Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 2 - 5 | N | 4.5 | 9962 |
Who Was? Books
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A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, publisher, inventor, scientist, and statesman who ...
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Black-and-white illustrations on every spread and a lower reading level than other biographies in...
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Annie Oakley was the original power girl in an age when most women stayed home. During the late 1...
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Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs, jail c...
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Born in 1925, Maria Tallchief spent part of her childhood on an Osage reservation in Oklahoma. Wi...
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Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo acro...
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A biography of the ninteenth-century woman who escaped slavery and helped many other slaves get t...
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At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and ...
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When Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain in 1519, he believed he could get t...
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For a long time, the main role of First Ladies was to act as hostesses of the White House...until...
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As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting “useless” experim...
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Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age—literally! (He was six feet four...
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In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called th...
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and, to an audience of over 450 million peop...
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Claude Monet is considered one of the most influential artists of all time. He is a founder of th...
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As the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as our first African-American president. Wi...
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Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great ...
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Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality....
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Just in time for baseball season! Babe Ruth came from a poor Baltimore family and, as a kid, he ...
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Everyone loves Harry Potter. Now kids can learn about Harry's creator! In 1995, on a four-hour-de...
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A life in the wild! Jane Goodall, born in London, England, always loved animals and wanted to stu...
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Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, phi...
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A look at the life and accomplishments of the famous pioneer, Daniel Boone.
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Put on your blue suede shoes and get ready for the latest title in the Who Wasa]? series! The Kin...
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In her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young girl. Bu...
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Sacagawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in American history,...
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Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, whe...
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Did you know that John Adams had to coax Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Indepen...
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From his childhood in rural Illinois to moviemaking days in Hollywood and on to a career in polit...
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A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. Best...
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If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It...
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The man who saved the lives of his PT-109 crewmen during WWII and became the 35th president fough...
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Presents the life and accomplishments of the famous artist, scientist, engineer, and inventor.
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Our bestselling series is fit for a queen! The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and dangero...
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Over a long, turbulent life, Picasso continually discovered new ways of seeing the world and tran...
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Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pict...
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Jim Henson broke into television with a five-minute puppetry segment when he was only a freshman ...
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In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Thi...
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As a kid, Jackie Robinson loved sports. And why not? He was a natural at football, basketball, an...
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In 1775, Paul Revere of Boston made his now-famous horseback ride warning colonists of an impendi...
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Just in time for Roahl Dahl Month! Roald Dahl is one of the most famous children's book authors e...
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Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six ...
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It seems entirely fitting that Maurice Sendak was born on the same day that Mickey Mouse first ma...
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and wa...
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Learn about the real man behind the legend.
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This accessible, appealing biography shines the light on Thomas Edison, the inventor of the elect...
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"Find out more about the real William Shakespeare in this fun and exciting illustrated biography!...
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"A biography of the Beatles, the world's most famous rock band"--Provided by publisher.
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Explains the life and times of the Egyptian ruler King Tut, covering the story of the tomb's disc...
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Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back! More th...