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Ada, Alma Flor.  UNDER THE ROYAL PALMS

Adams, Simon.  ALEXANDER : THE BOY SOLDIER WHO CONQUERED THE WORLD

Adler, David A.  AMERICA'S CHAMPION SWIMMER : GERTRUDE EDERLE

Aldrin, Buzz.  REACHING FOR THE MOON

Alexander, Elizabeth. MISS CRANDALL'S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES & LITTLE MISSES OF COLOR : POEMS

Alexander, Sally Hobart. SHE TOUCHED THE WORLD : LAURA BRIDGMAN, DEAF-BLIND PIONEER

Aliki. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE & THE GLOBE

Anderson, William.  PRAIRIE GIRL : THE LIFE OF LAURA INGALLS WILDER

Andrews-Goebel, Nancy. THE POT THAT JUAN BUILT

Angelou, Maya.  I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS

Appelt, Kathi.  MISS LADY BIRD'S WILDFLOWERS : HOW A FIRST LADY CHANGED AMERICA

Appelt, Kathi.  MY FATHER'S SUMMERS

Armstrong, Lance.  IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE : MY JOURNEY BACK TO LIFE

Arnothy, Christine  I AM FIFTEEN -- AND I DON'T WANT TO DIE

Ashby, Ruth.  THE AMAZING MR. FRANKLIN, OR, THE BOY WHO READ EVERYTHING

Ashby, Ruth.  ROCKET MAN : THE MERCURY ADVENTURE OF JOHN GLENN

Atkins, Jeannine.  ANNE HUTCHINSON'S WAY

Bains, Rae.  GANDHI PEACEFUL WARRIOR

Barasch, Lynne.   ASK ALBERT EINSTEIN

Barbour, Karen.  MR. WILLIAMS

Barretta, Gene.  NOW & BEN : THE MODERN INVENTIONS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Bauer, Marion Dane. A WRITER'S STORY : FROM LIFE TO FICTION

Bernall, Misty.  SHE SAID YES : THE UNLIKELY MARTYRDOM OF CASSIE BERNALL

Blair, Margaret Whitman. THE ROARING 20 : THE FIRST CROSS-COUNTRY AIR RACE FOR WOMEN

Bolden, Tonya.  THE CHAMP : THE STORY OF MUHAMMAD ALI

Borden, Louise.  FLY HIGH! tHE STORY OF BESSIE COLEMAN

Bowden, Mark.  BLACK HAWK DOWN

Brewster, Hugh.  CARNATION, LILY, LILY, ROSE

Bridges, Ruby.  THROUGH MY EYES

Brighton, Catherine. THE BRONTES : STORIES FROM THE CHILDHOOD OF CHARLOTTE, BRANWELL, EMILY AND ANNE

Brown, Don.  MACK MADE MOVIES

Browne, Anthony.  THE SHAPE GAME

Bryan, Ashley.  ASHLEY BRYAN : WORDS TO MY LIFE'S SONG

Bryant, Jennifer.  CALL ME MARIANNE

Bryant, Jennifer.  GEORGIA'S BONES

Buckley, Gail.  AMERICAN PATRIOTS : THE STORY OF BLACKS IN THE MILITARY FROM THE REVOLUTION TO DESERT STORM

Burleigh, Robert.  AMELIA EARHART : FREE IN THE SKIES

Burleigh, Robert.  AMERICAN MOMENTS : SCENES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY

