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  • Helen Thayer's Arctic Adventure

    A Woman and a Dog Walk to the North Pole

    by Sally Isaacs ...
    Illustrated by Iva Sasheva ...
    Series series Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books
    This picture book tells the thrilling story of a woman from New Zealand who walked alone from Canada all the way to the magnetic North Pole; well, alone except for Charlie, the best and most protective dog on the globe. ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?

    by Patricia Brennan Demuth, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Tim Foley ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them. Now young readers will see just how similar Laura's true-life story was to her books. Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. Her life and times are ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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  • Who Was Christopher Columbus?

    by Bonnie Bader, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Nancy Harrison ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Learn all about Christopher Columbus' early life at sea, which led him to seek fortune by sailing west in hopes of creating new trade routes with the Indies. Kids will read about why he called himself the "Great Admirald of the Seas" and learn of all his struggles to find finacial support for his voyage. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Amelia Lost

    The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

    by Candace Fleming ...
    From the acclaimed author of The Great and Only Barnum—as well as The Lincolns, Our Eleanor, and Ben Franklin's Almanac—comes the thrilling story of America's most celebrated flyer, Amelia Earhart.In alternating chapters, Fleming deftly moves readers back and forth between Amelia's life (from childhood up until her last flight) and the exhaustive search for her and her missing plane. With ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • Silent in an Evil Time

    The Brave War of Edith Cavell

    by Jack Batten ...
    Dutiful nurse, hospital matron, courageous resistance fighter, Edith Cavell was all of these. A British citizen, the forty-eight-year-old Cavell was matron of an institute for nurses in the suburbs of Brussels at the outbreak of World War I. Dedicated to the methods of Florence Nightingale, her intelligence and ferocious sense of duty had transformed the institute into a leading training center ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Guts & Glory: The American Civil War

    by Ben Thompson ...
    Illustrated by C.M. Butzer ...
    "[An] action-packed Civil War title . . . a rousing introduction to this defining conflict that makes the history appealing and relatable." — Publishers WeeklyAn International Literacy Association Teachers' ChoiceA National Parenting Publications Silver WinnerHistory comes alive for kids like no textbook can in this epic account of the American Civil War that's perfect for history buffs and ... ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • Who Was Johnny Appleseed?

    by Joan Holub, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Anna DiVito ...
    Series series Who Was?
    The perfect biography to "bite into" at the start of a new school year! Children are sure to be fascinated by the eccentric and legendary Johnny Appleseed, a man who is best known for bringing apple trees to the midwest. Over John Chapman’s lifetime, he saw the country grow and start to spread westward. Traveling alone— in bare feet and sporting a pot on his head!—Johnny left his own special mark ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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  • Who Was Annie Oakley?

    by Stephanie Spinner, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Larry Day ...
    Series series Who Was?
    You want girl power? Meet Annie Oakley! Born in 1860, she became one of the best-loved and most famous women of her generation. She amazed audiences all over the world with her sharpshooting, horse-riding, action-packed performances. In an age when most women stayed home, she traveled the world and forged a new image for American women. ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Heart and Soul

    The Story of Florence Nightingale

    by Gena K. Gorrell ...
    In Florence Nightingale’s day, if a person was sick – and lucky – he or she was nursed at home with caring family members tending the bedside. Hospitals were horrible places from which few emerged alive. The nurses were often drunks and prostitutes. Doctors had rudimentary skills.Thus the privileged Nightingale family was appalled when Florence, who had done her share of household nursing, ... Read more

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  • Who Was Davy Crockett?

    by Gail Herman, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Robert Squier ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Davy Crockett, the King of the Wild Frontier, is a man of legend. He is said to have killed his first bear when he was three years old. His smile alone killed another, and he skinned a bear by forcing him to run between two trees. Fact or fiction? Find out the real story of this folk hero, who did love to hunt bears, served as a congressman for Tennessee, and fought and died at the Alamo. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

    by Vashti Harrison ...
    Series Book 1 - Leaders & Dreamers
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERMeet the little leaders. They're brave. They're bold. They changed the world.Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in history, this book educates and inspires as it relates true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all expectations, including:Nurse Mary SeacolePolitician Diane AbbottMathematician Katherine JohnsonSinger Shirley BasseyBestselling author and ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $2.99 CAD

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  • She Dared

    True Stories of Heroines, Scoundrels, and Renegades

    by Ed Butts ...
    Illustrated by Heather Collins ...
    From a true-life “Survivor Island” tale to the women who flew fighters and bombers for the Allies in World War II, Ed Butts invites you to meet twelve women who dared to live their lives on a tightrope. She Dared takes the reader to the Far North, where a single Native woman put an end to a ruinous war. There’s Molly Brant, who stepped out of the shadow of her famous brother Joseph to make her own ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD