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Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak out for the r..

"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, eng..

"Mainly remembered for his six marriages and his self-appointment as the ""Supreme Head of the Church of England,"" Henry VIII was a Iso attractive, educated, and athletic. When Henry Tudor ascended to the English thrown at the age of 17, his reign looked promising. But by the time of his death in 1..

"Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: ""Where did the universe come from?"" Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written in the star..

"Almost everyone can sing along with the Beatles, but how many young readers know their whole story?  Geoff Edgers, a Boston Globe reporter and hard-core Beatles fan, brings the Fab Four to life in this Who Was...? book.  Readers will learn about their childhoods in Liverpool, their first forays int..