Burleigh, Robert.  TIGER OF THE SNOWS : TENZING NORGAY : THE BOY WHOSE DREAM WAS EVEREST

Busby, Peter.  FIRST TO FLY : HOW WILBUR & ORVILLE WRIGHT INVENTED THE AIRPLANE

Bustard, Anne.  BUDDY : THE STORY OF BUDDY HOLLY

Butcher, Nancy.  IT CAN'T BE DONE, NELLIE BLY! : A REPORTER'S RACE AROUND THE WORLD

Capatti, Berenice.  KLIMT AND HIS CAT

Carlson, Laurie M.  QUEEN OF INVENTIONS : HOW THE SEWING MACHINE CHANGED THE WORLD

Carney, Mary Lou.  DR. WELCH AND THE GREAT GRAPE STORY

Cheripko, Jan.  CAESAR RODNEY'S RIDE : THE STORY OF AN AMERICA PATRIOT

Cline-Ransome, Lesa. MAJOR TAYLOR, CHAMPION CYCLIST

Codell, Esme Raji.  SING A SONG OF TUNA FISH : HARD TO SWALLOW STORIES FROM FIFTH GRADE

Colbert, David. THOMAS EDISON

Conlon, Kathy.  UNDER THE ICE : A CANADIAN MUSEUM NATURE BOOK

Corey, Shana.  YOU FORGOT YOUR SKIRT, AMELIA BLOOMER! : A VERY IMPROPER STORY

Dahl, Roald BOY

Dahl, Roald GOING SOLO

Davis, Kenneth C.  DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THOMAS JEFFERSON

Davis, Samson.  THE PACT : THREE YOUNG MEN MAKE A PROMISE AND

FULFILL A DREAM

Debon, Nicolas. FOUR PICTURES BY EMILY CARR

De la Hoya, Oscar.  SUPER OSCAR

Delano, Marfe Ferguson. GENIUS : A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALBERT EINSTEIN

Delano, Poli. WHEN I WAS A BOY NERUDA CALLED ME POLICARPO : A MEMOIR

Demi.  MARY

Deutsch, Stacia.  LINCOLN'S LEGACY

Douglass, Frederick. NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS : AN AMERICAN SLAVE

Durrant, Lynda  THE BEADED MOCCASINS : THE STORY OF MARY CAMPBELL

Duve, Catherine de.  HELLO MATISSE!

Duve, Catherine de.  HELLO ROUSSEAU!

Dyer, Daniel JACK LONDON : A BIOGRAPHY

Ellabbad, Mohieddin. THE ILLUSTRATOR'S NOTEBOOK

Engle, Margarita.  THE POET SLAVE OF CUBA : A BIOGRAPHY OF JUAN FRANCISCO MANZANO

Farris, Christine King. MY BROTHER MARTIN : A SISTER REMEMBERS GROWING UP WITH THE REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Feinstein, Stephen.  READ ABOUT CESAR CHAVEZ

Feinstein, Stephen.  READ ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Fleischman, John.  PHINEAS GAGE : THE GRUESOME BUT TRUE STORY ABOUT BRAIN SCIENCE

Ford, Carin T.  DARING WOMEN OF THE CIVIL WAR

Ford, Carin T.  ROBERTO CLEMENTE : BASEBALL LEGEND

Fradin, Dennis B.  DUEL : BURR AND HAMILTON'S DEADLY WAR OF WORDS

Frampton, David.  MR. FERLINGHETTI'S POEM

Freedman, Russell. LINCOLN : A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY

Fritz, Jean WHY NOT, LAFAYETTE?

Ganci, Chris.  CHIEF : THE LIFE OF PETER J. GANCI, A NEW YORK CITY FIREFIGHTER

Garner, Eleanor Ramrath. ELEANOR'S STORY : AN AMERICAN GIRL IN HITLER'S GERMANY

Gerstein, Mordicai  THE WILD BOY

Geyer, Flora.  MAO ZEDONG : THE REBEL WHO LED A REVOLUTION

Gitlin, Marty.  JIMMIE JOHNSON : RACING CHAMP

Gold, Alison Leslie. MEMORIES OF ANNE FRANK : REFLECTIONS OF A CHILDHOOD FRIEND

Goh, Chan Hon.  BEYOND THE DANCE : A BALLERINA'S LIFE

Goldsmith, Howard.  JOHN F. KENNEDY AND THE STORY SEA

Goodall, Jane.  THE CHIMPANZEES I LOVE : SAVING THEIR WORLD AND OURS

Gormley, Beatrice.  BARACK OBAMA : OUR FORTY-FOURTH PRESIDENT

Gormley, Beatrice.  MARIA MITCHELL : THE SOUL OF AN ASTRONOMER

Green, Michelle Y.  A STRONG RIGHT ARM : THE STORY OF MAMIE "PEANUT" JOHNSON

Greenfield, Howard.  A PROMISE FULFILLED : THEODOR HERTZL, CHAIM WEITZMANN, AND DAVID BEN-GURION AND THE CREATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL

