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  | | Who Is Richard Branson? (Who Was...?) by Michael Burgan, Ted Hammond, Who Hq, Nancy Harrison, Tomie Depaola, Who Was Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Grosset & Dunlap ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48315-3, ISBN: 0-448-48315-7 " What would you do with a billion dollars? This question gets a definitive answer from billionaire Richard Branson: do everything! Born into a wealthy family in London, Branson suffered from dyslexia and was a poor student. Still, his knack for business started early with a successful parakeet-breeding enterprise at age 11.The charismatic entrepreneur launched his first major business, Virgin Records, at age 22 and spent the next few d ..." |
 | | Who Were the Brs Grimm? (Who Was?) by Avery Reed, John O'brien, Who Hq, Tomie Depaola, Nancy Harrison, Who Was Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Penguin Workshop ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48314-6, ISBN: 0-448-48314-9 "Known as the keepers of modern-day fairy tales, The Brothers Grimm are as legendary as their stories. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were born in 1780s Germany and were inseparable throughout their childhood. While pursuing their law degrees, the two became fascinated with folktales and folk songs. Together, they researched and published centuries of folklore in their famous early nineteenth-century compilation, Children’s and Household Tales. ..." |
 | | Who Was Jesse Owens? by James Buckley Jr., Gregory Copeland, Who Hq, Tomie Depaola, Nancy Harrison, Who Was Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Penguin Workshop ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48307-8, ISBN: 0-448-48307-6 "At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning four gold medals. But the life of Jesse Owens is much more than a sports story. Born in rural Alabama under the oppressive Jim Crow laws, Owens's family suffered many hardships. As a boy he worked several jobs like delivering groceries and working in a shoe repair shop to make ends meet. But Owens defied the odds ..." |
 | | Who Was Milton Bradley? by Kirsten Anderson, Tim Foley, Nancy Harrison, Tomie Depaola Library, 112 Pages, Published 2016 by Grosset & Dunlap ISBN-13: 978-0-399-54236-7, ISBN: 0-399-54236-1 "Meet the man behind the board games: Milton Bradley.Born in Maine in 1836, Milton Bradley moved with his family to the working-class city of Lowell, Massachusetts, at age 11. His early life consisted of several highs and lows, from graduating high school and attending Harvard to getting laid off and losing his first wife. These experiences gave Bradley the idea for his first board game: The Checkered Game of Life. He produced and sold L ..." |
 | | Who Was Robert Ripley? by Kirsten Anderson, Tim Foley, Nancy Harrison, Who Hq, Tomie Depaola Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Grosset & Dunlap ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48298-9, ISBN: 0-448-48298-3 "Enter a world of shrunken heads, mystic holy men, shriveled aliens, and bizarre relics in the delightfully odd tale of Robert Ripley. Born in California, Ripley began his career as a sports cartoonist. He went on to chronicle global records and oddities in his weekly column, "Believe It Or Not! "After publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst took an interest in the column, it became a syndicated global success. Ripley spent his life tra ..." |
 | | Who Was Edgar Allan Poe? by Jim Gigliotti, Who Hq, Tim Foley, Nancy Harrison, Tomie Depaola Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Grosset & Dunlap ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48311-5, ISBN: 0-448-48311-4 "Filled with broken hearts and black ravens, Edgar Allan Poe’s ghastly tales have delighted readers for centuries. Born in Boston in 1809, Poe was orphaned at age two. He was soon adopted by a Virginia family who worked as tombstone merchants. In 1827 he enlisted in the Army and subsequently failed out of West Point. His first published story, The Raven, was a huge success, but his joy was overshadowed by the death of his wife. Poe devot ..." |
 | | Who Was Julia Child? by Geoff Edgers, Carlene Hempel, Dede Putra, Nancy Harrison, Who Hq, Tomie Depaola, Who Was Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Penguin Workshop ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48297-2, ISBN: 0-448-48297-5 "Who Was Julia ChildBorn in California in 1912, Julia Child enlisted in the Army and met her future husband, Paul, during World War II. She discovered her love of French food while stationed in Paris and enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu cooking school after her service. Child knew that Americans would love French food as much as she did, so she wrote"Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in 1961. The book was a success and the public wanted mor ..." |
 | | Who Was Beatrix Potter? by Sarah Fabiny, Mike Lacey, Nancy Harrison, Who Hq, Tomie Depaola Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Grosset & Dunlap ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48305-4, ISBN: 0-448-48305-X "Born into wealth in 1860 s London, Beatrix Potter always had a vivid imagination. Her early interests included natural history and archaeology, and Potter delighted in sketching fossils and fungi. After briefly illustrating Christmas cards with her brother, Bertram, Potter wrote and illustrated her well-known book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit."The book was rejected by several publishes until Frederick Warne eventually took a risk and publ ..." |
 | | Who Is Wayne Gretzky? (Who Was...?) by Gail Herman, Ted Hammond, Nancy Harrison, Who Hq, Tomie Depaola, Who Was Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Grosset & Dunlap ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48321-4, ISBN: 0-448-48321-1 "After breaking or tying more than sixty records in hockey, it's no wonder that Wayne Gretzky is known as "The Great One." Born in Brantford, Ontario, on January 26, 1961, in a nation obsessed with the sport, he threw himself into the game practically from the time he first laced up a pair of skates. When he retired from the NHL in 1999, he had led several teams to Stanley Cup victories, competed in the Olympics, and changed the way hock ..." |
 | | Who Was Galileo? by Patricia Brennan Demuth, John O'brien, Nancy Harrison, Who Hq, Tomie Depaola Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Grosset & Dunlap ISBN-13: 978-0-448-47985-9, ISBN: 0-448-47985-0 "Who Was GalileoLike Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy turvy with his support of a sun ..." |
