| Descript |
127 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
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| Series |
National Geographic kids |
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National Geographic kids.
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| Audience |
NC820L Lexile |
| Summary |
"Read amazing stories about Martin Luther King, Jr., Amelia Earhart, Mohandas Gandhi, and many other fascinating and inspiring people from all over the world. These colorful and kid-friendly pages introduce younger readers to more than 50 people and their interesting lives"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (page 125) and index. |
| Contents |
King Tut -- Aristotle -- Michelangelo -- William Shakespeare -- Jane Austen -- Sequoyah -- Sacagawea -- Abraham Lincoln -- Elizabeth Blackwell -- Meet more inventors & scientists. Leonardo da Vinci ; Thomas Edison ; George Washington Carver ; John Muir ; Albert Einstein ; Jane Goodall ; Rachel Carson ; Galileo Galilei -- Isabella Bird -- Matthew Henson -- Marie Curie -- Mohandas Gandhi -- Amelia Earhart -- Meet more explorers. Lady Hester Stanhope ; James Cook ; Nain Singh Rawat ; Gertrude Bell ; Junko Tabei ; Ferdinand Magellan ; Amyr Klink ; Marco Polo -- Golda Meir -- Ansel Adams -- Frida Kahlo -- Tenzing Norgay -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Meet more artists. Georgia O'Keeffe ; Pablo Picasso ; Maurice Sendak ; Wolfgang Mozart ; Shel Silverstein ; Mikhail Baryshnikov ; Louisa May Alcott ; Berthe Morisot -- Jackie Robinson -- Maya Angelou -- Martin Luther King Jr. -- Neil Armstrong -- Dong Zhiming -- The Beatles -- Michelle Bachelet -- Malala Yousafzai -- Meet more human rights leaders. Eleanor Roosevelt ; Thurgood Marshall ; Helen Keller ; Cesar Chavez ; Nelson Mandela ; Wangari Maathai ; Harriet Tubman ; The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. |
| Subject |
Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Biography.
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| Genre |
Picture books for children.
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Picture books for children.
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| Alt Title |
First big book of who |
| ISBN |
9781426319181 (reinforced library binding) |
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1426319185 (reinforced library binding) |
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9781426319174 (hardcover) |
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1426319177 (hardcover) |
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