Gutman, Dan HONUS AND ME : A BASEBALL CARD ADVENTURE

Gutman, Dan.  JACKIE ROBINSON AND THE BIG GAME

Gutman, Dan.  RACE FOR THE SKY : THE KITTY HAWK DIARIES OF JOHNNY MOORE

Guzman, Lila.  CESAR CHAVEZ : FIGHTING FOR FAIRNESS

Guzman, Lila.  DIEGO RIVERA : ARTIST OF MEXICO

Harrison, Nancy WINNIE MANDELA

Hawk, Tony.  HAWK: OCCUPATION: SKATEBOARDER

Helm, Charles.  DANIEL'S DINOSAURS : A TRUE DISCOVERY STORY

Hilliard, Richard.  NEIL, BUZZ & MIKE GO TO THE MOON

Hines, Gary.  THE MIDNIGHT FOREST : A STORY OF GIFFORD PINCHOT AND OUR NATIONAL FORESTS

Houle, Michelle M. MARK TWAIN : BANNED, CHALLENGED, AND CENSORED

Howe, Jane Moore  AMELIA EARHARD, YOUNG AIR PIONEER

Jerome, Kate Boehm.  ATOMIC UNIVERSE : THE QUEST TO DISCOVER RADIOACTIVITY

Jiang, Ji-li.  RED SCARF GIRL : A MEMOIR OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION

Keating, Frank.  THEODORE

Kehret, Peg SMALL STEPS : THE YEAR I GOT POLIO

Kent, Deborah.  DOROTHY DAY : FRIEND TO THE FORGOTTEN

Kent, Zachary.  JAMES MADISON : CREATING A NATION

Kerr, M. E. ME ME ME ME ME, NOT A NOVEL

Kimpton, Diana.  EDISON'S FANTASTIC PHONOGRAPH

Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie.  THE BEAR THAT HEARD CRYING

Kowalski, Kathiann M. EVOLUTION ON TRIAL : FROM THE SCOPES "MONKEY" CASE TO INHERIT THE WIND

Krakauer, Jon INTO THIN AIR

Kramer, Barbara.  DAVE THOMAS : HONESTY PAYS

Kramer, Stephen. EYE OF THE STORM

Kraske, Robert. MAROONED : THE STRANGE BUT TRUE ADVENTURES OF ALEXANDER SELKIRK, THE REAL ROBINSON CRUSOE

Krull, Kathleen.  HARVESTING HOPE : THE STORY OF CESAR CHAVEZ

Krull, Kathleen.  A WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT : THE STORY OF VICTORIA WOODHULL

Kulling, Monica.  EAT MY DUST! : HENRY FORD'S FIRST RACE

Lace, William W.  TIGER WOODS : STAR GOLFER

Lalicki, Tom.   SPELLBINDER : THE LIFE OF HARRY HOUDINI

Landmann, Bimba.  I AM MARC CHAGALL

Landau, Elaine.  ANNIE OAKLEY : WILD WEST SHARPSHOOTER

Lasky, Kathryn.  BORN IN THE BREEZES : THE SEAFARING LIFE OF JOSHUA SLOCUM

Lasky, Kathryn.  THE MAN WHO MADE TIME TRAVEL

Latta, Sara L. ICE SCIENTIST : CAREERS IN THE FROZEN ANTARCTIC

Lauber, Patricia. LOST STAR : THE STORY OF AMELIA EARHART

Lewin, Ted.  TOP TO BOTTOM DOWN UNDER

Li, Cunxin.  DANCING TO FREEDOM : THE TRUE STORY OF MAO'S LAST DANCER

Lutes, Jason.  HOUDINI : THE HANDCUFF KING

Ma, Yan.  THE DIARY OF MA YAN : THE STRUGGLES AND HOPES OF A CHINESE SCHOOLGIRL

MacLeod, Elizabeth.  ALBERT EINSTEIN : A LIFE OF GENIUS

MacLeod, Elizabeth.  HELEN KELLER : A DETERMINED LIFE

MacLeod, Elizabeth.  MARIE CURIE : A BRILLIANT LIFE

Markel, Michelle.  DREAMER FROM THE VILLAGE : THE STORY OF MARC CHAGALL

Marin, Reva.  OSCAR : THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF OSCAR PETERSON

