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    by Mona Kerby ...
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  • Friendly Bees, Ferocious Bees

    by Mona Kerby ...
    Friendly Bees, Ferocious Bees will enthrall youngsters by taking them on an amazing journey into the wonderful world of honeybees. Meticulously detailed coverage of queens, drones, and workers; life within the hive; communication among bees; beekeeping, bee diseases, and bee enemies; and a special section of recipes calling for honey. This new edition, revised and updated, will enchant readers ... Read more

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  • Beverly Sills

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    Samuel Morse was a painter and an American inventor who invented the telegraph key which forever changed communication. The biography describes his childhood, his life as a painter and inventor, and includes information on the Morse code and making a telegraph key. All quotations in the book are from Morse's writings. Now back in print, this new edition, revised and updated, will enchant readers ... Read more

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  • Samuel Morse

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  • Frederick Douglass

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    Born a slave in Talbot County, Maryland, Frederick Douglass never planned to be the most famous black man in the world. He just wanted to be free. “Once you learn to read,” he wrote, “you will be forever free.” By telling his story, Frederick helped change the history of the world. This narrative nonfiction biography is perfect for third through sixth graders and has been revised with historical ... Read more

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    Born a slave in Talbot County, Maryland, Frederick Douglass never planned to be the most famous black man in the world. He just wanted to be free. "Once you learn to read," he wrote, "you will be forever free." By telling his story, Frederick helped change the history of the world. This narrative nonfiction biography is perfect for third through sixth graders and has been revised with historical ... Read more

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