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9780545664776 | Scholastic Nonfiction, August 26, 2014, cover price $3.99

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Founding Father Benjamin Franklin is one of the most extraordinary human beings to have ever lived. One of Americas greatest statesman, Franklin was also a scientist, an inventor, and a printera man who always worked to make life better for his fellow citizens. The well-organized chapters help students identify key details while the photographs, timelines and other text features encourage students to make connections between historical events and enable students to better understand the text.

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9780531212011 | New edition (Childrens Pr, September 1, 2014), cover price $5.95 | also contains Benjamin Franklin

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9780531205587 | Childrens Pr, September 1, 2014, cover price $23.00 | also contains Benjamin Franklin | About this edition: Founding Father Benjamin Franklin is one of the most extraordinary human beings to have ever lived.

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9781417777211 | Revised edition (Turtleback Books, March 1, 2007), cover price $14.70 | About this edition: A short biography of one of our founding fathers.

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Product Description: Bringing the biggest life stories to the smallest readers!Benjamin Franklin was curious about the world around him. He had wide and varied interests that led him to become a printer, a writer, an inventor, a statesman, and eventually one of the fathers of our nation...read more
By Anthony Lewis (illustrator)

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9780545232562 | Original edition (Scholastic Nonfiction, August 1, 2011), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Bringing the biggest life stories to the smallest readers!

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9781448879908 | Powerkids Pr, August 15, 2012, cover price $10.60

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9781448878963 | Powerkids Pr, August 10, 2012, cover price $26.25

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Benjamin Franklin was a true Renaissance man in early American historyan accomplished writer, inventor, and a statesman. This enthralling biography traces Franklins life in the early United States, as well as his extensive contributions both to science and American history. This book covers Franklin's extraordinary life, and highlights the importance of resourcefulness and inquisitiveness.

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9781448827596 | Powerkids Pr, January 15, 2011, cover price $8.25

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9781448825851 | Powerkids Pr, January 15, 2011, cover price $23.60 | About this edition: Benjamin Franklin was a true Renaissance man in early American historyan accomplished writer, inventor, and a statesman.
9781448832194 | Bilingual edition (Rosen Pub Group, January 15, 2011), cover price $23.60

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Product Description: The biography of this most extraordinary American will inspire students by the diversity of Franklin's talents, interests, and accomplishments. This informational text emphasizes his role as a diplomat wherein his time in France influencing the French court yielded such excellent results that many would say the American Revolution could not have been won without our French allies and Franklin's diplomatic skill...read more

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9780521226042, titled "Desolation of a City: Coventry and the Urban Crisis of the Late Middle Ages" | Cambridge Univ Pr, April 1, 1980, cover price $79.95 | also contains Desolation of a City: Coventry and the Urban Crisis of the Late Middle Ages

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9781499417821 | Powerkids Pr, August 1, 2015, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: The biography of this most extraordinary American will inspire students by the diversity of Franklin's talents, interests, and accomplishments.

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By Judith Hierstein (illustrator)

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9781455617135 | Pelican Pub Co Inc, February 27, 2013, cover price $16.99

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Discusses the life of the multi-talented American who was a scientist and an inventor, a writer and a printer, as well as playing an influential role in the early history of the United States.

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9780766064454 | Enslow Pub Inc, January 1, 2015, cover price $27.94 | About this edition: Discusses the life of the multi-talented American who was a scientist and an inventor, a writer and a printer, as well as playing an influential role in the early history of the United States.

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9780766064461 | Enslow Pub Inc, November 30, 2015, cover price $12.88

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A brief biography that highlights some of the achievements of one of the most famous men from the early years of the United States.
By Pamela Hill Nettleton and Jeff Yesh (illustrator)

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9781404804593 | Picture Window Books, January 1, 2003, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A brief biography that highlights some of the achievements of one of the most famous men from the early years of the United States.

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9781404801868 | Picture Window Books, August 1, 2003, cover price $25.99 | About this edition: A brief biography that highlights some of the achievements of one of the most famous men from the early years of the United States.

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9781624039751 | Checkerboard Library, January 1, 2016, cover price $27.07

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Product Description: An inspiring true story of a boy genius.Plowing a potato field in 1920, a 14-year-old farm boy from Idaho saw in the parallel rows of overturned earth a way to “make pictures fly through the air.” This boy was not a magician; he was a scientific genius and just eight years later he made his brainstorm in the potato field a reality by transmitting the world’s first television image...read more
By Greg Couch (illustrator)

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9780375845611 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 8, 2009, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: An inspiring true story of a boy genius.

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9780385755573 | Dragonfly, February 11, 2014, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: An inspiring true story of a boy genius.

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9780375945618 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 8, 2009, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: An inspiring true story of a boy genius.

