Extraordinary people
Subtitle: a semi-comprehensive guide to some of the world's most fascinating individuals
By: by Michael Hearst ; illustrated by Aaron Scamihorn
Contributors: Scamihorn, Aaron, illustrator
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9781452127095
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: "Brief and humorous biographies of fascinating people"--
Notes: Age 8 to 12.
Table of contents: title: Alicia Alonso; title: P. T. Barnum; title: Ibn Battuta; title: Heraclio Bernal; title: Manute Bol & Spud Webb; title: Alexander Calder; title: George Washington Carver; title: Charlie Chaplin; title: Julia Child; title: Jeanne De Clisson; title: Bessie Coleman; title: Jacques Cousteau; title: Marie Curie; title: Wag Dodge; title: Bobby Fischer; title: Terry Fox; title: Benjamin Franklin; title: Buckminster Fuller; title: Vincenzo Galilei; title: Jane Goodall; title: Temple Grandin; title: Hetty Green; title: Hildegard of Bingen; title: Harry Houdini; title: William Kamkwamba; title: Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan; title: Billie Jean King; title: Evel Knievel; title: Sergei Korolev; title: Minakata Kumagusu; title: Bruce Lee; title: Edward Leedskalnin; title: Stagecoach Mary; title: Sir, Alfred Mehran; title: Kevin Mitnick; title: Rodney Mullen; title: Otzi the Iceman; title: Sam Patch; title: George Plimpton; title: Alain Robert; title: Fred Rogers; title: Deion Sanders; title: Roy Sullivan; title: Nikola Tesla; title: Helen Thayer; title: Leon Theremin; title: Mark Twain; title: Ruth Wakefield; title: Larry Walters; title: Malala Yousafzai.