Scholastic Book Of Outstanding Americans
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0439283582
ISBN 13
9780439283588
Category
Children
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Publication Year
2003
Publisher
Pages
256
Description
Scholastic Reference adds another sure-to-be-evergreen title to its list with the Scholastic Book of Outstanding Americans, a title that profiles more than 450 men and women who shaped U.S. history.From Pocahontas to Rosa Parks, Ben Franklin to Bill Gates, Babe Ruth to Dr. Seuss, this collection of mini-biographies describes the lives and accomplishments of the Americans that kids need to know about for school and want to know about for fun.Each of the nearly 500 entries includes a photo, birth and death dates, and a description of what made that person famous--or infamous! There are two entries per page as well as 34 full-page extended entries. A quotation from one of the outstanding Americans runs across each spread. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
