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Year Sort by Relevance,Author Sort by Relevance,Title Sort By Stoplight Sort By Title Sort by Language Display 10 items Display 15 items Display 20 items Display 25 items Display 30 items Display 35 items Display 40 items Display 45 items Display 50 items 1 each from this page1 each from all results 143 total titles found Page 1 of 8 View page of 8 1 2 3 Simply add a title by clicking the . * Your Discounted Price All in a drop : how Antony van Leeuwenhoek discovered an invisible world by Alexander, Lori BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)Publication Date: 08/06/2019 BTSB #: 050030 Available Dewey: 579.092/BAges: 7-10 AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.7 3-5 Lexile: 890 F&P: X Genres: Subjects: Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van,|d1632-1723 Microbiologists - Netherlands - Biography Biologists - Netherlands - Biography Microscopes - History Microbiology - History Summary: This chapter book biography shows how a self-taught scientist was the first to observe the microbial life in and around us. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Alphamaniacs : builders of 26 wonders of the word by Fleischman, Paul BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Studio, 2020)Publication Date: 04/14/2020 BTSB #: 340412 Available Dewey: 400/CAges: 12-16 Lexile: 890 Genres: Subjects: Plays on words Biography Language and culture Summary: Twenty-six extraordinary individuals for whom love of language is an adventurous endeavor, inspiring them to invent unique wordplay. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Amazing travels of Ibn Battuta by Sharaf al-Din, Fatimah BTSB Prebound(Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2014)Publication Date: 11/17/2014 BTSB #: 806598 Available Dewey: 900/BAges: 7-10 Lexile: 960 Genres: Subjects: Batuta, Ibn,|d1304-1377 Travelers - Islamic Empire Summary: The true story of a fourteenth-century traveler, whose journeys through the Islamic world and beyond were extraordinary for his time. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Angela's Christmas by McCourt, Frank BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2019)Publication Date: 09/17/2019 BTSB #: 622239 Available Dewey: 394.2663/BAges: 4-8 Lexile: 670 Genres: Subjects: McCourt, Angela - Childhood and youth Christmas Family life - Ireland Limerick (Ireland : County) Ireland Summary: At Christmastime, six-year-old Angela takes the baby Jesus from the cold church manger to her warm house in Limerick, Ireland. Based on a childhood story told by the author's mother. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Baseball's leading lady : Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues by Williams, Andrea BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2021)Publication Date: 01/05/2021 BTSB #: 949671 Available Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 10-14 AR: 8.8 MG Lexile: 1300 Genres: Subjects: Manley, Effa,|d1897-1981 Newark Eagles (Baseball team) Negro leagues - History Baseball - United States - History Baseball team owners - United States - Biography Women baseball team owners - United States - Biography African American women - Biography Summary: The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the black female co-owner of the Newark Eagles in the Negro leagues. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Beatrix Potter, scientist by Metcalf, Lindsay H. BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2020)Publication Date: 09/01/2020 BTSB #: 639816 Available Dewey: 823/BAges: 4-8 Lexile: 800 AD Genres: Subjects: Potter, Beatrix,|d1866-1943 - Childhood and youth English authors|y20th century - Biography Artists - Great Britain - Biography Women - Biography Summary: Everyone knows Beatrix Potter as the creator of the Peter Rabbit stories. But before that, she was a girl of science. As a child, Beatrix collected nature specimens; as a young adult, she was an amateur mycologist presenting her research on mushrooms and other fungi to England's foremost experts. Like many women of her time, she remained unacknowledged by the scientific community, but her keen eye for observation led her to an acclaimed career as an artist and storyteller. