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Will Rogers, was the most famous American entertainer, writer and actor of the early 1900s. He was best known for making fun of politics and the U.S. government. He is still popular today with politicians in Washington D.C. who praise his humor...
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Jim Thorpe, a Native American born in Oklahoma, played pro baseball in New York, Cincinnati, and Boston but he was an even better football player. In the 1912 Olympic Games, he won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon events proving his...
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Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play baseball in the modern major leagues. Today there are many great Black players in the MLB, but in 1947 it was very big news when Jackie stepped up to the plate. He opened doors for young Black...
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Ellen Ochoa was selected by NASA in 1990 to join its astronaut program, and she became the first Hispanic female astronaut when she completed her training in 1991. Two years later she flew on the space shuttle Discovery, becoming the first Latina to...
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Helen Keller is an American author and educator who was blind and deaf. Even though she could not see or hear like most people, she finished college and became a writer and speaker for others with these disabilities. There seemed to be nothing Helen...
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Rosa Parks was a Black American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus became the spark that started the civil rights movement in the United States. Because of Rosa’s heroic acts seats on public transportation were...
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Born in Washington, DC, in 1970, and raised in Miami, Florida, Ketanji Brown Jackson developed an interest in law and politics at an early age. While in grade school, she sat with her father and watched him complete his law school assignments. And...
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John Lewis was a Black American civil rights activist and one of the original Big Six leaders of the nonviolent movement along with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He said his hero was Rosa Parks who told him it was okay to get into “good trouble” in...
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Juvenile Fiction Humor
A fun and entertaining way for young readers to learn about the history, culture and traditions of important nations in the news. Each title presents 50 facts that go beyond the basics to engage readers with unexpected and amusing insights.
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Ben knows only three things about his dad: 1) he has green eyes, 2) he has a number, and 3) at one point in his life, he made a deposit at a bank. Ben’s mom is usually good about answering his questions. But not this one. So, when Ben is...
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