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Nice Work, Franklin!

Nice Work, Franklin!

Suzanne Tripp Jurmain
Illustrator:  Larry Day 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Penguin, 2016   ISBN: 978-0803738003
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Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig

Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig

Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrator:  Charlotte Voake 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Random House, 2016   ISBN: 978-0385373258
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Jane Goodall: Animal Scientist

Jane Goodall: Animal Scientist

Katherine Krohn
Illustrator:  Cynthia Martin , Anne Timmons 
Nonfiction Graphic Novel  Series
For ages 8 to 10
Capstone Press, 2006   ISBN: 978-0736868853
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The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford

The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford

Suzanne Slade
Illustrator:  Jennifer Black Reinhardt 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Charlesbridge, 2015   ISBN: 978-1580896672
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Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrator:  John Mantha 
Nonfiction
For ages 6 to 8
Kids Can Press, 2008   ISBN: 978-1554530564
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Queen of Someday

Queen of Someday

Sherry Ficklin
Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Clean Teen Publishing, 2014   ISBN: 978-1940534909
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Revolutionary Friends: General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette

Revolutionary Friends: General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette

Selene Castrovilla
Illustrator:  Drazen Kozjan 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Boyds Mills Press, 2013   ISBN: 978-1590788806
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First Dog Fala

First Dog Fala

Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
Illustrator:  Michael Montgomery 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 4 to 8
Peachtree Publishers, 2008   ISBN: 978-1561454112
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Dreaming with Rousseau

Dreaming with Rousseau

Julie Merberg, Suzanne Bober
Board Book
For ages 2 to 4
Chronicle Books, 2007   ISBN: 978-0811857123
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Bessie Coleman: Daring Stunt Pilot

Bessie Coleman: Daring Stunt Pilot

Trina Robbins
Illustrator:  Ken Steacy 
Nonfiction graphic novel  Series
For ages 7 to 9
Capstone Press, 2007   ISBN: 978-0736868518
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Quiet Time With Cassatt

Quiet Time With Cassatt

Julie Merberg, Suzanne Bober
Board Book
For ages 2 to 4
Chronicle Books, 2006   ISBN: 978-0811855044
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The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s life with the chimps

The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s life with the chimps

Jeanette Winter
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Random House, 2011   ISBN: 978-0375867743
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Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library

Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library

Barb Rosenstock
Illustrator:  John O'Brien 
Nonfiction
For ages 6 to 8
Boyds Mills Press, 2013   ISBN: 978-1590789322
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With Books and Bricks: How Booker T. Washington Built a School

With Books and Bricks: How Booker T. Washington Built a School

Suzanne Slade
Illustrator:  Nicole Tadgell 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Albert Whitman, 2014   ISBN: 978-0807508978
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Clara and Davie: The true story of young Clara Barton, Founder of the American R

Clara and Davie: The true story of young Clara Barton, Founder of the American R

Patricia Polacco
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Scholastic, 2014   ISBN: 978-0545354776
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