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Helen's big world: the life of Helen Keller
By Doreen Rappaport, Matt Tavares. 2012
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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Women biography
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Blind, deaf and unable to speak from toddlerhood, young Helen Keller lived in a dark, silent world. Despite her handicaps,…
Helen wanted to experience every part of life; with her passion for discovery and the help of an outstanding teacher, Annie Sullivan, Helen found that knowledge would soon lead to freedom. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2012.Available copies:
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The first marathon: the legend of Pheidippides
By Susan Reynolds, Daniel Minter. 2006
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Ancient history, Sports and games
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Twenty-five hundred years ago, in ancient Greece, a small band of Greek soldiers faced the mighty Persian army on the…
plain of Marathon. A runner named Pheidippides ran to neighbouring Sparta, one hundred forty miles away, to ask for the Spartans' aid. Afterwards he sped back to the battle, where he helped defeat the enemy. Then the weary runner did his duty yet once more; he ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver the miraculous news of the Greek victory. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2006.Available copies:
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P is for Pakistan
By Shazia Razzak, Prodeepta Das. 2007
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Travel and geography, Asian travel and geography
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Each letter of the alphabet is associated with a word in Urdu or English that has something to do with…
Pakistan's history, culture, or geography. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2007.Available copies:
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Journey Around the Sun: The Story of Halley's Comet
By James Gladstone, Yaara Eshet. 2021
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Ancient history, General non-fiction, Science and technology, Adventure and exploration
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Halley’s Comet tells its own history in this unique STEM book
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One Tiny Bubble: The Story of Our Last Universal Common Ancestor
By Karen Krossing. 2022
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Alphabet, number and picture booksScience and technology, Ancient history, History
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The wondrous true story of one tiny bubble that sparked all life on Earth—including yours
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