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Start with a farm maiden and a pot, invite some friends to help her, and before you know it, you have arroz con leche — and a rollicking party!
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Women and girls haven't always played basketball. In fact, it was a struggle to play while acting "lady-like" in the late 1800s.
With war approaching, Baba (the author's father) builds a sturdy home for his family in Shanghai.
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Perhaps it was growing up in a time before television that fueled Jim Henson's creativity, fondness for puppets, and love of invention that resulted in his lasting contributions.
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Emma Lazarus, a prolific and skilled poet, only once wrote a poem on request. It is the one for which she is best known: the poem is mounted on the base of the Statue of Liberty.
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Dorothy became a librarian to share her love of books and reading. How she started a library service first on a bookmobile and later inspired a building — touching many lives in her North Caroline town — is based a real person that the author knew.
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Neftali always loved nature and words.
In the mid-19th century, the carpenter who found a nugget of gold in a river near Sutter's mill had no idea that this would begin a rush to the West.
The Lewis and Clark expedition was well-documented by the explorers themselves; their travels and revelations have been compressed and illustrated for a thorough, informative, and fully sourced look at this momentous journey.
John Smith was a key figure in early American history. His adventurous life and exploits (including his association with Pocahontas) are revealed through a series of exciting escapes well told with well-researched, rousing illustrations.