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1) A picture book of Abraham Lincoln

Author

Series

Picture Book Biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Publication Date

[1989]

Language

English

Description

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

2) Rumpelstiltskin

Author

Series

Grimm's Fairy Tales (Grimm)

Publisher

Prentice-Hall

Publication Date

[1984]

Language

English

Description

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A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

3) A picture book of George Washington

Author

Series

Picture Book Biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Publication Date

[1989]

Language

English

Description

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

4) A picture book of Benjamin Franklin

Author

Series

Picture Book Biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Publication Date

[1990]

Language

English

Description

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

5) A picture book of Christopher Columbus

Author

Series

Picture book biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Publication Date

[1991]

Language

English

Description

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

6) Honest Abe Lincoln: easy-to-read stories about Abraham Lincoln

Author

Publisher

Holiday House

Publication Date

[2009]

Language

English

7) A picture book of Helen Keller

Author

Series

Picture book biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Publication Date

1990.

Language

English

Description

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

8) A picture book of Thomas Jefferson

Author

Series

Picture book
Picture book biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Publication Date

[1990]

Language

English

Description

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

9) Hooray for Father's Day!

Author

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Publisher

Holiday House

Publication Date

[1987]

Language

English

Description

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Father Mule's two loving children spend Father's Day showering him with lively presents that leave him exhausted, when the gift he really needs is a dose of peace and quiet.

10) Little fox goes to the end of the world: a story

Author

Publisher

Crown Publishers

Publication Date

[1976]

Language

English

Description

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Little Fox tells her mother all the frightening things she'll see and do when she travels to the end of the world.

11) That's what I thought

Author

Schertle, Alice

Publisher

Harper & Row

Publication Date

[1990]

Language

English

Description

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A little girl imagines different, exciting, and dangerous situations and is comforted by her parents' loving reassurance.

12) President George Washington

Author

Publisher

Holiday House

Publication Date

[2005]

Language

English

13) Helen Keller

Author

Publisher

Holiday House

Publication Date

2003.

Language

English

Description

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A brief biography highlights some of the struggles and accomplishments in the life of Helen Keller.

14) Case of the missing dinosaur

Author

Publisher

Troll Associates

Publication Date

[1982]

Language

English

Description

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Twins Karen and Kathy try to find out what happened to Irving the dinosaur, their baseball team mascot.

15) Hailstones and halibut bones: adventures in color

Author

Publisher

Doubleday

Publication Date

[1989]

Language

English

Description

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Twelve poems reflect the author's feelings about various colors.

16) Hooray for Mother's Day!

Author

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Publisher

Holiday House

Publication Date

[1986]

Language

English

Description

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In searching for a Mother's Day present that will be just right for his mother, Alaric Chicken demonstrates that he is just as cautious and particular as she is.

17) A picture book of Davy Crockett

Author

Publisher

Holiday House

Publication Date

[1996]

Language

English

18) A picture book of Florence Nightingale

Author

Publisher

Holiday House

Publication Date

[1992]

Language

English

Description

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Traces the life of the nineteenth-century English woman who followed her calling to work in hospitals and improve the conditions under which the sick were treated.

19) A picture book of Patrick Henry

Author

Series

Picture book biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Publication Date

[1995]

Language

English

Description

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A picture book biography of Patrick Henry.

20) Animal mixups

Author

Selsam, Millicent E. (Millicent Ellis)

Publisher

Macmillan

Publication Date

[1992]

Language

English

Description

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Simple text discusses how different kinds of animals live in different places and reproduce their own kind.