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Trial by Ice: A Photobiography of Sir Ernest Shackleton (Rdg Prgm 08/09/10 Wt)

Trial by Ice: A Photobiography of Sir Ernest Shackleton (Rdg Prgm 08/09/10 Wt)

K.M. Kostyal
Nonfiction
for ages 8 to 10
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006   ISBN: 978-0153566196
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A Picture Book of Jackie Robinson

A Picture Book of Jackie Robinson

David A. Adler
Illustrator:  Robert Casilla 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Holiday House (P), 1997   ISBN: 0823413047
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A Picture Book of Louis Braille

A Picture Book of Louis Braille

David A. Adler
Illustrator:  John C. Wallner , Alexandra Wallner 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Holiday House, 1998   ISBN: 0823414132
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Dead Reckoning: A Pirate Voyage with Captain Drake

Dead Reckoning: A Pirate Voyage with Captain Drake

Laurie Lawlor
Fiction
For ages 12 and up
Simon and Schuster, 2005   ISBN: 978-0689865770
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The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale

The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale

Carmen Agra Deedy, Randall Wright
Illustrator:   Barry Moser 
Fiction
For ages 9 to 12
Peachtree Publishers, 2011   ISBN: 978-1561455959
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Lafayette and the American Revolution

Lafayette and the American Revolution

Russell Freedman
Nonfiction
For ages 12 and up
Holiday House, 2010   ISBN: 978-0823421824
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A Picture Book of Jesse Owens

A Picture Book of Jesse Owens

David A. Adler
Illustrator:  Robert Casilla 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Holiday House, 1993   ISBN: 978-0823410668
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A Picture Book of Dwight David Eisenhower

A Picture Book of Dwight David Eisenhower

David A. Adler
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Holiday House, 2004   ISBN: 0823418308
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Mind Your Manners, Alice Roosevelt!

Mind Your Manners, Alice Roosevelt!

Leslie Kimmelman
Illustrator:  Adam Gustavson 
Historical Fiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Peachtree Publishers, 2009   ISBN: 978-1561454921
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Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

Candace Fleming
Nonfiction
For ages 9 to 12
Random House, 2011   ISBN: 978-0375841989
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Ship of Fire

Ship of Fire

Michael Cadnum
Historical Fiction
For ages 12 and
Penguin, 2003   ISBN: 978-0670899074
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Sir Francis Drake: His Daring Deeds

Sir Francis Drake: His Daring Deeds

Roy Gerrard
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989   ISBN: 978-0374466886
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A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall

A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall

David A. Adler
Illustrator:  Robert Casilla 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Holiday House, 1999   ISBN: 978-0823415069
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Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun

Demi
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Marshall Cavendish, 2009   ISBN: 978-0761455585
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The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette (Young Royals)

The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette (Young Royals)

Carolyn Meyer
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Harcourt Children's Books, 2010   ISBN: 978-0152063764
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