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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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