Marx, Trish.  JEANNETTE RANKIN : FIRST LADY OF CONGRESS 

Matthews, Tom L  LIGHT SHINING THROUGH THE MIST : A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY OF DIAN FOSSEY

McCully, Emily Arnold.  MARVELOUS MATTIE : HOW MARGARET E. KNIGHT BECAME AN INVENTOR

McCully, Emily Arnold. SQUIRREL AND JOHN MUIR

McDonough, Yona Zeldis. THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN : AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL

McGill, Alice MOLLY BANNAKY

McGovern, Ann. SHARK LADY : THE ADVENTURES OF EUGENIE CLARK

McSweeny, William GO UP FOR GLORY

Menchu, Rigoberta.  THE GIRL FROM CHIMEL

Meyer, Carolyn ANASTASIA, THE LAST GRAND DUCHESS

Meyer, Carolyn. MARY, BLOODY MARY

Morrison, Taylor.  THE COAST MAPPERS

Myers, Laurie.  LEWIS AND CLARK AND ME : A DOG'S TALE

Myers, Walter Dean.  I'VE SEEN THE PROMISED LAND : THE LIFE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Nelson, Peter.  LEFT FOR DEAD : SEARCH FOR JUSTICE FOR THE USS INDIANAPOLIS

Niven, Penelope.  CARL SANDBURG : ADVENTURES OF A POET

Nobisso, Josephine. JOHN BLAIR AND THE GREAT HINCKLEY FIRE

Old, Wendie C.  TO FLY : THE STORY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS

O'Meara, Donna.  INTO THE VOLCANO : A VOLCANO RESEARCHER AT WORK

Parker-Rock, Michelle. JACK GANTOS : AN AUTHOR KIDS LOVE

Pasachoff, Naomi E.  LINUS PAULING : ADVANCING SCIENCE, ADVOCATING PEACE

Paulsen, Gary.  GUTS

Peet, Bill BILL PEET : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Perdomo, Willie.  VISITING LANGSTON

Poole, Josephine.  ANNE FRANK

Pringle, Laurence P. DOG OF DISCOVERY : A NEWFOUNDLAND'S ADVENTURES WITH LEWIS AND CLARK

Rappaport, Doreen.  FREEDOM SHIP

Rappaport, Doreen.  IN THE PROMISED LAND : LIVES OF JEWISH AMERICANS

Rappaport, Doreen.  JOHN'S SECRET DREAMS : THE LIFE OF JOHN LENNON

Rappaport, Doreen.  MARTIN'S BIG WORDS : THE LIFE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Ray, Deborah Kogan.  DOWN THE COLORADO : JOHN WESLEY POWELL, AND THE ONE-ARMED EXPLORER

Ray, Deborah Kogan.  TO GO SINGING THROUGH THE WORLD : THE CHILDHOOD OF PABLO NERUDA

Redmond, Shirley Raye. PATRIOTS IN PETTICOATS : HEROINES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Reich, Susanna.  JOSE! BORN TO DANCE : THE STORY OF JOSE LIMON

Rhodes-Courter, Ashley. THREE LITTLE WORDS : A MEMOIR

Ringgold, Faith  AUNT HARRIET'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN THE SKY

Roberts, Jeremy.  FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Rumford, James.  SEQUOYAH: THE CHEROKEE MAN WHO GAVE HIS PEOPLE WRITING

