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Who Was King Tut? by Roberta Edwards
Category: Children's | 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
Category: Children's | 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
Category: Children's 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 Marco Polo? by Joan Holub
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Who Was...? (Paperback)
Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back More than seven hundred years ago, Marco Polo traveled from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan, seeing new sights and riches that no Westerner had ever before witnessed. But ...Show more
Who Was Marie Curie? by Megan Stine
Category: Children's 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
Category: Children's | Series: Who Was? Ser.
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
Category: Children's 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 Elizabeth? by June Eding; Nancy Harrison (Illustrator); Who HQ
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Our bestselling series is fit for a queen The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and dangerous: cast out of her father's court at the age of three and imprisoned at nineteen, Elizabeth was crowned queen in 1558, when she was only twenty-five. A tough, intelligent woman who spoke five languages, Eli ...Show more
Who Was Queen Elizabeth II? by Megan Stine; Who HQ; Laurie A. Conley (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
How did a little girl who loved horses become the longest reigning monarch in England? Find out in this addition to the #1 New York Times best-selling Who Was? series! In 1936, the life of ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York changed forever. Although she was a member of the British Royal Family, sh ...Show more
Who Was Queen Victoria? by Gigliotti, Jim
Category: Children's | 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
Category: Children's 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
Who Was Roald Dahl? by True Kelley
Category: Children's | Series: Who Was...? (Paperback)
Just in time for Roahl Dahl Month! 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 ...Show more