15 Best history books like What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919? by Kirsten Anderson

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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, …

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1. Who Was Steve Irwin?

By: Jim Eldridge , Dina Anastasio

4.38

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

By popular demand, the 100th Who Was...? subject is Steve Irwin! Steve Irwin did not have a typica… read more

Similar categories in Jim Eldridge's Who Was Steve Irwin? book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • childrens
Cover of Who Was Alfred Hitchcock? by Nancy Harrison, Meg Belviso, Pam Pollack, Jonathan Moore

2. Who Was Alfred Hitchcock?

By: Nancy Harrison , Meg Belviso , Pam Pollack , Jonathan Moore

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Known as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time, Alfred Hitchcock's unique vision in mo… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Harrison's Who Was Alfred Hitchcock? book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens

3. Who Was Galileo?

By: Nancy Harrison , John O'Brien , Patricia Brennan Demuth

3.74

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that i… read more

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4. What Was Pompeii?

By: Jim O'Connor , John Hinderliter , Fred Harper

3.60

Format: None pages,

The morning of August 24, AD 79, seemed like any other in the Roman city of Pompeii. So no one was … read more

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5. Who Was Marco Polo?

By: Joan Holub , Nancy Harrison , John O'Brien

2.83

Format: 288 pages,

Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back! More than… read more

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6. 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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7. What Was World War I?

By: Nico Medina

4.22

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

This compelling addition to the What Was? series covers what was supposed to be “the war to end all… read more

Similar categories in Nico Medina's What Was World War I? book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens
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8. 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

Similar categories in Dana Meachen Rau's What Is a Solar Eclipse? (Who HQ Now) book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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

Similar categories in Ellen Morgan's Where Is Jerusalem? (Where Is?) book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • nonfiction
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16. 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

Similar categories in Megan Stine's Where Is the North Pole? book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • nonfiction
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17. 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

Similar categories in Pam Pollack's What Do We Know About the Chupacabra? book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • nonfiction
  • childrens
Cover of What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? (What Was?) by Nico Medina

18. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens
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19. 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

Similar categories in Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919? book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens
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20. Who Was Mister Rogers?

By: Diane Bailey

4.50

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Learn how Fred Rogers, a minister and musician from Pennsylvania, became one of America's most belo… read more

Similar categories in Diane Bailey's Who Was Mister Rogers? book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens
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21. 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

Similar categories in David Stabler's Who Is Jimmy Carter? (Who Was?) book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • history
  • childrens
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22. 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

Similar categories in Megan Stine's Who Was Queen Elizabeth II? book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • history
  • childrens
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23. Who Was Frank Sinatra?

By: Ellen Labrecque

4.16

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Learn about the showstopping life of one of the most famous entertainers of all time in this book a… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Labrecque's Who Was Frank Sinatra? book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • nonfiction
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24. What Is the Story of Captain Kirk?

By: M.D. Payne

3.99

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Your favorite characters are now part of the Who HQ library! Journey to deep space and learn how J… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
Cover of Who Was Salvador Dalí? by Paula K. Manzanero

25. 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
Cover of Who Were Stanley and Livingstone? (Who Was?) by Jim Gigliotti

26. Who Were Stanley and Livingstone? (Who Was?)

By: Jim Gigliotti

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Join the American journalist Henry Morton Stanley on his amazing quest to find David Livingstone, E… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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27. Who Was Betty White? (Who HQ Now)

By: Dana Meachen Rau

4.02

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

Learn about the remarkable life of actress and comedian Betty White, a pioneer of early television … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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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

Similar categories in Max Bisantz's What Is the Story of Romeo and Juliet? book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • 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

Similar categories in Micah Hecht's Who Is Michael Phelps? (Who Was?) book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • 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

Similar categories in Billy Merrell's Who Was Langston Hughes? (Who Was?) book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • 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

Similar categories in James Buckley Jr.'s Who Is Katie Ledecky? (Who HQ Now) book and Kirsten Anderson's What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

  • nonfiction

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4.38

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4.14

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4.22

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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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