Ryan, Pam Munoz.  WHEN MARIAN SANG : THE TRUE RECITAL OF MARIAN ANDERSON THE VOICE OF A CENTURY

Salzman, Mark.  LOST IN PLACE

Sandler, Michael.  TOM BRADY AND THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS : Super Bowl XXXVIII

Scherer, Glenn.  J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER : THE BRAIN BEHIND THE BOMB

Schraff, Anne E.  ROSA PARKS : "TIRED OF GIVING IN"

Selznick, Brian.  THE HOUDINI BOX

Serrano, Francisco.  THE POET KING OF TEZCOCO : A GREAT LEADER OF ANCIENT MEXICO

Shea, George.  A READER'S GUIDE TO CHINUA ACHEBE'S THINGS FALL APART

Shefelman, Janice Jordan. I, VIVALDI

Shulevitz, Uri.  THE TRAVELS OF BENJAMIN OF TUDELA : THROUGH THREE CONTINENTS IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY.

Silverman, Erica.  SHOLOM'S TREASURE : HOW SHOLOM ALEICHEM BECAME A WRITER

Sis, Peter.  PLAY, MOZART, PLAY!

Sis, Peter.  THE TREE OF LIFE : A BOOK DEPICTING THE LIFE OF CHARLES DARWIN, NATURALIST, GEOLOGIST & THINKER

Sommer, Shelley.  JOHN F. KENNEDY : HIS LIFE AND LEGACY

Soto, Gary LIVING UP THE STREET

Spinelli, Jerry  KNOTS IN MY YO-YO STRING : THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A KID

Splear, Elsie Lee.  GROWING SEASONS.

Stewart, Mark.  TOM BRADY : HEART OF THE HUDDLE

St. George, Judith. JOHN & ABIGAIL ADAMS : AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY

Stanley, Diane.  SALADIN

Stanley, George Edward. LEONARDO DA VINCI : YOUNG ARTIST, WRITER, AND INVENTOR

Strieber, Whitley COMMUNION : A TRUE STORY

Thoreau, Henry David.  THOREAU AT WALDEN

Thornley, Stew.  DEREK JETER : DARING TO DREAM

Tillage, Leon Walter.  LEON'S STORY

Troupe, Quincy.  LITTLE STEVIE WONDER

Upadhyay, Ritu.  JOHN F. KENNEDY : THE MAKING OF A LEADER (TIME FOR KIDS BIOGRAPHIES)

Urban, Mychael. ACES : THE LAST SEASON ON THE MOUND WITH OAKLAND A'S BIG THREE : TIM HUDSON, MARK MULDER, AND BARRY ZITO

Usher, Mark David.  WISE GUY : THE LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY OF SOCRATES

Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth. ONE FINE DAY : A RADIO PLAY

Warren, Andrea.  SURVIVING HITLER : A BOY IN THE NAZI DEATH CAMPS

Weintraub, Aileen.  KISS : "I WANNA ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT"

Wilder, Laura Ingalls WEST FROM HOME : LETTERS OF LAURA INGALLS WILDER TO ALMANZO WILDER, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915

Wilkinson, Philip. GANDI : THE YOUNG PROTESTER WHO FOUNDED A NATION

Wilkinson, Philip.  MICHELANGELO : THE YOUNG ARTIST WHO DREAMED OF PERFECTION

Winick, Judd.  PEDRO AND ME : FRIENDSHIP, LOSS AND WHAT I LEARNED

Winter, Jonah.  THE 39 APARTMENTS OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Winters, Kay.  ABE LINCOLN : THE BOY WHO LOVED BOOKS

Wolfe, Tom. THE RIGHT STUFF

Worth, Richard.  CLEOPATRA : QUEEN OF ANCIENT EGYPT

Worth, Richard.  SALADIN : SULTAN OF EGYPT AND SYRIA

Yolen, Jane.  THE PERFECT WIZARD : HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON

Young, Jeff C.  HERNANDO DE SOTO : SPANISH CONQUISTADOR IN THE AMERICAS

Zenatti, Valerie.  WHEN I WAS A SOLDIER : A MEMOIR

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