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"Featured in the upcoming National Geographic documentary, Expedition Amelia! This is a critically acclaimed look at the life, disappearance, and search for the legendary aviatrix, Amelia Earhart. On May 21, 1937, the most famous female pilot of all time, Amelia Earhart, set out to do the impossible: circumnavigate the globe at its widest point-27,000 miles in all. Just six weeks later, she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean. Eighty years have passed...
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Natalie Babbitt-Author and Illustrator/Margaret Wise Brown-Author and Illustrator/Bryan Collier-Author and Illustrator/Dean Kamen-Inventor, Physicist, and Engineer/Coretta Scott King-American Civil Rights Leader/Stephanie Kwolek-American Chemist and inventor/Michael Phelps-American Swimmer/Chris Raschka-Author and Illustrator
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Aliki/Jan & Stan Berenstain/Judy Blume/Jan Brett/Virginia Lee Burton/Eric Carle/Matt Christopher/Beverly Cleary/Joanna Cole/Ezra Jack Keats/Arnold Lobel/James Marshall/Ann M. Martin/Mercer Mayer/Peggy Parish/Bill Peet/Patricia Polacco/Jack Prelutsky/Cynthia Rylant/Richard Scarry/Jon Scieszka/Maurice Sendak/Dr. Seuss/Shel Silverstein/Chris Van Allsburg/Rosemary Wells/Laura Ingalls Wilder/Garth Williams
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An innovative picture book biography about an unsung hero of early animation. Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981) was a German film director and animator best known for The Adventures of Prince Achmed, which was released in 1926 and is the oldest surviving animated movie. (It came out a full 11 years before Disney's Snow White!) As a little kid, Reiniger loved reading fairytales and fell in love with puppetry. At school, she learned about paperschnitte, or...