Big Books of 2026

What's So Great About...? Series

25 primary works • 25 total works
Elizabeth Blackwell
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3.60 · 5 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2007 · 1 edition
The year 1849 was an important one for Elizabeth B…

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    Amelia Earhart
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    0.00     · 1 Reviews · published 2007 · 2 editions
    Amelia Earhart took her first airplane ride in 192…

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    Christopher Columbus (Robbie Readers)
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    2.00     · 1 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2007 · 3 editions
    Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. Fro…

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    George Washington Carver
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    3.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2007 · 1 edition
    George Washington Carver realized his love for pla…

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    Helen Keller
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    4.10     · 10 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2007 · 1 edition
    At a young age, Helen Keller lost her ability to b…

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    Harriet Tubman
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2007 · 1 edition
    Harriet Tubman was known as the Moses of her peopl…

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    Galileo
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2007 · 1 edition
    From an early age, Galileo Galilei was curious abo…

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    What's So Great About Rosa Parks
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    0.00     · published 2007 · 2 editions
    On the morning of December 1, 1955, hardly anyone …

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    Ferdinand Magellan
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    0.00     · published 2006 · 2 editions
    Ferdinand Magellan made one of the most famous oce…

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    Johnny Appleseed (Robbie Readers)
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2006 · 2 editions
    John Chapman was a simple-living man with a vision…

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    What's So Great About Paul Bunyan
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2007 · 1 edition
    Paul Bunyan chopped down forests, created the Gran…

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    Martin Luther King Jr.
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    2.75     · 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2008 · 1 edition
    At an early age, Martin Luther King Jr. was unhapp…

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    Daniel Boone
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    0.00     · published 2006 · 2 editions
    While the name, Daniel Boone, is familiar to many …

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    Henry Hudson
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2006 · 1 edition
    Highlights the life of the English explorer who di…

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    Sam Houston
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2006 · 1 edition
    Sam Houston did it all! He lived with the Cherokee…

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    Davy Crockett
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2006 · 1 edition
    Who was Davy Crockett? Was he a legendary frontier…

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    Francis Scott Key (Robbie Readers)
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    4.00     · 2 Ratings · published 2006 · 2 editions
    On a September morning in 1812, an eyewitness to t…

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    Jacques Cartier (Robbie Readers)
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    0.00     · published 2006 · 1 edition
    Jacques Cartier was born at a time when people wer…

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    What's So Great About Robert Fulton
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    3.00     · 2 Ratings · published 2006 · 2 editions
    From the time he was young, Robert Fulton liked to…

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    Anne Frank
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    3.86     · 7 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2006 · 1 edition
    Anne Frank was bright, cheerful, and full of hope …

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    Annie Oakley (What's So Great About...?)
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 2 editions
    Annie Oakley had a difficult childhood. Her father…

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    What's So Great About The Donner Party
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    1.50     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2008 · 1 edition
    What would you do to survive? Most modern American…

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    King Tut (A Robbie Reader)
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2008 · 1 edition
    At age nine, Tutankhamen became pharaoh, ruler of …

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    What's So Great About Lewis and Clark
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    0.00     · published 2008 · 1 edition
    The footsteps of Lewis and Clark in the early 1800…

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    What's So Great About Pocahontas
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    4.00     · 2 Ratings · published 2008 · 1 edition
    Pocahontas was just a child when her world changed…

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