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What Is the Constitution?
What Is the Constitution? [Illustrator Tim Foley] Children, Juvenile Literature. [more info...]
What Was D-Day?
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. [more info...]
What Was Ellis Island?
What Was Ellis Island? [Illustrator David Groff] Children, Juvenile Literature. [more info...]
What Was Hurricane Katrina?
On August 25th, 2005, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes in history hit the Gulf of Mexico. High winds and rain pummeled coastal communities, including the City of New Orleans, which was left under 15 feet of water in some areas after the levees burst. Track this powerful storm from start to finish, from rescue efforts large and small to storm survivors’ tales of triumph. [more info...]
What Was Pearl Harbor?
What Was Pearl Harbor? [Illustrator John Mantha] Children, Juvenile Literature. [more info...]
What Was Stonewall?
How did a spontaneous protest outside of a New York City bar fifty years ago spark a social movement across America? Find out about the history of LGBTQ rights in this Who HQ title. [more info...]
What Was the Age of the Dinosaurs?
Travel back to the time when the mighty dinosaurs ruled the earth.The Age of Dinosaurs began about 250 million years ago. [more info...]
What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition? [Illustrator Tim Foley] Children, Juvenile Literature. [more info...]
What Was the Titanic?
For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later. [more info...]
What Was the Underground Railroad?
What Was the Underground Railroad? [Illustrator Lauren Mortimer] Children, Juvenile Literature. [more info...]
What Was the Vietnam War?
What Was the Vietnam War? [Illustrator Tim Foley] Children, Juvenile Literature. [more info...]
Where Is Antarctica?
Explore Antarctica--the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth--in this adventure-filled title in the Who HQ series. [more info...]
Where Is Area 51?
You'll find it on a map--but you'll never get anywhere near this top secret military base. What exactly is going on there? [more info...]
Where Is the Congo?
Where Is the Congo? [Illustrator Dede Putra] Children, Juvenile Literature. [more info...]
WHERE IS THE NORTH POLE
WHERE IS THE NORTH POLE....Young armchair adventurers can travel to the topmost point on the globe and learn all about the vast region surrounding the North Pole. From the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series comes Where Is?, a series that tells the stories of world-famous landmarks and natural wonders and features a fold-out map! It might seem lonely at the top of the world, but the N [more info...]
Who Is J.K. Rowling?
Everyone loves Harry Potter. Now kids can learn about Harry's creator! [more info...]
Who Is Jane Goodall?
Jane Goodall, born in London, England, always loved animals and wanted to study them in their natural habitats. So at age twenty-six, off she went to Africa! Goodall's up-close observations of chimpanzees changed what we know about them and paved the way for many female scientists who came after her. [more info...]
Who Is Sonia Sotomayor?
The truly inspiring story of the first Latina Supreme Court Justice. [more info...]
Who Is Wayne Gretzky?
Who Is Wayne Gretzky? [Illustrator Ted Hammond] Children, Juvenile Literature. [more info...]
Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age—literally! (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery. But Lincoln was tragically shot one night at Ford’s Theater—the first President to be assassinated. Over 100 black-and-white illustrations and maps are included. [more info...]
Who Was Albert Einstein?
Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein-but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really know about Albert Einstein besides the funny hair and genius label? For instance, do they know that he was expelled from school as a kid? Finally, here's the story of Albert Einstein's life, told in a fun, engaging way that clearly explores the world he lived in and changed. [more info...]
Who Was Booker T. Washington?
Who Was Booker T. Washington? [Illustrator Jake Murray] Children, Juvenile Literature. [more info...]
Who Was Ernest Shackleton?
Who Was Ernest Shackleton? [Illustrator Max Hergenrother] Children, Juvenile Literature. [more info...]
Who Was Galileo?
Who Was Galileo? [Illustrator John O'Brien] Children, Juvenile Literature. [more info...]
Who Was Harriet Tubman?
Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. [more info...]
