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1) The Incredible Hulk's book of strength

Author

Buckley, James

Series

Dorling Kindersley readers. 4 Proficient readers

Publisher

DK Pub

Pub. Date

2003

Language

English

Description

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Explores what strength is and how it can be developed using a comic book character, the Incredible Hulk, to demonstrate, and provides information on that character and how he came to be.

2) Scholastic year in sports 2020

Author

Buckley, James

Publisher

Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

Description

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Presents the most interesting, monumental, and strange sports stories of the past year, including championship statistics in baseball, football, basketball, hockey, golf, and tennis.

3) Who was Blackbeard?

Author

Buckley, James

Series

Who was...?

Language

English

Description

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Describes the life and times of the famous and feared pirate, from his mysterious origin to his death at the hands of the British navy.

4) Who was Betsy Ross?

Author

Buckley, James

Series

Who was ?

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC

Pub. Date

[2014]

Language

English

Description

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Born the eighth of seventeen children in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross lived in a time when the American colonies were yearning for independence from British rule. Ross worked as a seamstress and was eager to contribute to the cause, making tents and repairing uniforms when the colonies declared war. By 1779 she was filling cartridges for the Continental Army. Did she sew the first flag? That's up for debate, but "Who Was Betsy Ross?" tells the story of...

5) Who were the Navajo code talkers?

Author

Buckley, James

Series

Who was ?

Publisher

Penguin Workshop

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

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"By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields. Author James Buckley Jr. explains how these brave and intelligent men developed their amazing code,...