23 Top nonfiction books like What Were the Negro Leagues? (What Was?) by Varian Johnson

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What Were the Negro Leagues? (What Was?)

By: Varian Johnson

4.30

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In America during the early twentieth century, no part was safe from segregation, not even the coun…

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1. Who Was George Washington Carver?

By: Jim Gigliotti

4.29

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • history
  • childrens
Cover of Who Was Rosa Parks? by Stephen Marchesi, Nancy Harrison, Yona Zeldis McDonough

2. Who Was Rosa Parks?

By: Stephen Marchesi , Nancy Harrison , Yona Zeldis McDonough

4.29

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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3. Who Was Sojourner Truth?

By: Yona Zeldis McDonough , Jim Eldridge

4.23

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • history
  • childrens
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4. Who Was William Shakespeare?

By: John O'Brien , Celeste Davidson Mannis

4.02

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

The beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the world's most fa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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5. Who Was Charlie Chaplin?

By: Patricia Brennan Demuth

4.30

Format: 112 pages, Library Binding

Who was the real Charlie Chaplin? Kids will learn all about the comic genius who created "The Littl… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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6. Who Was Roberto Clemente?

By: Nancy Harrison , James Buckley Jr. , Ted Hammond

3.95

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

Growing up the youngest of seven children in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente had a talent for basebal… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • childrens
  • sports
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7. Who Was Babe Ruth?

By: Nancy Harrison , Ted Hammond , None

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Just in time for baseball season! Babe Ruth came from a poor Baltimore family and, as a kid, he was… read more

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  • baseball
  • history
  • childrens
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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8. Who Was Marie Curie?

By: Megan Stine , Ted Hammond

3.91

Format: 736 pages, Paperback

Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only Univ… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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9. Who Was Jim Henson?

By: Joan Holub , Nancy Harrison

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Jim Henson broke into television with a five-minute puppetry segment when he was only a freshman in… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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10. Who Was Alexander Hamilton?

By: Dede Putra , Meg Belviso , Pam Pollack

4.51

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Read the story of the Founding Father who inspired the smash Broadway musical. Born in the British … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens

11. Who Was Jesus?

By: Stephen Marchesi , Nancy Harrison , Ellen Morgan

3.61

Format: 130 pages,

This fascinating addition to the best-selling Who Was...? series does not settle questions of theol… read more

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12. Who Was Frederick Douglass?

By: Nancy Harrison , April Jones Prince , Robert Squier

4.00

Format: 224 pages,

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13. Who Were The Three Stooges?

By: Meg Belviso , Pam Pollack

4.00

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

Discover more about the comedy team that perfected the art of the pie fight! The Three Stooges were… read more

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14. Who Was Mother Teresa?

By: Nancy Harrison , Jim Gigliotti

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

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15. Diper Överlöde (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #17)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In Diper Överlöde, book 17 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling aut… read more

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  • childrens
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16. Where Is Area 51?

By: Paula K. Manzanero

4.05

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

You'll find it on a map--but you'll never get anywhere near this top secret military base. What exa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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17. Where Were the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

By: Yona Z. McDonough

4.12

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Explore the most amazing wonders of the ancient world! More than 2,000 years ago, travelers wrote … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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18. Who Was Susan B. Anthony?

By: Pam Pollack

4.08

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Susan B. Anthony may be an international icon but her campaign for women’s rights had personal root… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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19. What Is a Solar Eclipse? (Who HQ Now)

By: Dana Meachen Rau

3.76

Format: 56 pages, Kindle Edition

Learn about the phenomenon of a solar eclipse just in time for the Great American Eclipse that will… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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20. Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? (Who Was?)

By: Sherri L. Smith

4.34

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

It's up, up, and away with the Tuskegee Airmen, a heroic group of African American military pilots … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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21. What Were the Negro Leagues? (What Was?)

By: Varian Johnson

4.30

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In America during the early twentieth century, no part was safe from segregation, not even the coun… read more

Similar categories in Varian Johnson's What Were the Negro Leagues? (What Was?) book and Varian Johnson's What Were the Negro Leagues? (What Was?)

  • baseball
  • history
  • childrens
  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • sports
Cover of Hell Is a World Without You by Jason Kirk

22. Hell Is a World Without You

By: Jason Kirk

4.59

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Rarely has an Evangelical upbringing been depicted with the relentless honesty, wide-ranging empath… read more

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"It's a disorienting moment, when you realize the Christmas story you've read a hundred times has always included, hidden in plain sight, an anarchist manifesto."

-Jason Kirk, Hell Is a World Without You

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23. What Is the Story of Nancy Drew? (What Is the Story Of?)

By: Dana M. Rau

4.11

Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition

Uncover the mystery of Nancy Drew and how the beloved teenage detective came to be in this new addi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
Cover of What Do We Know About Atlantis? by Emma Carlson Berne

24. What Do We Know About Atlantis?

By: Emma Carlson Berne

3.99

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The What Do We Know About? series explores the mysterious, the unknown, and the unexplained. Does t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
Cover of Who Is Jimmy Carter? (Who Was?) by David Stabler

25. Who Is Jimmy Carter? (Who Was?)

By: David Stabler

4.24

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

How did a peanut farmer from a small town in Georgia become the 39th President of the United States… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
Cover of Who Is LeBron James? (Who Was?) by Crystal Hubbard

26. Who Is LeBron James? (Who Was?)

By: Crystal Hubbard

4.21

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

How did a young boy from Ohio go on to become one of the greatest basketball players of all time? R… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • history
  • childrens
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27. Who Was Salvador Dalí?

By: Paula K. Manzanero

4.00

Format: 99 pages, Kindle Edition

Learn about the fascinating career of surrealist Salvador Dalí from his early life in Spain through… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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28. What Do We Know About the Mystery of D. B. Cooper? (What Do We Know About?)

By: Kirsten Anderson

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Find out what really happened when a strange man hijacked an airplane in 1971 and then parachuted o… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. What Is the Story of Romeo and Juliet?

By: Max Bisantz

4.08

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most well-known characters of our time. Discover the orig… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Who Was Fidel Castro?

By: Sarah Fabiny

3.83

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

When Fidel Castro died on November 25, 2016, many people around the world responded with mixed emot… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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31. Who Was John Lewis? (Who Was?)

By: Crystal Hubbard

4.29

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Starting in the 1960s, John Lewis began his activism alongside civil rights legend and good friend … read more

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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

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4.22

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