 | | Who Was Winston Churchill? by Ellen Labrecque, Jerry Hoare, Nancy Harrison, Who Hq, Tomie Depaola Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Grosset & Dunlap ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48300-9, ISBN: 0-448-48300-9 " Born into aristocracy, Churchill cut his teeth as a young army officer in British India, the Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He rose in the ranks to First Lord of the Admiralty and was a staunch opponent of the encroaching German Nazis. Churchill served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also a ..." |
 | | Who Is Hillary Clinton? (Who Was?) by Dede Putra, Tomie Depaola, Who Hq, Nancy Harrison Library, 112 Pages, Published 2016 by Penguin Workshop ISBN-13: 978-0-399-54234-3, ISBN: 0-399-54234-5 "Who Is Hillary Clinton? Readers of our New York Times best-selling series can find out now!At age fourteen, Hillary Clinton thought it would be thrilling to become an astronaut, so she sent an application to NASA. The reply was a flat out rejection: the space program didn't take women. It was a critical moment for the young girl, one that made her realize the world she lived in needed changing and that she had better try to make those c ..." |
 | | Who Is ? by Paula K. Manzanero, Nancy Harrison, Who Hq, Tomie Depaola Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Penguin Workshop ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48715-1, ISBN: 0-448-48715-2 "Abraham Lincoln. Nelson Mandela. Amelia Earhart. Your name here.This fun and interactive journal prompts kids to record their own life stories. Each illustrated spread focuses on different topics – from birth and the toddler years up to the present and dreams for the future. Create your own family tree, list your BFFs, pets, and favorite subjects, food, and hobbies. When completed, readers will have an up-to-the-minute autobiography t ..." |
 | | Who Was Frank Lloyd Wright? by Ellen Labrecque, Gregory Copeland, Nancy Harrison, Who Hq, Tomie Depaola, Ted Hammond, Who Was Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Grosset & Dunlap ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48313-9, ISBN: 0-448-48313-0 "Born in Wisconsin in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright became obsessed with a set of building blocks his mother had given to him on his ninth birthday. He grew up to become the father of organic architecture and the greatest American architect of all time, having designed more than 1,100 buildings during his lifetime. These included private homes – such as the stunning Fallingwater, churches, temples, a hotel, and the world-famous Guggenheim Mu ..." |
 | | Who Was Jesus? by Ellen Morgan, Stephen Marchesi, Nancy Harrison, Who Hq, Tomie Depaola, Who Was Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Penguin Workshop ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48320-7, ISBN: 0-448-48320-3 " This fascinating addition to the best-selling Who Was...? series does not settle questions of theology. Instead, it presents young readers with a biography that covers what is known historically about Jesus and places in his life in the context of his world when Jerusalem was part of the Roman Empire. In an even-handed and easy-to-read narrative, this title—illustrated with eighty black-and-white drawings—also explains the early origi ..." |
 | | Who Was George Washington Carver? by Jim Gigliotti, Stephen Marchesi, Who Hq, Nancy Harrison, Tomie Depaola Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Penguin Workshop ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48312-2, ISBN: 0-448-48312-2 "Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washingtoni Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He became the first black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first black professor. He went on to the Tuskegee Institute where he specialized in botany (the study of plants) and developed techniques to grow crops better ..." |
 | | Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe? by Dana Meachen Rau, Gregory Copeland, Nancy Harrison, Who Hq, Tomie Depaola, Who Was Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Grosset & Dunlap ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48301-6, ISBN: 0-448-48301-7 "Born in Connecticut in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist, author, and playwright. Slavery was a major industry in the American South, and Stowe worked with the Underground Railroad to help escaped slaves head north towards freedom. The publication of her book, "Uncle Tom s Cabin, "a scathing anti-slavery novel, fanned the flames that started the Civil War. The book s emotional portrayal of the impact of slavery captured th ..." |
 | | Who Was M Teresa? by Jim Gigliotti, Nancy Harrison, Who Hq, David Groff, Tomie Depaola, Who Was Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Grosset & Dunlap ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48299-6, ISBN: 0-448-48299-1 "Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life. She pledged herself to a religious order at the age of 18 and chose the name Sister Teresa, after the patron saint of missionaries. While teaching in India, where famine and violence had devastated the poor, Teresa shed her habit and walked the streets of Calcutta tending to the needs of the destitute. Her charity work soon expanded internationally, and h ..." |
 | | Who Was Blackbeard? by James Buckley Jr., Who Hq, Tomie Depaola, Nancy Harrison, Who Was Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Penguin Workshop ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48308-5, ISBN: 0-448-48308-4 "Though much of his early life remains a mystery, Blackbeard most likely began his life as Edward Teach in the sailing port of Bristol, England. He began his career as a hired British sailor during Queen Anne's War. He eventually settled in the Bahamas under Captain Benjamin Hornigold who taught the young sailor to go "a-pirating." Soon enough, Blackbeard was commanding his own fleet and stealing ships around the Caribbean and up and dow ..." |
 | | Who Was Woodrow Wilson? by Margaret Frith, Andrew Thomson, Nancy Harrison, Who Hq, Tomie Depaola Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2015 by Grosset & Dunlap ISBN-13: 978-0-448-48428-0, ISBN: 0-448-48428-5 "First he was known as Tommy, then Woodrow, and eventually, Mr. President. Born on December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia, Thomas Woodrow Wilson was a born leader. He was the president of Princeton University, served as governor of New Jersey after that, and was then elected president of the United States. But not everything was so easy for Wilson. He was ahead of his time in wanting a League of Nations after World War I to help preven ..." |
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