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Found in 1797, as a young boy, living wild and naked in the mountains of France, the Savage of Aveyron, was treated in turns as a curiosity, an object of derision, a specimen, an imbecile, a burden. This is his amazing story.
Every Batman comic book is marked with the words “Batman created by Bob Kane.” For almost thirty years, fans did not suspect otherwise. But that is not the whole truth.” Bill the Boy Wonder is the story, in comic format, of Bill Finger, the co-creator and long-time writer of Batman.
Fun facts and photos of the defense mechanisms that creatures use to avoid being another creature’s lunch!
A 2015 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book for excellence in nonfiction, this is the story of how Sylvia Mendez and her family helped end school segregation in California – years before the Brown vs. Board of Education case.
Mesmerized combines history with science and humor. Using the scientific method, Benjamin Franklin deduced that Dr. Mesmer had indeed discovered something, but not the something he had claimed!
Written in verse, this is a memoir of youth author Jacqueline Woodson’s childhood. Brown Girl Dreaming was the 2015 National Book Award winner, a Newbery Honor book, and Coretta Scott King Book Award winner.
From the "Great Fire of 1760," which destroyed 349 homes in Boston, to San Diego's "Witch Fire" of 2007, which destroyed 3,069 homes and buildings, burned half a million acres and killed 17 people, Fighting Fire! details ten of America's worst fires.
As a child, how do you deal with hearing loss and the necessity of using a huge hearing aid? By becoming superhero, El Deafo! In graphic novel format, artist Cece Bell recounts her early childhood and loss of hearing. A Newbery Honor book.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mostly Chinese, passed through Angel Island Immigration Station. This is their story that deserves to be told. A brief, powerful, and image-filled book.
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