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What Was D-Day?
D-Day was a major turning point in World War II and hailed as one of the greatest military attacks of all time. |
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What Was the First Thanksgiving?
After their first harvest in 1621, the Pilgrims at Plymouth shared a three-day feast with their Native American neighbors. |
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What Is the World Series?
Take a look back over one hundred years and discover the history of baseball’s greatest series. With triumphs, heartbreak, and superstitious curses, this action-packed book brings America’s Pastime to life. |
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What Is the Super Bowl?
The Super Bowl is more than just a spectacle—it's a high-stakes game to win the championship and claim a place in history. Go back in time and relive all the magic from years past—from excruciating fumbles to game winning plays. |
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Where Is the White House?
Megan Stine explains how the White House came to be and offers young readers intriguing glimpses into the lives of the First Families—from John and Abigail Adams to Barack and Michelle Obama. |
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Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy?
Kids will be fascinated to read about a First Family whose youth, intelligence, and good looks captivated America in the early 1960s. |
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Who Was Jackie Robinson?
In 1947 Jackie joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. Here is an inspiring sports biography, with black-and-white illustrations throughout. |
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Who Was Jane Austen?
Although Jane Austen’s works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and have inspired movies, television shows and mini-series, literary anthologies, and many other adaptations all around the world. |
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What Was Jesus?
In an even-handed and easy-to-read narrative, this title—illustrated with eighty black-and-white drawings—also explains the early origins of Christianity and how it became a major religion. |
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Who Was Princess Diana?
She became the People's Princess by humanizing the image of the royal family and showing care and concern for all people, including the homeless, the sick, and others in need. |
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Who Was Charlie Chaplin?
This is a moving portrait of a multi-talented man—actor, director, writer, even music composer—and the complicated times he lived in. |
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Who Was Lewis Carroll?
Children and adults continue to be delighted by the fantasy of the Alice stories, which have been the basis of plays and movies since their publication in Victorian England during the 1860s and 1870s. |
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Who Was Aretha Franklin?
Aretha Franklin was a musical and cultural icon who created an amazing legacy spanning six decades! |
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Who Was Henry VIII?
When Henry Tudor ascended to the English throne at the age of 17, his reign looked promising. |
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Who Is Derek Jeter?
When Derek Jeter was eight years old, he announced that he was going to play baseball for the New York Yankees. |
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