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Biographies (Book Series)

Amazing Athletes (series)

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Amazing Athletes (series)
Cub reporter meets famous Americans (series)

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Cub reporter meets famous Americans (series)
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors & Scientists (series)

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Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors & Scientists (series)
Voices for Freedom (series)

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Voices for Freedom (series)
Latino Biography Library (series)

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Latino Biography Library (series)
Voices for Green Choices (series)

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Voices for Green Choices (series)
Sterling Biographies (series)

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Sterling Biographies (series)
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists (series)

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Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists (series)
Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents (series)

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Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents (series)
People to Know Today (series)

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People to Know Today (series)
Checkerboard Biography Library (series)

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Checkerboard Biography Library (series)

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The right word : Roget and his thesaurus - Jennifer Bryant

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