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Product Description: In this title, unwrap the life of talented Birds Eye frozen foods innovator, Clarence Birdseye! Readers will enjoy getting the scoop on this Food Dude, beginning with his childhood in Brooklyn, New York. Students can follow Cade's success story from his education at Montclair High School to his career as a fur trader and life in Labrador, Canada...read more

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9781624034923 | Checkerboard Library, January 1, 2015, cover price $27.07 | About this edition: In this title, unwrap the life of talented Birds Eye frozen foods innovator, Clarence Birdseye!
9781616135553 | Checkerboard Library, January 1, 2011, cover price $27.07

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World adventurer Rafe Caradec promises a dying rancher that he will keep the powerful locals from taking over his Wyoming ranch
By Renne Benoit (illustrator)

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9781770497955 | Tundra Books, January 5, 2016, cover price $17.99

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9781770497962 | Reprint edition (Tundra Books, January 3, 2017), cover price $6.99
9780553232332, titled "Crossfire Trail" | Bantam Dell Pub Group, June 1, 1983, cover price $10.01 | also contains Crossfire Trail | About this edition: World adventurer Rafe Caradec promises a dying rancher that he will keep the powerful locals from taking over his Wyoming ranch

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Product Description: Icy cold air conditioning is very common in many people's lives. But there was a time when this popular luxury did not exist. People had to think of other ways to keep cool on hot, humid days. It was also too hot in factories and hospitals, theaters and cars...read more

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9781464403750 | Enslow Elementary, January 1, 2014, cover price $10.53 | About this edition: Icy cold air conditioning is very common in many people's lives.

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9780766042162 | Enslow Elementary, January 1, 2014, cover price $25.27 | About this edition: Icy cold air conditioning is very common in many people's lives.

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Product Description: The First Thomas Edison Comic Biography"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."From the trouble-maker who got kicked out of school to the greatest inventor who changed the history of humankind...read more

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9780981954257, titled "The Edison Story: The First Thomas Edison Comic Biography" | Joyful Stories Pr, September 1, 2010, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The First Thomas Edison Comic Biography"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

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9780803737495 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 13, 2012, cover price $17.99

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By Oliver Dominguez (illustrator)

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9780306760266, titled "The Critic at the Opera: Contemporary Comments on Opera in London over Three Centuries" | Da Capo Pr, June 1, 1980, cover price $68.00 | also contains The Critic at the Opera: Contemporary Comments on Opera in London over Three Centuries

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9780763679798 | Candlewick Pr, September 8, 2015, cover price $4.99

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9780763679781 | Candlewick Pr, September 8, 2015, cover price $14.99
9780763658557 | Candlewick Pr, September 10, 2013, cover price $16.99

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9780606368735 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, September 8, 2015), cover price $14.75

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Product Description: Eli Whitney changed manufacturing with the cotton gin and helped make improvements in the area of mass production through interchangeable parts. Readers will see how Whitney also drastically changed farming in America with his inventions.

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9781477701355 | Powerkids Pr, January 15, 2013, cover price $10.60 | About this edition: Eli Whitney changed manufacturing with the cotton gin and helped make improvements in the area of mass production through interchangeable parts.

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9781477700754 | Powerkids Pr, January 15, 2013, cover price $26.25 | About this edition: Eli Whitney changed manufacturing with the cotton gin and helped make improvements in the area of mass production through interchangeable parts.

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9781499421231 | Reprint edition (Powerkids Pr, August 15, 2016), cover price $11.75

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9781499421255 | Powerkids Pr, August 15, 2016, cover price $26.25

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By Steven Salerno (illustrator)

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9781627790727 | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, October 13, 2015, cover price $17.99

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In The First Telephone, discover Alexander Graham Bell's story and his determination to be the first to invent a transmitter to carry a spoken message that would transform communications. With the help of Thomas Watson, Bell perseveres and records his step-by-step progress against the wishes of his sponsors. With Elisha Gray and many others are submitting patents too, the race is on.DK Adventures is a nonfiction series for kids ages 8-11 featuring visually rich theme spreads, and fascinating facts that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. Designed to keep interest high, build knowledge, and enrich the reading experience with fascinating background information, each title in the DK Adventures series is filled with information yet eminently accessible, and available in a wide range of kid-favorite topics including rain forests, animals, rocks, and shipwrecks.

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9781465438249 | Dk Pub, October 6, 2015, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: In The First Telephone, discover Alexander Graham Bell's story and his determination to be the first to invent a transmitter to carry a spoken message that would transform communications.

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9781465438256 | Dk Pub, October 6, 2015, cover price $5.99

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Product Description: Nonfiction for kids interested in science, biography, and early entrepreneurs, this work explores the life story of Clarence Birdseye, the man who revolutionized the frozen food industry and changed the way people eat all over the world...read more

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9780385743884 | Delacorte Pr, November 11, 2014, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Nonfiction for kids interested in science, biography, and early entrepreneurs, this work explores the life story of Clarence Birdseye, the man who revolutionized the frozen food industry and changed the way people eat all over the world.

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9780385372442 | Reprint edition (Delacorte Pr, November 11, 2014), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Nonfiction for kids interested in science, biography, and early entrepreneurs, this work explores the life story of Clarence Birdseye, the man who revolutionized the frozen food industry and changed the way people eat all over the world.

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9780375991356 | Delacorte Pr, November 11, 2014, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Break out the TV dinners!

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Product Description: George Eastman was a pioneer! He changed the way people took pictures. Kids can read this book to find out how he did it and learn more about his life, like making film and box cameras and starting the Eastman Kodak Company. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards...read more

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9780486204680, titled "World''s Great Speeches" | 3rd rev edition (Dover Pubns, June 1, 1958), cover price $14.95 | also contains World''s Great Speeches | About this edition: A collection of historic and informal speeches provides a cosmopolitan reference for the public speaker or debator

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9781624037221 | Super Sandcastle, September 1, 2015, cover price $25.65 | About this edition: George Eastman was a pioneer!

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