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1) The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins: an illuminating history of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, artist and lecturer

Author

Kerley, Barbara

Pub. Date

2001.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about what these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like.

2) Walt Whitman: words for America

Author

Kerley, Barbara

Pub. Date

2004.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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A biography of the American poet whose compassion led him to nurse soldiers during the Civil War, to give voice to the nation's grief at Lincoln's assassination, and to capture the true American spirit in verse.

3) Amelia and Eleanor go for a ride: based on a true story

Author

Ryan, Pam Muñoz

Pub. Date

1999.

Language

English

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A fictionalized account of the night Amelia Earhart flew Eleanor Roosevelt over Washington, D.C. in an airplane.

4) Un caballo llamado Libertad

Author

Ryan, Pam Muñoz

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

Español

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Basada en la vida real de Charley Parkhurst, excelente amazona que durante toda su vida se hizo pasar por hombre y se convirtió en uno de los conductores de diligencias más famosos de su época. A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance. By the age of 12, Charlotte Parkhurst knows the world of the 1860s holds more opportunities...