Who was? trivia book [Who Was?]by Elling, Brian 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2022)

BTSB #: 306467 Available

Dewey: 900/CAges: 8-12   
F&P: X

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Subjects: Questions and answers Biography - Miscellanea World history

Summary: Jam-packed with questions about some of your favorite trailblazing figures throughout history that are sure to keep readers on their toes.

Who were Stanley and Livingstone? [Who Was?]by Gigliotti, Jim 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2021)

BTSB #: 378513 Available

Dewey: 916.704/CAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.7 MG Lexile: 880 F&P: W

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Subjects: Stanley, Henry M.|q(Henry Morton),|d1841-1904 Livingstone, David,|d1813-1873 Explorers - Central Africa - Biography Central Africa - Exploration

Summary: Dr. David Livingstone's 1866 expedition to find the source of the Nile River in Africa was only supposed to last two years. But it had been almost six years since anyone had heard from the famous British explorer. That's when a young American newspaper reporter named Henry Morton Stanley decided to go on his own expedition to find Dr. Livingstone. Details the dangerous two-year journey that would eventually bring them face-to-face.

Who were the Beatles? [Who Was?]by Edgers, Geoff 

BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2011)

BTSB #: 303235 Available

Dewey: 782.4216/CAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG RC: 3.5 3-5 Lexile: 670

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Subjects: Beatles Rock music - England - History and criticism Musicians - Biography

Summary: Brings the Fab Four to life. Readers will learn about their childhoods in Liverpool, their first forays into rock music, what Beatlemania was like, and why they broke up.

Who were the Brothers Grimm? [Who Was?]by Reed, Avery 

BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2015)

BTSB #: 742552 Available

Dewey: 830.9/CAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 870 F&P: W

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Subjects: Grimm, Jacob,|d1785-1863 Grimm, Wilhelm,|d1786-1859 Kinder- und Hausmarchen Philologists

Summary: Details the life and times of the nineteenth-century German brothers who penned many famous fairy tales.

Who were the Navajo Code Talkers? [Who Was?]by Buckley, James 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2021)

BTSB #: 166498 Available

Dewey: 940.54/CAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.5 MG Lexile: 960 F&P: X

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Subjects: United States.|bMarine Corps - Native American troops World War, 1939-1945 - Cryptography World War, 1939-1945 - Native American participation Navajo language Navajo code talkers Navajo Indians - History|y20th century World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Pacific Area

Summary: In order to win World War II and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields. This book explains how these brave and intelligent men developed their amazing code, recounts some of their riskiest missions, and discusses how the country treated them before, during, and after the war.

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen? [Who Was?]by Smith, Sherri L. 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2018)

BTSB #: 831186 Available

Dewey: 940.54/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.5 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 840 F&P: W

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Subjects: United States.|bArmy Air Forces.|b99th Fighter Squadron - History World War, 1939-1945 - African American participation African American air pilots - History African American air pilots World War, 1939-1945 - American aerial operations World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States

Summary: All about the heroic group of African American military pilots who helped the United States win World War II.

Who were the Wright Brothers? [Who Was?]by Buckley, James 

BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2014)

BTSB #: 166474 Available

Dewey: 629.13/CAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.7 3-5 Lexile: 890 F&P: V

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Subjects: Wright, Wilbur,|d1867-1912 Wright, Orville,|d1871-1948 Inventors Aeronautics

Summary: Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane.