.1 201860238
HORRIBLE HISTORIES: WHO'S HORRIBLE IN HISTORY
This title presents fifty foul people from history - personally selected by His Dearyness for their beastly behaviour. It is split into ten sections including: Awful Assassins, Rotten Rebels, Wicked Women, Crazy Criminals, Ruthless Rulers, etc. Each section follows a different format - stories, newspaper articles, diary entries, fact files and so on.
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- 978-1407-11688-4
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- 80 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
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- 920.02 DEA h c.1 201860139
WHAT BODY PART IS THAT?
In its 68 fully illustrated, 99.9% fact-free chapters, Andy Griffiths's and Terry Denton's What Body Part Is That? will explain everything you ever needed to know about your body without the boring technical jargon and scientific accuracy that normally clog up the pages of books of this type. Never again will you be stuck for an answer when somebody comes up to you, points at a part of your …
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- 978-1-250-03406-9
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- 180 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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- 570 GRI w c.1 201860061
BOY: TALES OF CHILDHOOD
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-selling books. Packed with anecdotes—some funny, some painful, all interesting—this is a book that's sure to please.
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- 978-0-14-130305-5
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- 176 p. ; ill. ; por. ; 21 cm.
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- 920 DAH b c.1 201870030
OXFORD BOOKWORMS: MARTIN LUTHER KING
Features topics such as environmental issues, historical facts, and culture.
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- 978-0-19-423393-4
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- 72 p. ; por. ; 22 cm.
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- 920 MCL o c.1 201870028
BOY
Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! BOY, Roald Dahl's bestselling autobiography, is full of hilarious anecdotes about his childhood and school days, illustrated by Quentin Blake. As a boy, all sorts of unusual things happened to Roald Dahl. There was the time he and four school friends got their revenge on beastly Mrs Prachett in her sweet shop. The…
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- 978-0-141-37134-4
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- 218 p. ; ill. ; port. ; 21 cm.
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- 823 DAH b c.1 201930327
GOING SOLO
From the bestselling author Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG comes an autobiographical account of his exploits as a World War II pilot! Superb stories, daring deeds, fantastic adventures! Learn all about Roald Dahl's encounters with the enemy, his worldwide travels, the life-threatening injuries he sustained in a plane accident, and the rest of his sometimes bizarre, often unne…
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- 978-0-141-37141-2
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- 209 p. ; port. ; 21 cm.
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- 823 DAH g c.1 201930326
WHO IS BOB DYLAN?
A Nobel Prize-winning singer-songwriter, musician, and artist, Bob Dylan is an American icon. In the past five decades, Dylan's work has influenced everyone from John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, and David Bowie to rapper Eminem. Young music lovers will be fascinated by this great artist's life!
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- 978-0-448-46461-9
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- 106 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm.
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- 920 OCO w c.1 201930310
WHO IS MALALA YOUSAFZAI?
Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak out for the right of all children to have an education. In 2014 she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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- 978-0448489377
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- 112 pages
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- 920 BRO w c.1 201930309
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