What You Never Knew about Lionel Messi by Isaac Kerry
$17.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Behind the Scenes Biographies Ser.
Lionel Messi is a superstar soccer player. But what happens when he’s not scoring goals on the pitch? High-interest details and bold photos of his fascinating life will enthrall reluctant and struggling readers, while carefully leveled text will leave them feeling confident.
What You Never Knew about Taylor Swift by Mandy R. Marx
$17.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Behind the Scenes Biographies Ser.
What's Taylor's favorite cookie? Who are her best pals? Just how much do you know about T-Swift? Dig into this book to find out! Think you know everything about your favorite celeb or superstar athlete? There's always more to discover! Check out these biographies that go way beyond the basics.
When Everything Went Wrong: 10 Real Stories of Inventors Who Didn’t Give Up! by Max Temporelli, Barbara Gozzi
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Did you know? Some of the world's greatest inventions started off as failures! Inventions like Coca-Cola, shoes, and vacuum cleaners were actually mistakes. Told in a mixture of comic panels and prose, this gorgeous book shares the stories of 10 of these fabulous inventions. Thomas Edison famously said, ...Show more
When Sue Found Sue: Sue Hendrickson Discovers her T. Rex by Toni Buzzeo
$29.99 NZD
Category: Dinosaurs
From a very young age, Sue Hendrickson was meant to find things: lost coins, perfume bottles, even hidden treasure. Her endless curiosity eventually led to her career in diving and paleontology, where she would continue to find things big and small. In 1990, at a dig in South Dakota, Sue made her bigges ...Show more
When We Walked on the Moon by David Long
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biography
"When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the surface of the Moon, I cried." This book tells the story of the Apollo Missions, when incredible intelligence, engineering and bravery allowed humans to stand on the surface of something other than Earth for the very first time. From the 1969 firs ...Show more
Who Says Women Can't Be Computer Programmers?: The Story of Ada Lovelace by Tanya Lee Stone
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biography
The daughter of 19th-century poet Lord Byron, Ada was tutored in science and mathematics from a very early age. Armed with the fundamentals of math and engineering, she came into her own as a woman of ideas--equal parts mathematician and philosopher. Full color.x 11.
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell by Tanya Lee Stone; Marjorie Priceman (Illustrator)
$19.99 NZD
Category: Biography
In the 1830s, when a girl named Elizabeth Blackwell was growing up, women were supposed to be wives and mothers. Career options were few. Certainly no women were doctors. But Elizabeth refused to accept the common beliefs that women weren't smart enough to be doctors. Illustrations.
Who Was Albert Einstein? by Jess M. Brallier
$12.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Who Was?
Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really know about Albert Einstein besides the funny hair and genius label? For instance, do they know that he was expelled from school as a kid? Finally, here's the story of Albert Einstein's life, told in a fun, engaging ...Show more
Who Was Sally Ride? by Megan Stine
$15.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Who Was?
In 1978, Sally Ride, a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University, responded to a newspaper ad to join the U.S. astronaut program. She was accepted and, in 1983, became the first American woman astronaut to fly in space.
Wild Life: The Extraordinary Adventures of Sir David Attenborough by Leisa Stewart-Sharpe
$19.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Journey through the jungle and coral reefs, across the African plains and icy poles, and even to the Galápagos Islands, as you discover all there is to know about the world's best-known and best-loved naturalist, Sir David Attenborough, in this beautifully illustrated picture book. From a childhood spe ...Show more
Wilma Rudolph (Little People, Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
$23.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams
New in the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Wilma Rudolph, the remarkable sprinter and Olympic champion.Wilma was born into a family with 22 brothers and sisters, in the segregated South. She contracted polio in her early years and her doctors said she would ne ...Show more
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Genius) by Isabel Munoz
$6.60 NZD
$21.99 (69% off)
Category: Biography | Series: Genius
Meet composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and learn about his life and music in this engagingly illustrated biography. Wolfgang Amadeus rose to fame as a child genius who wrote his first piece at the age of five, spent a lifetime making music for archbishops and emperors, and created countless compositions ...Show more