15 must-read history books like What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? (What Was?) by Nico Medina

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What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? (What Was?)

By: Nico Medina

4.16

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The panic-filled summer of 1916, when multiple deadly shark attacks shocked the nation, is chronicl…

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1. Who Was Walt Disney?

By: Nancy Harrison , Whitney Stewart

3.61

Format: 8 pages, Paperback

Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pictur… read more

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2. What Was the Great Chicago Fire?

By: Janet B. Pascal

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Did the Great Chicago Fire really start after a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn? Find out the t… read more

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3. Who Is J.K. Rowling?

By: Stephen Marchesi , Nancy Harrison , Meg Belviso , Pam Pollack

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Everyone loves Harry Potter. Now kids can learn about Harry's creator! In 1995, on a four-hour-dela… read more

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4. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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5. What Was the Holocaust?

By: Gail Herman

4.42

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event—the Holocaust. The Holocaus… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens
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6. Who Is Taylor Swift? (Who Was?)

By: Kirsten Anderson

4.42

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Learn how a young girl who lived on a Christmas tree farm grew up to become one of the most celebra… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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7. What Do We Know About the Loch Ness Monster?

By: Steve Korté

4.17

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

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

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  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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8. 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
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens
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9. What Was the Plague?

By: Roberta Edwards

4.21

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Oh, rats! It's time to take a deeper look at what caused the Black Death--the deadliest pandemic re… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens
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10. What Was the Children's Blizzard of 1888?

By: Steve Korté

4.14

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Learn about the deadly and unexpected blizzard that slammed the Midwestern United States in 1888 an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens
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11. What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?

By: Caleb Gayle

4.33

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Learn how envy and racism led to the tragic destruction of the thriving Black community in Tulsa, O… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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12. What Was the Donner Party? (What Was?)

By: Ben Hubbard

3.85

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

Learn about the treacherous journey across the Sierra Nevada mountain range that isolated and trapp… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens
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13. What Do We Know About the Winchester House?

By: Emma Carlson Berne

3.90

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

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

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  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens
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14. What Do We Know About the Kraken? (What Do We Know About?)

By: Ben Hubbard

4.03

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

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

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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15. What Is the Story of: the Headless Horseman?

By: Sheila Keenan

4.13

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

Discover the haunting story of the Headless Horseman, his chilling adventures in Sleepy Hollow, New… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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16. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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17. What Is the Story of Willy Wonka?

By: Steve Korté

3.96

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

#1 New York Times bestselling Who HQ series brings you the stories behind the most beloved characte… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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18. What Was Reconstruction?

By: Sherri L. Smith

4.17

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In the same style as the New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series, What Was? focuses on compelli… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens
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19. Where Is Jerusalem? (Where Is?)

By: Ellen Morgan

3.94

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Learn all about Jerusalem--a sacred city in the Middle East that has existed for over five thousand… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. Where Is the North Pole?

By: Megan Stine

3.97

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Young armchair adventurers can travel to the topmost point on the globe and learn all about the vas… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. What Do We Know About the Chupacabra?

By: Pam Pollack

3.94

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

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

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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22. What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? (What Was?)

By: Nico Medina

4.16

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The panic-filled summer of 1916, when multiple deadly shark attacks shocked the nation, is chronicl… read more

Similar categories in Nico Medina's What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? (What Was?) book and Nico Medina's What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? (What Was?)

  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens
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23. What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

By: Kirsten Anderson

4.14

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Learn about Boston's molasses disaster of 1919, when a storage tank burst and flooded the streets, … read more

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

24. 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
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25. Who Was Queen Elizabeth II?

By: Megan Stine

4.15

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

How did a little girl who loved horses become the longest reigning monarch in England? Find out in … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens
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26. 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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27. 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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28. 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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29. Who Is Michael Phelps? (Who Was?)

By: Micah Hecht

4.27

Format: 112 pages, Library Binding

Find out how a mischievous boy became a phenomenal swimmer and the greatest Olympian of all time in… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Who Was Langston Hughes? (Who Was?)

By: Billy Merrell

4.12

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Find out how a young boy from the Midwest became one of the most important writers and activists of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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31. Who Is Katie Ledecky? (Who HQ Now)

By: James Buckley Jr.

4.00

Format: 56 pages, Kindle Edition

Learn how a young girl who loved being in the water became one of the greatest Olympic swimmers of … read more

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  • nonfiction

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