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"Jackie Robinson always loved sports, especially baseball. He could run, leap, and throw better than any other kid around. But he lived at a time when the rules weren't fair to African Americans: Even though Jackie was a great athlete, he wasn't allowed on the best teams just because of the color of his skin. Jackie knew that sports were best when everyone, of every color, played together. He became the first black baseball player on a major-league...
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Each picture book in this series is a biography of a significant historical figure, told in a simple, conversational, vivacious way, and always focusing on a character trait that makes the person a role model for kids. The heroes are depicted as children throughout, telling their life stories in first-person present tense, which keeps the books playful and accessible to young children. And each book ends with a line of encouragement, a direct quote,...
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"Sonia Sotomayor learned to speak Spanish before she spoke English. And she had barely started walking before she learned to run. Full of energy and dedication, Sonia read every book she could get her hands on as a child - and she especially loved detective stories. Those stories inspired her to become a lawyer, then New York City's first Hispanic federal judge, and finally, the third woman and first Hispanic Jusice of the United States Supreme Court."--Back...
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"From a very young age, Marie Curie loved science and was determined to make an impact on the world. But when Marie was growing up in the late 1800s, girls weren't exprected to become scientists. Sometimes they weren't allowed to learn at all. Marie didn't let this stop her, though, and with the encouragement of her family, she kept studying and experimenting until she became a groundbreaking physicist and chemist. Marie's ideas and discoveries continue...
9) I am Gandhi
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This book tells the story of how Gandhi used the principles of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to fight discrimination against Indians in South Africa and to end British rule in India. Like the series biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi's story focuses on his peaceful heroism in the struggle for civil rights and social change.
14) I am I.M. Pei
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"This picture book biography follows I. M. Pei's start as an architect and his lasting impact on buildings all around the world"--
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"Taking place during the most critical period of our nation's birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washington's character, but also illuminates the origins of America's counterintelligence movement that led to the modern day CIA.In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington's bodyguards. Washington trusted them; relied on them....
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