Jodie Shepherd
1) Mae Jemison
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A biography of Mae Jemison, the first female African American astronaut.
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"Meet Malala Yousafzai. When she was growing up in Pakistan, girls were not allowed to go to school. But Malala refused to stay home. She continued to go to class! Malala spoke out for education--and was almost killed for standing up for her beliefs. To this day, she continues to work to ensure that every girl around the world has the chance to go to school."--Cover.
4) Jane Goodall
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A biography of Jane Goodall, the most respected primatologists in the world, who worked every day to make the world a better place. Her many discoveries changed the way we look at, and treat, chimpanzees.
10) Rosa Parks
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A simple introduction to the life of the woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the early days of the civil rights movement.
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Meet Bessie Coleman. She was the first African-American woman to earn her international pilots license. And she did so against great odds. No one in America was willing to teach a black woman to fly. Still, Bessie never gave up on her dream of becoming a world-famous aviator.
13) Thomas Jefferson
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Presents a brief overview of the life of the third President.
14) Milton Hershey
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A short biography on Milton Hershey, the inventor of America's favorite chocolate bar.
16) Pocahontas
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A short biography on Pocahontas, the young American Indian girl who helped the earliest English settlers survive in their new land.
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"Meet Anne Frank. When she was 13 years old, Anne, her parents, and her sister went into hiding. As Jews living under Nazi rule, they were in constant danger. The Franks lived in a small secret spacealways quiet, always hungry, ever fearfulfor two years before they were betrayed. Annes diary of her time in hiding went on to become one of the most important pieces of literature in history."--Publisher.