Who Is J.K. Rowling? (Häftad)
avPam Pollack, Meg Belviso, Stephen Marchesi
ISBN: 9780448458724 - UTGIVEN: 201208Everyone loves Harry Potter. Now kids can learn about Harry's creator
In 1995, on a four-hour-delayed train from Manchester to London, J. K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Upon arriving in London, she began immediately writing the first book in the saga. Rowli[...]
Who Was Steve Jobs? (Häftad)
avPam Pollack, Meg Belviso, John O'Brien
ISBN: 9780448462110 - UTGIVEN: 2012-03Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six short years. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn how his obsession with computers and technology at an early age led him to co-found and run Apple, in addition to turning Pixar into a grou[...]
Who Was Nelson Mandela? (Häftad)
avMeg Belviso, Pamela D. Pollack, Stephen Marchesi
ISBN: 9780448479330 - UTGIVEN: 2014-01As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent twenty-seven years in prison and emerged as the inspiring leader of the new South Africa. He became the country's first black[...]
Who Was Charles Dickens? (Pocket)
avPamela Pollack, Meg Belviso, Mark Edward (ILT) Geyer
ISBN: 9780448479675 - UTGIVEN: 2014-12As a child, Charles Dickens worked in a shoe polish factory where his gritty surroundings inspired some of the most memorable characters and settings in literary history. Known for his masterful storytelling in books like "Oliver Twist," "Great Expectations," and "A Christmas Carol," Dickens toured [...]
