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This book answers the question as to the origin of Early Man. Was he created by God or did he evolve through a long evolutionary process? Who was the first Early Man to live on this Earth? What did he look like? Was he half ape and half man? Paleo archaeologists believe it is possible to trace Early Man back from about 2 to 3 million years ago to a more recent time when he could be truly called Early Man. Is it possible that Adam & Eve were the first...
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Penguin Young Readers Group
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El presidente Abraham Lincoln guió a la nación a través de la Guerra Civil y promovió la abolición de la esclavitud. La vida de este hombre notable ahora se cuenta en español con más de ochenta ilustraciones y mapas en blanco y negro.
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Penguin Young Readers Group
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In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. With over 100 black-and- white illustrations, the fascinating story of "the father of our country" comes to life in Spanish - revealing the real man, not just the face on the dollar bill!
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Penguin Young Readers Group
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Leonardo da Vinci fue un pintor talentoso, músico talentoso, atleta excelente, y científico e inventor dedicado, diseñando máquinas voladoras, submarinos e incluso helicópteros. Descubra su brillantez multifacética con más de ochenta ilustraciones en blanco y negro en español.
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Penguin Young Readers Group
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The famous civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out against racial and economic injustice until his death - from an assassin's bullet - in 1968. This tumultuous time in history comes to life in over 100 black-and-white illustrations that celebrate of this remarkable man.
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Penguin Young Readers Group
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One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison's inventions, illuminated in John O'Brien's wonderful black-and-white illustrations.
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Penguin Young Readers Group
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El 20 de julio de 1969, Neil Armstrong pisó la Luna y, ante una audiencia de más de 450 millones de personas, proclamó su paso un «gran salto para la humanidad». Como niño pequeño, este Eagle Scout construyó sus propios modelos de aviones y luego creció para ser un piloto de pruebas de aviones experimentales antes de convertirse en astronauta. ¡Con más de 80 ilustraciones en blanco y negro, la...
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IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this biography reveals the man behind the magic.
"�Descubre m�as acerca del verdadero Walt Disney en esta divertida y emocionante biograf�ia ilustrada!"--P. [4] of cover.
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Grosset & Dunlap
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IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Find out about the real J.K. Rowling in this fun and exciting illustrated biography.
"In 1995, on a four-hour-delayed train from Manchester to London, J.K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Upon arriving in London, she began immediately writing the first book in the saga. Rowling's true-life, rags-to-riches story is as compelling as the world of Hogwarts that she created. This biography details not only Rowling's life...
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Penguin Young Readers Group
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them. Now young readers will see just how similar Laura's true-life story was to her books. Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. Her life and times are captured in engaging text and 80 black-and-white illustrations....
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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
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IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents the life of an Albanian girl, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, who became known as Mother Teresa and spent most of her life serving "the poorest of the poor" in Calcutta, India.
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What’s better than one Who Was? book? Six Who Was? books!
Who Was Neil Armstrong? By Roberta Edwards, read by Dominic Hoffman. Listen to find out more about a boy who loved to make his own model planes, a teenager who got his pilot’s license before his driver’s license, and the very first person to set foot on the moon.
Who Was Marie Curie? By Megan Stine, read by Sarah Scott. Listen to find out more about...
Who Was Neil Armstrong? By Roberta Edwards, read by Dominic Hoffman. Listen to find out more about a boy who loved to make his own model planes, a teenager who got his pilot’s license before his driver’s license, and the very first person to set foot on the moon.
Who Was Marie Curie? By Megan Stine, read by Sarah Scott. Listen to find out more about...
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