Courtney Mcclain's Library
Liberty Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780448431451 | Who Was Thomas Jefferson? | Dennis Brindell Fradin, Who HQ | Did you know that John Adams had to coax Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence? It's true. The shy Virginia statesman refused at first, but then went on to author one of our nation's most important and inspiring documents. The third U.S. president, Jefferson was also an architect, inventor, musician, farmer, and-what is certainly the most troubling aspect of his life-a slave owner. Finally, here's a biography for kids that unveils the many facets of this founding father's remarkable and complicated life. | Penguin |
| 9780448439044 | Who Was William Shakespeare? | Celeste Davidson Mannis | Describes Shakespeare's life and work, from his relocation from Stratford to London as a young man to his pursuit of a career in the theater. | Penguin |
| 9780448431048 | Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? | McDonough, Yona Zeldis, Who HQ | Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old! Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors. Although he died at the young age of thirty-five, Mozart left a legacy of more than 600 works. This fascinating biography charts the musician's extraordinary career and personal life while painting a vivid cultural history of eighteenth-century Europe. Black-and-white illustrations on every spread explore such topics as the history of opera and the evolution of musical instruments. There is also a timeline and a bibliography.Illustrated by Carrie Robbins.Cover illustration by Nancy Harrison. | Penguin Workshop |
| 9780448439068 | Who Were the Beatles? | Geoff Edgers, Who HQ | Almost everyone can sing along with the Beatles, but how many young readers know their whole story? Geoff Edgers, a Boston Globe reporter and hard-core Beatles fan, brings the Fab Four to life in this Who Was...? book. Readers will learn about their childhoods in Liverpool, their first forays into rock music, what Beatlemania was like, and why they broke up. It's all here in an easy-to-read narrative with plenty of black-and-white illustrations! | Penguin |
| 9780545902281 | Who Were the Brothers Grimm? | Avery Reed | Details the life and times of the nineteenth-century German brothers who penned many famous fairy tales. | |
| 978-1-338-83712-4 | Who Were The Navajo Code Talkers? | James Buckley Jr. | ||
| 9780399541940 | Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? | Sherri L. Smith, Who HQ | It's up, up, and away with the Tuskegee Airmen, a heroic group of African American military pilots who helped the United States win World War II. During World War II, black Americans were fighting for their country and for freedom in Europe, yet they had to endure a totally segregated military in the United States, where they weren't considered smart enough to become military pilots. After acquiring government funding for aviation training, civil rights activists were able to kickstart the first African American military flight program in the US at Tuskegee University in Alabama. While this book details thrilling flight missions and the grueling training sessions the Tuskegee Airmen underwent, it also shines a light on the lives of these brave men who helped pave the way for the integration of the US armed forces. | Penguin |
| 9780448479514 | Who Were the Wright Brothers? | James Buckley (Jr.), Who HQ | Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane. | Penguin |
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| 0140549056 | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | |||
| 9781338244892 | Wildfires | Kathy Furgang | Learn about wildfires and how firefighters fight them. | |
| 9780545414524 | Winter of the Ice Wizard | Mary Pope Osborne | Jack and Annie are joined by Teddy and Kathleen as they travel to the snowy Land-Behind-the-Clouds, where they search for the eye of the Ice Wizard and attempt to help Merlin and Morgan. | |
| 9780545548601 | Wolves | Laura Marsh | Photos and text introduce wolves and describe their basic characteristics, behavior, and more -- Publisher. | |
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| You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Bees! | ||||
| Your Pet Dog |