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Ben of all trades : the most inventive boyhood of Benjamin Franklin by Rosen, Michael J. BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2020)Publication Date: 03/17/2020 BTSB #: 764272 Available Dewey: 973/BAges: 6-9 F&P: S Genres: Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin,|d1706-1790 - Childhood and youth Summary: A biography reveals how Benjamin Franklin's boyhood shaped his amazingly multifaceted life. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Big machines : the story of Virginia Lee Burton by Rinker, Sherri Duskey BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017)Publication Date: 09/05/2017 BTSB #: 754758 Available Dewey: 813/BAges: 4-7 AR: 3.4 LG RC: 2.7 K-2 Lexile: 640 AD Genres: Subjects: Burton, Virginia Lee,|d1909-1968 American authors Illustrators Children's stories - Authorship Illustration of books Summary: A biography of one of the most beloved author/illustrators in children's literature. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Bill and Hillary Clinton : America's first couple [Making a difference. Leaders who are changing the world]by Mapua, Jeff BTSB Prebound(Britannica Educational, 2015)Publication Date: 07/15/2014 BTSB #: 602678 Available Dewey: 973.929/BAges: 10-14 Genres: Subjects: Clinton, Bill,|d1946- Clinton, Hillary Rodham Presidents Presidents' spouses - United States United States - Politics and government Summary: An introduction to the power couple who has generated fiercely mixed reactions since their first appearance on the political stage. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Bitter by Emezi, Akwaeke Paperback(Knopf Books, 2023)Publication Date: 07/18/2023 BTSB #: 309979 Available Dewey: FAges: 14-18 Lexile: 820 Genres: Subjects: Summary: After a childhood in foster care, Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative teens. But outside, the streets are filled with protests against the deep injustices that grip the city of Lucille. Bitter's instinct is to stay safe within the walls of Eucalyptus. Pulled between old friendships, her artistic passion, and a new romance, Bitter isn't sure if she belongs in the studio or the streets. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 10.65 * 0.00 +- Blue grass boy : the story of Bill Monroe, father of bluegrass music by Rosenstock, Barb BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2018)Publication Date: 03/06/2018 BTSB #: 765046 Available Dewey: 782/BAges: 6-9 Lexile: 870 Genres: Subjects: Monroe, Bill,|d1911-1996 Bluegrass music Kentucky Summary: Bill Monroe loved many things: playing music, his big family, and his home in the bluegrass state of Kentucky. Even though his eyes were crossed and didn't work right, Bill's ears worked hard, picking out all sorts of sounds around his treasured home: rushing streams, wailing winds, and sundown jamborees with his family. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- By and by : Charles Albert Tindley, the father of gospel music by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020)Publication Date: 01/14/2020 BTSB #: 924769 Available Dewey: 287/BAges: 4-8 AR: 3.7 LG Lexile: 580 Genres: Subjects: Tindley, Charles Albert Methodist Church - Clergy - Biography Hymn writers - United States - Biography Gospel music - History and criticism Summary: A picture book biography about gospel composer and preacher Charles Albert Tindley. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Cezanne's parrot by Guglielmo, Amy BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2020)Publication Date: 02/11/2020 BTSB #: 406101 Available Dewey: 759/BAges: 4-8 Lexile: 800 AD F&P: P Genres: Subjects: Cezanne, Paul,|d1839-1906 Artists French painting Parrots France - History|y19th century Summary: Paul Cezanne longs to be a great painter, but even with the advice of his friends Monet and Pissarro, no one, not even his parrot, is impressed with his work. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Chance : escape from the Holocaust by Shulevitz, Uri BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020)Publication Date: 08/15/2020 BTSB #: 815624 Available Dewey: 940.53/AAges: 9-14 AR: 5.9 MG Genres: Subjects: Shulevitz, Uri,|d1935- - Childhood and youth Jewish children in the Holocaust - Poland - Biography Holocaust, 1939-1945 - Poland - Personal narratives Poland - Ethnic relations Summary: A picture book author's memoir of how he and his Jewish family escaped the terrors of WWII by fleeing Warsaw for the Soviet Union. