Essential Lives
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Donald Trump
45th US President
by James Staurt
Part 1 of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the life and career of the businessman and political outsider who became president of the United States. Elected in 2016 Trump inspired both passionate support and heated opposition during his time in office. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Joe Biden
46th US President
by Ryan Gale
Part 1 of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the life and career of the longtime senator and former vice president who became president of the United States. Elected in 2020, Biden took office after a heated campaign that centered on health care, the economy, and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Anne Frank: Holocaust Diarist
by Alexis Burling
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the life of Anne Frank using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking historical photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Frank's family background, education, and harrowing experiences during the Holocaust. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Glossary of key words Index Table of contents Timeline of key events Throughout history, there have been those whose extraordinary ideas have shaped today's world. Essential Lives offers access to these incredible individuals and their stories. With these biographies, readers will learn about their families, educational backgrounds, and what inspired them. They will discover how these fascinating figures overcame challenges and persevered through failure to impact humanity. Easy-to-read text allows readers to discover how these Essential Lives changed the course of history and continue to inspire people today. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Malcolm X
Rights Activist and Nation of Islam Leader
by Tom Robinson
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the remarkable life of Malcolm X using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs, readers will learn about Malcolm X's family background, childhood, education, and role as a human rights activist and nation of Islam leader. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Leader
by Kristine Carlson Asselin
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the remarkable life of Martin Luther King Jr. using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about King's family background, childhood, education, and inspirational work as a leader of the civil rights movement in the United States. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton: Historic Leader
by Valerie Bodden
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the remarkable life of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Readers will learn about her family background, childhood, education, and marriage to Bill Clinton, as well as her career in politics and her roles as a New York senator, and most currently, as Secretary of State. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Grades 6-9. Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Wright Brothers: Inventing Flight for Man
by Susan E. Hamen
Part of the Essential Lives series
Discusses the lives of the two men responsible for the first flight of a machine powered aircraft on December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Benjamin Franklin: The Inventive Founding Father
by L. L. Owens
Part of the Essential Lives series
Discusses the life and accomplishments of the eighteenth-century American printer, scientist, statesman, and inventor. Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Famed Renaissance Man
by M. C. Hall
Part of the Essential Lives series
Discusses the life of the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Reviewed Sources for further research Table of contents Timeline of key events Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Saint Pope John Paul II
by Judy Dodge Cummings
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the remarkable life of Saint Pope John Paul II using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking historical and contemporary images and photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Saint Pope John Paul II's family background, childhood, education, inspirational work as a Roman catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope, and his canonization. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Fidel Castro: Cuban President & Revolutionary
by Katie Marsico
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the remarkable life of Fidel Castro. Readers will learn about his family background, childhood, education, and political pursuits. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Grades 6-9. Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Reviewed Sources for further research Table of contents Timeline of key events Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Amy Coney Barrett: Supreme Court Justice
by Kate Conley
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the life and career of the lawyer and judge who was confirmed to the US Supreme Court in 2020. Nominated by President Donald Trump in the final months of his term, Barrett became the fifth female justice in the history of the Supreme Court. Features include a glossary, web resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Sources for further research Table of contents Timeline of key events Throughout history, there have been those whose extraordinary ideas have shaped today's world. Essential Lives offers access to these incredible individuals and their stories. With these biographies, readers will learn about their families, educational backgrounds, and what inspired them. They will discover how these fascinating figures overcame challenges and persevered through failure to impact humanity. Easy-to-read text allows readers to discover how these Essential Lives changed the course of history and continue to inspire people today. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Anne Frank
Holocaust Diarist
by Alexis Burling
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the life of Anne Frank using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking historical photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Frank's family background, education, and harrowing experiences during the Holocaust. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Malala Yousafzai
Education Activist
by Rebecca Rowell
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the remarkable life of Malala Yousafzai using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs, readers will learn about Malala's family background, education, work as an education activist. Readers will also learn about the Islam religion and the Taliban. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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Estée Lauder
Businesswoman and Cosmetics Pioneer
by Robert Grayson
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the remarkable life of Estée Lauder using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs, readers will learn about Lauder's family background, childhood, education, and innovative work as the founder of the Estée Lauder cosmetics company. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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Sam Walton
Founder of the Walmart Empire
by Katherine Krieg
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the remarkable life of Sam Walton using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs, readers will learn about Walton's family background, childhood, education, and entrepreneurial work as the founder of Walmart and Sam's Club. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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Pope Francis
Spiritual Leader and Voice of the Poor
by Amanda Lanser
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the remarkable life of Pope Francis using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs, readers will learn about Pope Francis's family background, childhood, education, and work with the poor and the Catholic Church. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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Harper Lee
by Alexis Burling
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the life of Harper Lee using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking historical and contemporary images and photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Lee's family background, childhood, education, and time as a Pulitzer Prize-Winning author. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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George Washington Carver: Agricultural Innovator
