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Who Was J. R. R. Tolkien? by Pamela D. Pollack; Meg Belviso; Jonathan Moore (Illustrator); Nancy Harrison (Illustrator); Who HQ; Tomie dePaola
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Category: No Category | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Best known for his epicLord of the Ringstrilogy andThe Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure. Tolkien spent his childhood roaming the British countryside with his family and could read and write by age four. He was naturally gif ...Show more
Who Was Jane Austen? by Sarah Fabiny; Jerry Hoare (Illustrator); Who HQ
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Step into the world of Georgian England and learn more about the genteel life of the beloved author of such classics as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma. Illustrations. 5 5/16 x 7 5/8.
Who Was Jesus? by Ellen Morgan; Who HQ; Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator)
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
This fascinating addition to the best-selling Who Was...' series does not settle questions of theology. Instead, it 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. I ...Show more
Who Was Jim Henson? by Joan Holub
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Category: Childrens | Series: Who Was...? (Paperback)
Jim Henson broke into television with a five-minute puppetry segment when he was only a freshman in college. He created puppets like none ever seen before, with expressive fabric faces and rod-controlled arms. His Muppets became world-renowned celebrities and formed the backbone of a media empire. With ...Show more
Who Was King Tut? by Roberta Edwards
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Category: Childrens | Series: Who Was...? (Paperback)
Ever since Howard Carter uncovered King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, the young pharaoh has become a symbol of the wealth and mystery of ancient Egypt. Now, a two-and-a-half-year-long museum exhibit of Tut's treasures is touring major cities in the U.S., drawing record crowds. This Who Was . . . ? is comp ...Show more
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? by Roberta Edwards
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Category: Childrens | Series: Who Was...? (Paperback)
Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters. Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to. Only thirteen paintings are known to be his; as for the illustrated encyc ...Show more
Who Was Louis Braille? by Margaret Frith
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was...? (Paperback)
Louis Braille certainly wasn't your average teenager. Blind from the age of four, he was only fifteen when in 1824 he invented a reading system that converted printed words into columns of raised dots. Through touch, Braille opened the world of books to the sightless, and almost two hundred years later, ...Show more
Who Was Marie Curie? by Megan Stine
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientifi ...Show more
Who Was Pablo Picasso? by True Kelley
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Category: Childrens | Series: Who Was? Ser. | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
Over a long, turbulent life, Picasso continually discovered new ways of seeing the world and translating it into art. A restless genius, he went through a blue period, a rose period, and a Cubist phase. He made collages, sculptures out of everyday objects, and beautiful ceramic plates. True Kelley's eng ...Show more
Who Was Princess Diana? (Who Was?) by Labrecque, Ellen
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
A shy twenty-year-old girl stepped out of a horse-drawn coach and into the world spotlight, capturing the imagination of millions as a real life fairytale princess. Although the storybook marriage didn't have a happy ending, Diana learned to use her
Who Was Queen Victoria? by Gigliotti, Jim
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Category: Childrens | Series: Who Was?
She was the national icon whose 63-year reign is famous as the Victorian era. But who was Queen Victoria? From her closely-supervised upbringing to her complex adulthood as Britain's monarch, this concise and enjoyable biography puts together the pieces of Victoria's life for young readers. Puffin's 'Wh ...Show more
Who Was Rachel Carson? by Sarah Fabiny
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was...? (Paperback)
Though she grew up in rural Pennsylvania, Rachel Carson dreamed of the sea. In 1936 she began work with the Bureau of Fisheries and soon after published"Under the Sea Wind," her first of many nature books. Her 1962 bestseller, "Silent Spring," sent shockwaves through the country and warned of the danger ...Show more