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Charles Darwin and the mystery of mysteries by Eldredge, Niles BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2010)Publication Date: 05/15/2010 BTSB #: 305503 Available Dewey: 576/BAges: 9-14 AR: 8.3 MG F&P: Z Genres: Subjects: Darwin, Charles,|d1809-1882 Summary: An accessible account of the life of Charles Darwin, author of "The Origin of the Species." Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Charlotte Bronte before Jane Eyre by Fawkes, Glynnis BTSB Prebound(Disney/Hyperion, 2019)Publication Date: 09/24/2019 BTSB #: 326338 Available Dewey: 823/BAges: 10-14 Genres: Subjects: Bronte, Charlotte,|d1816-1855 - Childhood and youth English women novelists|y19th century - Biography English novelists|y19th century - Biography Biographical comic books, strips, etc Summary: A graphic novel biography of Charlotte Bronte, following her and her siblings from childhood to the publication of Jane Eyre. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Child of the dream : a memoir of 1963 by Robinson, Sharon BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2019)Publication Date: 09/15/2019 BTSB #: 759442 Available Dewey: 973.9209/BAges: 8-12 AR: 4.9 MG Genres: Subjects: Robinson, Sharon,|d1950- - Childhood and youth Robinson, Jackie,|d1919-1972 - Family African American girls - Connecticut - Stamford - Biography Bildungsromans - Connecticut - Stamford African Americans - Civil rights - History|y20th century Stamford (Conn.) - Race relations - History|y20th century Summary: In January of 1963, Sharon Robinson turned thirteen the night before George Wallace declared on national television 'segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever' in his inauguration for governor of Alabama. That was the start of a year that would become one of the most pivotal years in the history of America. As the daughter of Jackie Robinson, Sharon had incredible access to some of the most important events of the era. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Colonel Theodore Roosevelt by Adler, David A. BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2014)Publication Date: 03/15/2014 BTSB #: 042745 Available Dewey: 973.911/BAges: 10-14 AR: 6.8 MG RC: 7.5 6-8 Lexile: 960 Genres: Subjects: Roosevelt, Theodore,|d1858-1919 Presidents Summary: Some called him the cowboy president, but Theodore Roosevelt increased the country's stature internationally, built the Panama Canal, and won the Nobel Peace Prize. A tireless crusader for causes he held dear, he was known as the "trust buster" for breaking up monopolies and was one of the most significant conservation activists of his time. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Cyrus Field's big dream : the daring effort to lay the first transatlantic telegraph cable by Cowan, Mary Morton BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2018)Publication Date: 09/11/2018 BTSB #: 246005 Available Dewey: 384.1/BAges: 10-14 AR: 7.2 MG RC: 8.3 6-8 Lexile: 980 F&P: Y Genres: Subjects: Field, Cyrus W.|q(Cyrus West),|d1819-1892 Telegraph United States - History|y19th century Summary: Explores the extraordinary achievement of Cyrus Field and one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century: laying a transatlantic telegraph cable to create instant communication between two continents. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- E. E. Cummings [Voices in poetry (Creative Education, Inc. (Mankato, Minn.))]by Berry, S. L. BTSB Prebound(Creative Education, 2015)Publication Date: 08/24/2014 BTSB #: 115434 Available Dewey: 811/BAges: 10-14 AR: 7.8 MG Lexile: 1130 Genres: Subjects: Cummings, E. E.|q(Edward Estlin),|d1894-1962 American poets Summary: An exploration of the life and work of 20th-century American writer E. E. Cummings, whose poetry is known for its combination of innovative, artistic style and traditional rhyme and meter. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- * Your Discounted Price You can't see me! I am INVISIBLE! 143 total titles found Page 1 of 8 View page of 8 1 2 3 1 each from this page1 each from all results You are viewing: 2024 Warehouse Sale - BiographiesSort By Age Sort By Author Sort By Availability Sort By Dewey Sort By Media, Author, Title Sort By Price Sort By Pub. Year Sort by Relevance,Author Sort by Relevance,Title Sort By Stoplight Sort By Title Sort by Language Display 10 items Display 15 items Display 20 items Display 25 items Display 30 items Display 35 items Display 40 items Display 45 items Display 50 items Loading...