Biography & Autobiography

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442446236Author Gaby RodriguezFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young...

As a young man Francis of Assisi renounced his wealthy background, dressed in coarse robes and lived in poverty. He believed every living creature and thing on earth was sacred and deserved respect. In this spirit, he founded the Franciscan Order, which...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593645970Author Melisa Fernandez NitscheFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

A stirring look at nonviolent activism, from American suffragists to Civil Rights to the Climate Change Movement We Are Power brings to light the incredible individuals who have used nonviolent activism to change the world. The book explores...

Your favorite characters are now part of the Who HQ library!One of the most iconic monsters of all time comes to life in our What Is the Story Of? series.From his origins in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, through his many movie portrayals in the twentieth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524772291Author Shana CoreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

Rachel Carson was an American biologist, conservationist, science and nature writer, and catalyst of the modern environmental movement. She studied biology in college at a time when few women entered the sciences, and then worked as a biologist and...

"When I was born, the doctors told my mom that if I did survive I would have lots of health problems and be blind, deaf and severely mentally delayed . . . Boy were they wrong!" -Tyler Gordon Fourteen-year-old Tyler Gordon's journey from a regular kid...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593645109Author Deborah HopkinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Ages 5-8 Prisoner, slave and saint! Even though a lot of people celebrate the day of the wearing of the green, few know the actual story of this remarkable and exciting man. Book InformationISBN 9780809166237Author J. JandaFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Learn about the life of one of today's most popular musicians in this Who HQ Now biography about Harry Styles and his exciting career from One Direction to his Grammy-winning solo performances.In 2010, Harry Styles was thrust into the spotlight when he...

See how Amelia Earhart went from a little Kansas tomboy to a high-flying feminist icon Before Amelia Earhart (1897&;1939) became a world-famous pilot, she was a little tomboy from Kansas with a taste for adventure. When she visited an airfield and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Bluebonnet Awards 2003.Book InformationISBN 9780689824579Author Louise BordenFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Margaret K. McElderry BooksPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617202032Author Gerald HausmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Irie BooksPublisher Irie Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635923926Author Emma Bland SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Calkins CreekPublisher Astra Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 287mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781433315947Author Jennifer KrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Teacher Created Materials, IncPublisher Teacher Created Materials, Inc

Regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein, Stephen Hawkins has also defied the odds and this book explores his whole journey from his shocking diagnosis at age 21, through his career at Cambridge, to his current work as...

From the Newbery Honor-winning author of Genesis Begins Again comes a shimmering picture book that shines the light on Zora Neale Hurston, the extraordinary writer and storycatcher extraordinaire who changed the face of American literature.Zora was a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997000559Author Susan PeekFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Seven Swords PublicationsPublisher Seven Swords PublicationsWeight(grams) 104g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780689843884Author Christine King FarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Aladdin PaperbacksPublisher Aladdin PaperbacksWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913971236Author John TownsendFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Book HousePublisher Salariya Book Company Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728415772Author Danna StaafFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint CarolrhodaPublisher Lerner Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 256mm * 202mm...

This is the story of how Winnie-the-Pooh came to be the nation's favourite teddy bear. Winnie-the-Pooh is one of the best-loved children's characters of all time. But how did he become so popular? In this beautifull book, author Brian Sibley...

Meet Randolph Caldecott, the artist who revolutionized picture book illustration and for whom the prestigious Caldecott medal is named! From acclaimed picture book creators Michelle Markel and Barbara McClintock comes a lively, humorous, and...

Baba enchants his six daughters with his stories, transporting them to his childhood in Iran as they play on the flowering vines of the Persian carpet in California. He tells the story of a determined young man who comes to the United States, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743904292Author Shirley JordanFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Teacher Created Materials, IncPublisher Teacher Created Materials, Inc

Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Born a slave in New York sometime...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641527804Author Brooke KhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544105089Author Linda GlaserFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin

Learn more about the cartoonist who created Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the lovable Peanuts gang in this new addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series!Charles (otherwise known as Sparky) Schulz always loved drawing from the time he...

Find out how stories about his son's stuffed bear, famously known as Winnie the Pooh, made A. A. Milne one of the world's best-known children's authors in this informative biography from the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Series, Who Was?.Born in England...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Beehive Awards (Informational) 2014 and Rhode Island Children's Book Awards 2014.Book InformationISBN 9781580892896Author Marc Tyler NoblemanFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781534480049Author P. O'Connell PearsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 225gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553513431Author Suzy CapozziFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781499802399Author Deborah BlumenthalFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Little Bee BooksPublisher Little Bee BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 282mm *...

Wendell O. Scott made history as the only black driver to win a race in a NASCAR Grand National (now Spring Cup) division. Born in Danville, Virginia, he scrimped and saved to buy his first car, a Model T, at age fourteen. Although he "loved to turn the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448424972Author Stephanie SpinnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 125gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619307896Author Karen Bush GibsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Nomad PressPublisher Nomad Press

A ?New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2017 Award Winner! To become the first female Jewish Supreme Court Justice, the unsinkable Ruth Bader Ginsburg had to overcome countless injustices. Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1930s and '40s,...

This exciting book introduces readers to the life and career of golf star Brooks Koepka. Colorful spreads, fun facts, interesting sidebars, and a map of important places in his life make this a thrilling read for young sports fans.Reviews"Readers will...