Picture book biography
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."This read-along shows how Ben Franklin, one of 17 children in a poor family in Colonial Massachusetts, became one of our greatest statesmen and inventors. This straightforward biography is embellished with soft background music and sound effects that are picked up from the details in the lively, quaint illustrations in the accompanying book."-AudioFile
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A picture book of Thomas Jefferson
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A picture book of John F. Kennedy
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A picture book of Jesse Owens
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A picture book of Jackie Robinson
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A picture book of Sojourner Truth
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A picture book of Patrick Henry
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A picture book of Paul Revere
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A picture book of Davy Crockett
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A picture book of Thomas Alva Edison
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A picture book of Louis Braille
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A picture book of John Hancock
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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Known as the Father of the Constitution, James Madison served two terms as the fourth president, from 1809 until 1817. Determined that all Americans be treated fairly, he devised our three branches of government and drafted the Bill of Rights. When the British set fire to Washington D.C. in 1814, his wife Dolley saved one of our country's greatest treasures, a portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart which now hangs in the Smithsonian Institution,...
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A picture book of Harry Houdini
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A picture book of Cesar Chavez
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2010
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm
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English
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"John Adams was an American patriot and Founding Father, and Abigail, his wife, was his most trusted adviser for more than fifty years. While John served in both Continental Congresses, Abigail managed their farm within earshot of cannon fire. She later advised her husband through amusing letters as he served as our first ambassador to Great Britain. And when John was elected America's first vice president and our second president, Abigail vowed to...
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A picture book of Daniel Boone
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A picture book of Alexander Hamilton
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