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32 pp.
| Candlewick/Templar
| October, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-5567-9$19.99
(3)
4-6
This well-produced overview of the life and times of Dickens is replete with flaps, folds, and envelopes, making it an interactive and entertaining experience for readers. Accessible text on double-page spreads focuses on a single topic--family life, school, London, Christmas, etc. Pages also feature abundant reproductions of period illustrations, photos, documents, and more, in color and black and white.
160 pp.
| Morgan
| May, 2009
|
LibraryISBN 978-1-59935-092-9$28.95
(3)
YA
World Writers series.
As a young girl, Shelley, the child of two influential and radical writers, decided herself to eschew societal norms. This engaging biography limns her unconventional life, focusing on her love affair (and later marriage) with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, the writing of Frankenstein when she was still a teenager, and the novel's infamy and lasting influence. Period illustrations and photographs appear throughout. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind.
112 pp.
| Morgan
| November, 2007
|
LibraryISBN 978-1-59935-047-9$27.95
(4)
YA
Political Profiles series.
These profiles of seven politicians currently in the spotlight are thorough, concentrating heavily on childhood, background, and the forces that shaped these leaders. The volumes will quickly be dated (especially in the four on presidential candidates); Gore ends before his Nobel Peace Prize award. Photographs help break up the dense pages. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Political Profiles titles: Al Gore, Barack Obama, Rudy Giuliani, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
112 pp.
| Morgan
| November, 2007
|
LibraryISBN 978-1-59935-046-2$27.95
(4)
YA
Political Profiles series.
These profiles of seven politicians currently in the spotlight are thorough, concentrating heavily on childhood, background, and the forces that shaped these leaders. The volumes will quickly be dated (especially in the four on presidential candidates); Gore ends before his Nobel Peace Prize award. Photographs help break up the dense pages. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Political Profiles titles: Al Gore, Barack Obama, Rudy Giuliani, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.