by Helga Schier
Part of the Essential Lives series
Discusses the life and achievements of George Washington Carver, discussing his childhood, education, family, and influence. Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history
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Bill Gates: Microsoft Founder
by Ruth Strother
Part of the Essential Lives series
Discusses the life of the man who founded the computer software company known as Microsoft Corporation. Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Reviewed Sources for further research Table of contents Timeline of key events Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Jackie Robinson: Baseball Great & Civil Rights Activist
by Charles E. Pederson
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the remarkable life of Jackie Robinson. Readers will learn about his family background, childhood, education, entry into and career in professional baseball, and societal contributions. Color photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Grades 6-9. Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Reviewed Sources for further research Table of contents Timeline of key events Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady & Human Rights Advocate
by Katie Marsico
Part of the Essential Lives series
Discusses the life and achievements of Eleanor Roosevelt, discussing her childhood, education, family, and influence. Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history
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Edward Snowden: NSA Whistle-Blower
by Melissa Higgins
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the life of Edward Snowden using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking contemporary photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Snowden's early life, education, and experiences as a government whistleblower. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Glossary of key words Index Table of contents Timeline of key events Throughout history, there have been those whose extraordinary ideas have shaped today's world. Essential Lives offers access to these incredible individuals and their stories. With these biographies, readers will learn about their families, educational backgrounds, and what inspired them. They will discover how these fascinating figures overcame challenges and persevered through failure to impact humanity. Easy-to-read text allows readers to discover how these Essential Lives changed the course of history and continue to inspire people today. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Bono: Rock Star & Humanitarian
by Thom Winckelmann
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the remarkable life of Bono. Readers will learn about his family background, childhood, and education, as well as his career as a musician and his humanitarian work. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Grades 6-9. Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Barack Obama: 44th U.S. President
by Tom Robinson
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the remarkable life of Barack Obama. Readers will learn about his childhood, education, community organizer work, and law career. Obama's entry into politics is discussed in detail, including his rise from state senator to the first African-American president of the United States. Obama's family life and societal contributions are also covered. Color photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Grades 6-9. Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Reviewed Sources for further research Table of contents Timeline of key events Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Alexander the Great: Ancient King & Conqueror
by Katie Marsico
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the remarkable life of Alexander the Great. Readers will learn about his family background, childhood, education, military pursuits, and key conquests. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Grades 6-9. Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Reviewed Sources for further research Table of contents Timeline of key events Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Chris Kyle: American Sniper
by Alexis Burling
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the life of Chris Kyle using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking historical and contemporary images and photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Kyle's family background, childhood, education, service in the US Navy SEALS, and his time as a sniper. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Glossary of key words Index Table of contents Timeline of key events Throughout history, there have been those whose extraordinary ideas have shaped today's world. Essential Lives offers access to these incredible individuals and their stories. With these biographies, readers will learn about their families, educational backgrounds, and what inspired them. They will discover how these fascinating figures overcame challenges and persevered through failure to impact humanity. In this completely revamped look, easy-to-read text allows readers to discover how these Essential Lives changed the course of history and continue to inspire people today.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Zora Neale Hurston: Harlem Renaissance Writer
by Katie Marsico
Part of the Essential Lives series
Discusses the life and achievements of Zora Neale Hurston, discussing her childhood, education, family, and influence. Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history
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Amy Tan: Author Extraordinaire
by Tamra Orr
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the remarkable life of Amy Tan. Readers will learn about her family background, childhood, and education, as well as her career as a writer and her famous novels. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Grades 6-9. Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Helen Keller: Educator, Activist & Author
by Valerie Bodden
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the life of Helen Keller using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking historical and contemporary images and photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Keller's family background, childhood, education, and time as a world-renowned activist and speaker. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Glossary of key words Index Table of contents Timeline of key events Throughout history, there have been those whose extraordinary ideas have shaped today's world. Essential Lives offers access to these incredible individuals and their stories. With these biographies, readers will learn about their families, educational backgrounds, and what inspired them. They will discover how these fascinating figures overcame challenges and persevered through failure to impact humanity. Easy-to-read text allows readers to discover how these Essential Lives changed the course of history and continue to inspire people today. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Ronald Reagan
40th US President
by Rosa Boshier
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the remarkable life of Ronald Reagan using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Reagan's family background, childhood, education, work experience as a radio personality and an actor, and leadership as the governor of California and the fortieth US president. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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Joseph Stalin
by Linda Cernak
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the life of Joseph Stalin using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking historical and contemporary images and photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Stalin's family background, childhood, education, and his time as dictator of the Soviet Union. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Jonas Salk
Medical Innovator and Polio Vaccine Developer
by Sheila Griffin Llanas
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the remarkable life of Jonas Salk using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs, readers will learn about Salk's family background, childhood, education, groundbreaking research, and creation of the polio vaccine. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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Albert Einstein: Physicist & Genius
by Lillian E. Forman
