Who and What Was? Complete Collection of 180 Books

This is a series of inspiring biographies and history titles that are perfect for young middle-grade readers.

Each book is complete with facts, interesting anecdotes, and compelling black-and-white illustrations. Sidebars on related topics, a timeline, and a bibliography enhance readers understanding of each person. This set will match your readers who are beyond easy-to-read but not quite ready for long, detailed nonfiction.

Inside - Who Was Clara Barton?

Inside - Who Was Sitting Bull?

Kids—even kids who don't normally enjoy reading—love these WHO WAS? books. Your library kids will be asking for more and more titles!

Each book is fun to read because it is liberally illustrated and the information is easy to digest. Plus, each book is written more like a story and contains truly interesting lessons about each person, place, or event.

Even adults like reading these books because the story is full of unique details and little-known facts that adults may not remember from their school days. And as one gets older, you realize how much can be learned from the past; so revisiting persons and events from history can provide important lessons for both young and old.

Please Note:Some books may have a small non-returnable mark on the spine.

If a title is out of stock we will substitute with another title from this series.

Volumes in this Series:

1. Abigail Adams
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. Albert Einstein
4. Alexander Graham Bell
5. Alexander the Great
6. Alexander Hamilton
7. Amelia Earhart
8. Anne Frank
9. Annie Oakley
10. Aretha Franklin
11. Babe Ruth
12. Barack Obama
13. Beatrix Potter
14. Benedict Arnold - New Arrival
15. Benjamin Franklin
16. Betsy Ross
17. Bill Gates
18. Blackbeard
19. Booker T. Washington
20. Brothers Grimm
21. Bruce Lee
22. Catherine the Great - New Arrival
23. Charlie Chaplin
24. Charles Dickens
25. Christopher Columbus
26. Chuck Jones
27. Clara Barton
28. Claude Monet
29. Confucius - New Arrival
30. Coretta Scott King
31. Dalai Lama
32. Daniel Boone
33. Davy Crockett
34. Derek Jeter
35. Dolly Parton
36. Dr. Seuss
37. Duke Ellington - New Arrival
38. Edgar Allan Poe
39. Eleanor Roosevelt
40. Elvis Presley
41. Ernest Shackleton
42. Ferdinand Magellan
43. Frank Lloyd Wright
44. Franklin Roosevelt
45. Frederick Douglass
46. Galileo
47. Gandhi
48. Genghis Khan
49. George Washington
50. George Washington Carver
51. Harriet Beecher Stowe
52. Harriet Tubman
53. Harry Houdini
54. Helen Keller
55. Henry Ford
56. Henry VIII
57. H.J. Heinz
58. Ida B. Wells - New Arrival
59. Isaac Newton
60. Jackie Chan
61. Jackie Robinson
62. Jacqueline Kennedy
63. Jacques Cousteau
64. Jane Austen
65. Jesse Owens
66. Jesus
67. Jim Henson
68. Joan of Arc
69. Johnny Appleseed
70. John F. Kennedy
71. Jules Verne
72. Julia Child
73. Julius Caesar
74. J.R.R. Tolkien
75. King Tut
76. Laura Ingalls Wilder
77. Leif Erikson
78. Leonardo da Vinci
79. Lewis Carroll
80. Levi Strauss - New Arrival
81. Louis Braille
82. Lucille Ball
83. Malala Yousafzai
84. Marco Polo
85. Marie Antoinette
86. Marie Curie
87. Mark Twain
88. Martin Luther King, Jr.
89. Maya Angelou
90. Michael Jordan
91. Michelle Obama
92. Milton Bradley
93. Milton Hershey
94. Mister Rogers
95. Mother Teresa
96. Muhammad Ali
97. Napoleon
98. Neil Armstrong
99. Nellie Bly - New Arrival
100. Nelson Mandela
101. Nikola Tesla
102. Norman Rockwell
103. Paul Revere
104. Pelé
105. Princess Diana
106. P.T. Barnum
107. Queen Elizabeth
108. Queen Victoria
109. Rachel Carson
110. Richard Nixon
111. Roald Dahl
112. Robert E. Lee
113. Robert Ripley
114. Roberto Clemente
115. Ronald Reagan
116. Rosa Parks
117. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
118. Sacagawea
119. Sam Walton
120. Seabiscuit
121. Selena
122. Sitting Bull
123. Sojourner Truth
124. Stan Lee
125. Steve Jobs
126. Susan B. Anthony
127. Temple Grandin
128. Theodore Roosevelt
129. Thomas Alva Edison
130. Thomas Jefferson
131. The Three Stooges
132. The Tuskegee Airmen
133. Ulysses S. Grant
134. Walt Disney
135. Walt Whitman - New Arrival
136. Wayne Gretzky
137. William Shakespeare
138. Winston Churchill
139. Woodrow Wilson
140. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
141. The Wright Brothers
     
     
142. What Was the Age of Exploration? - New Arrival
143. What Was the Alamo?
144. What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?
145. What Was the Berlin Wall?
146. What Was the Bombing of Hiroshima?
147. What Was the Boston Tea Party?
148. What Is the Civil Rights Movement? - New Arrival
149. What Is the Constitution?
150. What Is the Declaration of Independence?
151. What Was D-Day?
152. What Was Ellis Island?
153. What Was the First Thanksgiving?
154. What Was the Gold Rush?
155. What Was the Great Depression?
156. What Was the Great Chicago Fire?
157. What Was the Hindenburg?
158. What Was the Holocaust
159. What Was Hurricane Katrina?
160. What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
161. What Was the March on Washington?
162. What Were the Negro Leagues?
163. What Is the Panama Canal?
164. What Are the Paralympic Games?
165. What Was Pearl Harbor?
166. What Was Pompeii?
167. What Were the Roaring Twenties?
168. What Were the Salem Witch Trials?
169. What Was the San Francisco Earthquake?
170. What Is the Statue of Liberty?
171. What Is the Stanley Cup?
172. What Are the Summer Olympics?
173. What Is the Super Bowl?
174. What Was the Titanic?
175. What Were the Twin Towers?
176. What Was the Underground Railroad?
177. What Was the Vietnam War?
178. What Was the Wild West?
179. What Is the World Series?
180. What Is the World Cup?