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San Miguel Library will close temporarily for a remodel between April 8 and June 4.
La biblioteca San Miguel estará cerrada temporalmente por remodelación entre el 8 de abril y el 4 de junio.

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Nipomo Library and its bookdrop will be closed April 25-May 3 for parking lot repair.
La biblioteca Nipomo y el depósito de libros estarán cerrados 25 de abril - 3 de mayo para la construccion del estacionamiento

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1) Abraham Lincoln

Author

Series

Rookie biographies
Rookie biography

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2002

Physical Desc

31 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.

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A brief overview of the life of the man who was President of the United States during the difficult years of the Civil War and who issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.

2) George Washington

Author

Series

Rookie biography

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2002

Physical Desc

31 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.

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An introduction to the life of George Washington, who became the first president of the United States after leading the American military in the Revolutionary War against England.

3) Thomas Alva Edison

Author

Series

Rookie biography

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2004

Physical Desc

31 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

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An introduction to the life of Thomas Alva Edison, whose many inventions included the phonograph and the light bulb.

4) Betsy Ross

Author

Series

Rookie biography

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2005

Physical Desc

31 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 19 cm.

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Details the life of the patriotic seamstress credited with creating the first American flag in 1776.

5) Helen Keller

Author

Series

Rookie biography

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2005

Physical Desc

31 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

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Chronicles the life of the celebrated writer and social reformer who overcame the limitations of being both deaf and blind with the aid and encouragement of her teacher, Annie Sullivan.

6) Martin Luther King, Jr

Author

Series

Rookie biography

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

2013

Physical Desc

32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 19 cm.

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Traces the life and achievements of the Baptist pastor who became a driving force behind the African American civil rights movement.

7) Pocahontas

Author

Mattern, Joanne

Series

Rookie biographies
Rookie biography

Publisher

Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

[2015]

Physical Desc

32 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 19 cm.

Description

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"A short biography on Pocahontas, the young American Indian girl who helped the earliest English settlers survive in their new land."--Worldcat.org.

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