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Frances Lincoln Children's Books in association with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Language
English
Description
Offers an illustrated overview of the life of William Shakespeare and some of his most famous plays, with period historic details to fill out what his life might have been like.
3) Shakespeare
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Publisher
Button Books
Language
English
Description
This graphic retelling of playwright William Shakespeare's life paints a vivid portrait of the world he grew up in, while educating children about everything from Elizabethan theatre to the power of words.
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Series
Language
English
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In 1903 eight-year-old Aidan, who dreams of going to school instead of working in a cotton mill, finds inspiration in Mother Jones, a labor activist who plans to protest unfair child labor laws by marching from Kensington, Pennsylvania, to Oyster Bay, NewYork.
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Language
English
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"Learn about the events that led to the first battles of WWI all the way through the war's final hours. This book asks readers to examine primary source stories, photographs, artwork, and literature produced by people involved in the war to explore a complete picture of a global conflict that still resonates around the world 100 years after it ended"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Language
English
Description
1493 for Young People by Charles C. Mann tells the gripping story of globalization through travel, trade, colonization, and migration from its beginnings in the fifteenth century to the present. How did the lowly potato plant feed the poor across Europe and then cause the deaths of millions? How did the rubber plant enable industrialization? What is the connection between malaria, slavery, and the outcome of the American Revolution? How did the fabled...
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Series
History of Western art in comics volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
Description
"In this informative graphic novel sequel, two kids and their grandpa continue their adventurous guided exploration of art and civilization beginning with the Renaissance and moving forward into modern art"--
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