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the remarkable life of Albert Einstein. Readers will learn about his family background, childhood, education, development of scientific and mathematic theories, and societal contributions. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Grades 6-9. Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Reviewed Sources for further research Table of contents Timeline of key events Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Pope Francis: Spiritual Leader and Voice of the Poor
by Amanda Lanser
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the remarkable life of Pope Francis using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs, readers will learn about Pope Francis's family background, childhood, education, and work with the poor and the Catholic Church. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Reviewed Sources for further research Table of contents Timeline of key events Throughout history, there have been those whose extraordinary ideas have shaped today's world. Essential Lives offers access to these incredible individuals and their stories. With these biographies, readers will learn about their families, educational backgrounds, and what inspired them. They will discover how these fascinating figures overcame challenges and persevered through failure to impact humanity. In this completely revamped look, easy-to-read text allows readers to discover how these Essential Lives changed the course of history and continue to inspire people today.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Steven Spielberg: Groundbreaking Director
by Sue Vander Hook
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the remarkable life of Steven Spielberg. Readers will learn about his family background, childhood, and education, as well as his career as a movie producer and his famous works. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Grades 6-9. Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Mahatma Gandhi: Proponent of Peace
by Sue Vander Hook
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the remarkable life of Mahatma Gandhi. Readers will learn about Gandhi's family background, childhood, education, and courageous nonviolent actions to promote world peace. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Reviewed Sources for further research Table of contents Timeline of key events Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-follow text. Each book includes a table of contents, timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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Kamala Harris: First Female US Vice President
by Laura K. Murray
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the life and career of the lawyer and senator who was elected vice president of the United States in 2020. Harris became the first female vice president, as well as the first Black and Asian American vice president. Features include a glossary, web resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Sources for further research Table of contents Timeline of key events Throughout history, there have been those whose extraordinary ideas have shaped today's world. Essential Lives offers access to these incredible individuals and their stories. With these biographies, readers will learn about their families, educational backgrounds, and what inspired them. They will discover how these fascinating figures overcame challenges and persevered through failure to impact humanity. Easy-to-read text allows readers to discover how these Essential Lives changed the course of history and continue to inspire people today. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Hillary Clinton: Groundbreaking Politician
by Judy Dodge Cummings
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the life of Hillary Clinton using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Clinton's family background, childhood, education, political career, and historic presidential campaign. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Glossary of key words Index Table of contents Timeline of key events Throughout history, there have been those whose extraordinary ideas have shaped today's world. Essential Lives offers access to these incredible individuals and their stories. With these biographies, readers will learn about their families, educational backgrounds, and what inspired them. They will discover how these fascinating figures overcame challenges and persevered through failure to impact humanity. Easy-to-read text allows readers to discover how these Essential Lives changed the course of history and continue to inspire people today. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Walt Disney: Entertainment Visionary
by Martin Gitlin
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the remarkable life of Walt Disney. Readers will learn about his family background, childhood, and education, as well as his career as a cartoonist and business owner and his famous works. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Grades 6-9. Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Edward Snowden
NSA Whistle-Blower
by Melissa Higgins
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the life of Edward Snowden using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking contemporary photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Snowden's early life, education, and experiences as a government whistleblower. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Hillary Clinton
Groundbreaking Politician
by Judy Dodge Cummings
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the life of Hillary Clinton using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Clinton's family background, childhood, education, political career, and historic presidential campaign. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Donald Trump
45th US President
by A.R. Carser
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the life of Donald Trump using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Trump's family background, childhood, education, his rise to fame in business, television, and politics, and his historic presidential campaign. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Billy Graham
by Michael Capek
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines Billy Graham's life using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images, rich color photographs and informative sidebars, readers learn about Christian evangelist Billy Graham, what he taught controversies around his teachings and actions, his role in American politics, and his influence in people's lives. Features include a timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Chris Kyle
by Alexis Burling
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the life of Chris Kyle using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking historical and contemporary images and photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Kyle's family background, childhood, education, service in the US Navy SEALS, and his time as a sniper. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Helen Keller
Educator, Activist & Author
by Valerie Bodden
Part of the Essential Lives series
This biography examines the life of Helen Keller using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking historical and contemporary images and photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Keller's family background, childhood, education, and time as a world-renowned activist and speaker. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Margaret Mead: Cultural Anthropologist
by Ruth Strother
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the remarkable life of Margaret Mead. Readers will learn about her family background, childhood, education, development of anthropological theories, and societal contributions. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Grades 6-9. Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Reviewed Sources for further research Table of contents Timeline of key events Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.
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Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Creator
by Marcia Amidon Lusted
Part of the Essential Lives series
This title examines the remarkable life of Mark Zuckerberg. Readers will learn about Zuckerberg's family background, childhood, education, and innovative work as the creator of the groundbreaking social networking site Facebook. Color and black & white photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Reviewed Sources for further research Table of contents Timeline of key events Essential Lives introduces the people who have shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-follow text. Each book includes a table of contents, timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.