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Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1989

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

Follows the life of the popular president, from his childhood on the frontier to his assassination after the end of the Civil War.

2) A picture book of George Washington

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1989

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

A brief account of the life of the "Father of Our Country."

3) A picture book of Martin Luther King, Jr

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1989

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.

4) A picture book of Benjamin Franklin

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1990

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Surveys the life of Benjamin Franklin, highlighting his work as an inventor and statesman.

5) A picture book of Helen Keller

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1990

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 X 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

A brief biography of the woman who overcame her handicaps of being both blind and deaf.

6) A picture book of Thomas Jefferson

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1990

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Traces the life and achievements of the architect, bibliophile, president, and author of the Declaration of Independence.

7) A picture book of Christopher Columbus

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1991

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Christopher Columbus.

8) A picture book of Eleanor Roosevelt

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1991

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Eleanor Roosevelt.

9) A picture book of John F. Kennedy

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1991

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Depicts the life and career of John F. Kennedy.

10) A picture book of Harriet Tubman

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1992

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Biography of the black woman who escaped from slavery to become famous as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

11) A picture book of Anne Frank

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1993

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

[29] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

Traces the life of the young Jewish girl whose diary chronicles the years she and her family hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic.

12) A picture book of Frederick Douglass

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1993

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century.

13) A picture book of Rosa Parks

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1993

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

14) A picture book of Jackie Robinson

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1994

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Language

English

15) A picture book of Robert E. Lee

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1994

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

An introduction to the life of the Commander in Chief of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

16) A picture book of Sojourner Truth

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations map ; 21 x 26 cm

Language

English

Description

An introduction to the life of the woman born into slavery who became a well-known abolitionist and crusader for the rights of African Americans in the United States.

17) A picture book of Paul Revere

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1995

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.

Language

English

18) A picture book of Thomas Alva Edison

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1996

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

An introduction to the genius with a curious mind who loved to experiment and who invented the phonograph, light bulb, movie camera, and numerous other items.

19) A picture book of Amelia Earhart

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Language

English

Description

Discusses the life of the pilot who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by herself in a plane.

20) A picture book of Thurgood Marshall

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1997

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Language

English

Description