Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told

Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told
by Walter Dean Myers
HarperCollins
37 pages

Seabiscuit the Wonder Horse

Seabiscuit the Wonder Horse
by Meghan McCarthy
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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The true story of Seabiscuit, the grandson of one of the greatest racehorses of all time. But he'd lost nearly every race he'd run. Automobile tycoon Charles Howard took a risk and purchased Seabiscuit for a bargain price. With a clever new trainer and a loving jockey, Seabiscuit began winning. But could he really beat the Triple Crown Champion?

Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa

Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
by Jeanette Winter Harcourt
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This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change.

Washington at Valley Forge

Washington at Valley Forge
by Russell Freedman
Holiday House
100 pages

Washington's army nearly perished during the winter of 1777-78. Camped at Valley Forge, the revolutionaries endured severe hardship. The army's supply system had collapsed and they were without supplies. But when the harsh winter ended, the soldiers had survived, and marched away from Valley Forge more determined than ever.

Wild Animals in Captivity

Wild Animals in Captivity
by Rob Laidlaw
Fitzhenry and Whiteside
48 pages

Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past

Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past
by James M. Deem
Houghton Mifflin
58 pages

Wanda Gag: The Girl Who Lived to Draw

Wanda Gag: The Girl Who Lived to Draw
by Deborah Kogan Ray Viking
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As soon as Wanda learned to draw, she couldn't stop and dreamed of becoming an artist. But when her beloved father died, teenage Wanda put her family before her art, taking care of her ailing mother and six siblings. It wasn't until she knew that her family could support itself that she finally attained her dream, winning a scholarship to a famous art school in New York City and eventually creating one of the most beloved children's book s of all time, Millions of Cats.

Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution

Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
37 pages

Our Farm: Four Seasons with Five Kids on One Family's Farm

Our Farm: Four Seasons with Five Kids on One Family's Farm
by Michael Rosen
Darby Creek Pub.
144 pages

A journal of one year on the Bennett farm in central Ohio. Shows how one family, with the help of relatives and friends, creates a life and livelihood on a 150-acre farm.

Helen's Eyes: A Photobiography of Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's Teacher

Helen's Eyes: A Photobiography of Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's Teacher
by Marfe Ferguson Delano
National Geographic
63 pages

The epic story of Annie Sullivan, the pioneering teacher who overcame disability and misfortune before achieving her success as one of the most famous educators of all time.

What the World Eats

What the World Eats
by Faith D'Aluisio
Tricycle Press
160 pages

A photographic collection exploring what the world eats featuring portraits of twenty-five families from twenty-one countries surrounded by a week's worth of food.

The Raucous Royals: Test Your Royal Wits

The Raucous Royals: Test Your Royal Wits: Crack Codes, Solve Mysteries, and Deduce which Royal Rumors are True
by Carlyn Beccia
Houghton Mifflin
64 pages

The Wolves are Back

The Wolves are Back
by Jean Craighead George
Dutton Children's Books
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For over a century, wolves were persecuted in the United States and nearly became extinct. Gradually reintroduced, they are thriving again in the West, much to the benefit of the ecosystem.

How Many Ways Can You Catch a Fly?

How Many Ways Can You Catch a Fly?
by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Houghton Mifflin Company
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Flies are fast! They can hover, walk upside down, and use their lightning-quick reflexes to escape predators. But rainbow trout, slender lorises, and assassin bugs can catch them. Chimney swifts can, too. How do such diverse creatures manage to capture the same prey? Similar in structure to What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?, this eye-popping picture book introduces readers to a menagerie of animals that approach the same challenges in very different ways.

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale (Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend)

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale (Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend)
by Deborah Hopkinson
Schwartz & Wade Books
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In Knob Creek, Kentucky, in 1816, seven-year-old Abe Lincoln falls into a creek and is rescued by his best friend, Austin Gollaher.

The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body

The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body
by David Macaulay
Houghton Mifflin Company
336 pages

Macaulay leads readers on a highly visual journey through the basics workings of the human body. In seven comprehensive sections he and coauthor Richard Walker take us from the cells of which we are formed to the individual systems they build. Each double-page spread explores a different aspect of this complex structure while gradually constructing as straightforward an overview as possible of the links between the inner workings of the body and the world outside.

The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary

The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
by Candace Fleming
Schwartz & Wade Books
181 pages

Lincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extraordinary Life

Lincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extraordinary Life
by Martin W. Sandler
Walker & Company
97 pages

Knucklehead: Tall tales and Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka

Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka
by Jon Scieszka
Viking
106 pages

How did Jon Scieszka get so funny? He grew up as one of six brothers with Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, and jokes told at family dinner.

The Road to Oz: Twists, Turns, Bumps, and Triumphs in the Life of L. Frank Baum

The Road to Oz: Twists, Turns, Bumps, and Triumphs in the Life of L. Frank Baum
by Kathleen Krull
Alfred A. Knopf
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