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Heart of Fire: Susan B. Anthony

Heart of Fire: Susan B. Anthony

Ann Malaspina
Illustrator:  Steve James 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Albert Whitman, 2012   ISBN: 978-0807531884
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Ben Franklin’s Big Splash: The mostly true story of his first invention

Ben Franklin’s Big Splash: The mostly true story of his first invention

Barb Rosenstock
Illustrator:  S.D. Schindler 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Boyds Mills Press, 2014   ISBN: 978-1620914465
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Maid of Secrets

Maid of Secrets

Jennifer McGowan
Fiction  Series
For ages 13 and up
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2014   ISBN: 978-1442441392
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Another Day as Emily

Another Day as Emily

Eileen Spinelli
Illustrator:  Joanne Lew-Vriethoff 
Poetry
For ages 9 to 12
Random House, 2014   ISBN: 978-0449809877
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Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine

Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine

Gloria Whelan
Illustrator:  Nancy Carpenter 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Simon and Schuster, 2014   ISBN: 978-1416927532
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Those Rebels, John and Tom

Those Rebels, John and Tom

Barbara Kerley
Illustrator:  Edwin Fotheringham 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Scholastic Press, 2012   ISBN: 978-0545222686
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Helen Keller's Best Friend Belle

Helen Keller's Best Friend Belle

Holly M. Barry
Illustrator:  Jennifer Thermes 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Albert Whitman & Company, 2013   ISBN: 978-0807531983
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Katie and the Waterlily Pond

Katie and the Waterlily Pond

James Mayhew
Picture Book  Series
For ages 5 to 7
Orchard Books, 2012   ISBN: 978-1408304648
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Stone Giant: Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be

Stone Giant: Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be

Jane Sutcliffe
Illustrator:  John Shelley 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Charlesbridge, 2014   ISBN: 978-1580892957
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Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Gene Barretta
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Henry Holt and Co, 2006   ISBN: 978-0805079173
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If

If

Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator:  Giovanni Manna 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 8 and up
Creative Editions, 2014   ISBN: 978-1568462592
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The Second Mrs. Gioconda

The Second Mrs. Gioconda

E.L. Konigsburg
Fiction
For ages 12 and up
Simon and Schuster, 2005   ISBN: 1416903429
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The Cart That Carried Martin

The Cart That Carried Martin

Eve Bunting
Illustrator:   Don Tate 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Charlesbridge, 2013   ISBN: 978-1580893879
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What Mr Darwin Saw

What Mr Darwin Saw

Mick Manning, Brita Granstrom
Illustrator:  Mick Manning , Brita Granstrom 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2009   ISBN: 978-1845079703
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Louisa May's Battle: How the Civil War Led to <i>Little Women</i>

Louisa May's Battle: How the Civil War Led to Little Women

Kathleen Krull
Illustrator:  Carlyn Beccia 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Bloomsbury, 2013   ISBN: 978-0802796684
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