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The dynamic story of the Williams sisters, both top-ranked professional tennis players.

Venus and Serena Williams are two of the most successful professional American tennis players of all time. Coached at an early age by their parents, the sisters have both gone on to become Grand Slam title winners. They have both achieved the World Number One ranking in both singles and doubles! Although completely professional and fiercely competitive, the sisters remain close. Who Are Venus and Serena Williams? follows the pair from their early days of training up through the ranks and to the Summer Olympic Games, where they have each won four gold medals-more than any other tennis players.

This title in the New York Times best-selling series has eighty illustrations that help bring the exciting story of tennis champs Venus and Serena Williams to life.

Barack Obama has made history as the first African-American president. This biography is perfect for students looking for a longer, fuller life story than is found in the author's bestselling beginning reader Barack Obama: United States President. Lexile 740, 112 páginas, Tapa Blanda, 1x14x20 cms, Roberta Edwards, 8 a 14 años.

By age 16, Paul David Hewson was such a good singer that he was nicknamed "Bono Vox," for "good voice". Bono became the singer of the rock band U2 in 1976. Today, U2 have sold over 157 million albums and won numerous awards, including 22 Grammys. 

London: Reginald Kenneth Dwight, Elton John, he started piano at three. Classical music, and then rock and roll. Since his first album in 1969 he has dominated the world with Songs like Your Song, Crocodile Rock and Can You Feel the Love Tonight. 

A smart girl unafraid to stand up for herself
A Harvard-trained lawyer
The first African-American First Lady of the United States

Born into a close knit family in Chicago, Michelle Robinson was a star student who graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law. Then in 1992, she married another promising young lawyer and the rest, as they say, is history. It is undeniable that President Barack Obama has changed the United States but so has Michelle Obama, the self proclaimed “Mom in Chief.” This compelling, easy-to-read biography is illustrated by New Yorker artist John O’Brien.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, from Argentina, is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere. He has shown a humbler, less formal approach to his office than his predecessors- a warm style." Lexile 850, 112 páginas, Tapa Blanda, 1x14x20 cms, Stephanie Spinner, 8 a 14 años.

Work with other players to find the missing dog whilst avoiding saboteurs in Who Let The Dog Out, a unique card game of social deduction from Ridley's Games! The game is based in the town of Barksville, a great place to live where the residents pride themselves on their community spirit. However, there is someone untrustworthy in the neighborhood who has let their neighbor's dog out! You and your fellow players form the search party to locate the missing dog, scouting out locations around town. Can you be trusted to find the dog and reunite the owner with their lost pooch? Or will you sabotage the hunt and lie about the location? Contains instructions, 54 game cards, 56 tokens and town map. 4-8 players. Ages 10+. 30 minutes average gameplay. Share who you think let the dog out on social media by using #wholetthedogout. 

Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Did you know that in later years he refused to have a telephone in his study? The history of technology!

A founding father of the United States of America
An inventor who created bifocal glasses, a musical instrument, and an artificial “arm”
A scientist who discovered the nature of lightning

Ben Franklin was the scientist who, with the help of a kite, discovered that lightning is electricity. He was also a statesman, an inventor, a printer, and an author-a man of such amazingly varied talents that some people claimed he had magical powers! Full of all the details kids will want to know, the true story of Benjamin Franklin is by turns sad and funny, but always honest and awe-inspiring.

His early life at sea, led him to seek fortune by sailing west in hopes of creating new trade routes with the Indies. Why he called himself the "Great Admiral of the Seas" and learn of all his struggles to find financial support for his voyage.

A shy boy who married at age thirteen
The champion of an independent India
A global icon of peace and freedom

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in British-occupied India. Though he studied law in London and spent his early adulthood in South Africa, he remained devoted to his homeland and spent the later part of his life working to make India an independent nation. Calling for non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights around the world. Gandhi is recognized internationally as a symbol of hope, peace, and freedom.

When the plague broke out in London 1665 he was forced to return home from college. It was during this period of so much death, that Newton gave life to some of the most important theories in modern science, including gravity and the laws of motion. 

As naval officer, he carried out many deep-sea experiments and improved upon early diving equipment. He filmed his underwater excursions and offered the world a glimpse below the surface. His work, and his red cap are famous throughout the world. 

His life in the context of his world when Jerusalem was part of the Roman Empire. In an easy-to-read narrative, this title-illustrated with eighty drawings-also explaining the early origins of Christianity and how it became a major religion. 

Born in 1829, at age 11. He began writing adventure stories as a young man and became a popular writer. Mixing scientific discovery and literature in his books like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days. 

A teenager who loved to play basketball
A fearless woman who filmed French cooking lessons in her own kitchen
A celebrity chef and best-selling author

Born in California in 1912, Julia Child enlisted in the Army and met her future husband, Paul, during World War II. She discovered her love of French food while stationed in Paris and enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu cooking school after her service. Child knew that Americans would love French food as much as she did, so she wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 1961. The book was a success and the public wanted more. America fell in love with Julia Child. Her TV show, The French Chef, premiered in 1963 and brought the bubbling and lovable chef into millions of homes. Find out more about this beloved chef, author, and TV personality in Who Was Julia Child?

Her teacher gave him a cornet in New Orleans. But his passion and genius pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life was a critical time in American music as well as black history. 

At the age of 18 she became religious in India, Teresa shed her habit and walked the streets of Calcutta helping others. Her work expanded internationally, and her name is synonymous for compassion and devotion to the poor. 

Her reign of 63 years is known as the Victorian Era, a period of industrial, cultural, scientific marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. At 18 years old Queen of the United Kingdom. Married to her cousin, Albert, and had nine children. 

Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. His Family was poor, and the happiest time of his childhood was spent living on a farm in Missouri. His affection for small-town life is reflected in Disneyland Main Streets around the world. 

Four boys from Liverpool, England, became the world's most famous rock and roll band in the '60s. Read about their childhood. What Beatlemania was like, and why they broke up.

Discover more about the comedy team that perfected the art of the pie fight!

The Three Stooges were the hardworking children of immigrants and discovered a love of performing at an early age. Starting out as a vaudeville act, they soon transitioned into movies, becoming a worldwide sensation in feature films and shorts. Never the critics' darlings, audiences loved them for their mastery of physical comedy and their willingness to do anything for a laugh. They remained popular over the years despite several personnel changes that revolved around the three Howard brothers from Brooklyn. Their comedies are still in syndication more than 50 years after they were first shown on TV and continue to delight old fans and attract new ones.