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Louis Braille by Tessa Potter
$12.95 NZD
Category: Series - children | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
Each title in this series tells the story of a man or woman whose dedication to their chosen cause led to changes that affect all our lives today. Each includes a vivid description of the world in which the famous person lived. This book describes how one blind French boy developed a system of reading, ...Show more
Louis Pasteur by Karen Wallace
$12.95 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
The book describes how Louis Pasteur was born into a Europe still plagued by horrendous diseases, such as cholera and typhoid, and how he discovered that it was germs living in the air and in food that caused illnesses. The reader learns that his pioneering of a method of heating food just enough to kil ...Show more
Mahatma Gandhi by Emma Fischel
$12.95 NZD
Category: Series - children | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
Each title in this series tells the story of a man or woman whose dedication to their chosen cause led to changes that affect all our lives today. Each includes a vivid description of the world in which the famous person lived. The life of one of India's greatest historical figures is told in a dramatic ...Show more
Marie Curie by Karen Wallace
$12.95 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
Exciting stories about famous people, outlining their lives and the important events which made them memorable. Every page features easy-to-follow text and a black-and-white line drawing to help bring these events to life. Each title gives further facts about the famous person and the times in which he ...Show more
Martin Luther King by Verna Wilkins
$12.95 NZD
$16.95 (23% off)
Category: Series - children | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
Each title in this series tells the story of a man or woman whose dedication to their chosen cause led to changes that affect all our lives today. Each includes a vivid description of the world in which the famous person lived. Martin Luther King's life is vividly described through detailed text and ill ...Show more
Mary Queen of Scots by Harriet Castor
$12.95 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
Exciting stories about famous people, outlining their lives and the important events which made them memorable. Every page features easy-to-follow text and a black-and-white line drawing to help bring these events to life. Each title gives further facts about the famous person and the times in which he ...Show more
Mary Seacole by Harriet Castor
$12.95 NZD
$16.99 (23% off)
Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
Exciting stories about famous people, outlining their lives and the important events which made them memorable. Every page features easy-to-follow text and a black-and-white line drawing to help bring these events to life. Each title gives further facts about the famous person and the times in which he ...Show more
Queen Victoria by Harriet Castor
$12.95 NZD
Category: Series - children | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
Each title in this series tells the story of a man or woman whose dedication to their chosen cause led to changes that affect all our lives today. Each includes a vivid description of the world in which the famous person lived. Even young readers will have heard of the great queen who gave her name to a ...Show more
The Dalai Lama by Chris Gibb
$34.99 NZD
Category: Toy | Series: Famous Lives S. | Reading Level: From 7 To 11
Biography of Dalai Lama and his resolve for compassion, justice and peace. This title discusses his life, how he was forced to flee his homeland after the Chinese invasion, and how he set up a safe haven for fellow Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala, India, where the Tibetan culture is celebrations.
Thomas Edison by Karen Wallace
$12.95 NZD
$16.99 (23% off)
Category: Series - children | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
At school, Thomas Edison's teachers think he is stupid. How wrong they are! Instead he becomes one of the greatest inventors of his day, creating the electric light bulb and an early record player, to name but two. Ages 5+.
William Caxton by Harriet Castor
$12.95 NZD
$16.95 (23% off)
Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
Exciting stories about famous people, outlining their lives and the important events which made them memorable. Every page features easy-to-follow text and a black-and-white line drawing to help bring these events to life. Each title gives further facts about the famous person and the times in which he ...Show more
Winston Churchill by Harriet Castor
$12.95 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
Each title in this series tells the story of a man or woman whose dedication to their chosen cause led to changes that affect all our lives today. Each includes a vivid description of the world in which the famous person lived. This book shows how great men are not always clever and marked out for fame. ...Show more