Best Children's Books About Historical People

1.
Ben & Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos
Ben & Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos 3.82 avg rating — 4,050 ratings
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Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison 3.86 avg rating — 10,460 ratings
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Magnificent Minds: Inspiring Women In Science
Magnificent Minds: Inspiring Women In Science 4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings
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And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? 3.94 avg rating — 1,387 ratings
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Shark Lady: True Adventures of Eugenie Clark
Shark Lady: True Adventures of Eugenie Clark 4.06 avg rating — 505 ratings
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Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?
Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? 3.97 avg rating — 378 ratings
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Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?
Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? 3.94 avg rating — 390 ratings
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Who Was Annie Oakley?
Who Was Annie Oakley? 4.20 avg rating — 986 ratings
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How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning 4.11 avg rating — 351 ratings
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Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc 3.83 avg rating — 166 ratings
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What to Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!
What to Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! 4.08 avg rating — 2,465 ratings
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The Last Princess : The Story of Princess Ka'iulani of Hawai'i
The Last Princess : The Story of Princess Ka'iulani of Hawai'i 3.95 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Elizabeth and the Royal Pony: Based on a True Story of Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth and the Royal Pony: Based on a True Story of Elizabeth I of England 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings
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George Washington's Breakfast
George Washington's Breakfast 3.96 avg rating — 420 ratings
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The True Story of Pocahontas (Step Into Reading, Step 3)
The True Story of Pocahontas (Step Into Reading, Step 3) 3.84 avg rating — 191 ratings
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The Story Of Thomas Alva Edison
The Story Of Thomas Alva Edison 3.71 avg rating — 280 ratings
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Lydia and the Island Kingdom: A Story Based on the Real Life of Princess Liliuokalani of Hawaii
Lydia and the Island Kingdom: A Story Based on the Real Life of Princess Liliuokalani of Hawaii 3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Story of Ruby Bridges
The Story of Ruby Bridges 4.44 avg rating — 12,960 ratings
19.
Through My Eyes
Through My Eyes 4.47 avg rating — 5,951 ratings
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When Jackie Saved Grand Central: The True Story of Jacqueline Kennedy's Fight for an American Icon
When Jackie Saved Grand Central: The True Story of Jacqueline Kennedy's Fight for an American Icon 4.15 avg rating — 334 ratings
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Helen Keller's Teacher
Helen Keller's Teacher 4.17 avg rating — 2,186 ratings
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Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller 4.06 avg rating — 3,439 ratings
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Ruby, Head High: Ruby Bridges' First Day of School
Ruby, Head High: Ruby Bridges' First Day of School 4.33 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Ruby Bridges Goes To School: My True Story
Ruby Bridges Goes To School: My True Story 4.43 avg rating — 861 ratings
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Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra 3.71 avg rating — 42,725 ratings
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Graveyard Girl
Graveyard Girl 3.74 avg rating — 94 ratings
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Sticks 'n Stones 'n Dinosaur Bones (An Unhinged History Book , #1 )
Sticks 'n Stones 'n Dinosaur Bones (An Unhinged History Book , #1 )
by: Ted Enik
4.24 avg rating — 41 ratings
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The Akhenaten Adventure (Children of the Lamp, #1)
The Akhenaten Adventure (Children of the Lamp, #1)
by: P.B. Kerr
3.78 avg rating — 19,237 ratings
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Who are you? (Balu Baldauf #5)
Who are you? (Balu Baldauf #5) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Founders Force George Washington: Winged Warrior and the Flag
Founders Force George Washington: Winged Warrior and the Flag it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Bhimayana
Bhimayana 4.30 avg rating — 806 ratings
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Who Was Harvey Milk?
Who Was Harvey Milk? 4.28 avg rating — 230 ratings
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A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver 3.87 avg rating — 3,616 ratings
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A Lisboa de Eça de Queiroz
A Lisboa de Eça de Queiroz 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Double Life of Pocahontas
The Double Life of Pocahontas 3.46 avg rating — 776 ratings
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Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart 3.70 avg rating — 54 ratings
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The Extraordinary Mark Twain
The Extraordinary Mark Twain 3.98 avg rating — 987 ratings
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Founders Force Benjamin Franklin: Benji and the Lightning
Founders Force Benjamin Franklin: Benji and the Lightning it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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A Gardener in the Wasteland: Jotiba Phule's Fight for Liberty
A Gardener in the Wasteland: Jotiba Phule's Fight for Liberty 3.98 avg rating — 253 ratings
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Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? 4.32 avg rating — 2,472 ratings
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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 4.33 avg rating — 12,819 ratings
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Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? 3.91 avg rating — 710 ratings
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Founders Force John and Abigail Adams: The Champion Duo and the Trail in Boston
Founders Force John and Abigail Adams: The Champion Duo and the Trail in Boston it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Isabel Saves the Prince: Based on a True Story of Isabel I of Spain (Ready-to-Read Level 3) (Young Princesses Around the World)
Isabel Saves the Prince: Based on a True Story of Isabel I of Spain (Ready-to-Read Level 3) (Young Princesses Around the World) 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Bhimrao Ambedkar: The Boy Who Asked Why
Bhimrao Ambedkar: The Boy Who Asked Why 4.42 avg rating — 60 ratings
42.
Who Was Helen Keller?
Who Was Helen Keller? 4.23 avg rating — 3,065 ratings
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What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? 3.89 avg rating — 1,193 ratings
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Founders Force Thomas Jefferson: Truth Jotter and Free Speech
Founders Force Thomas Jefferson: Truth Jotter and Free Speech it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Cleopatra and the King's Enemies: Based on a True Story of Cleopatra in Egypt (Young Princess Around the World, Ready-to-Read, Level 3)
Cleopatra and the King's Enemies: Based on a True Story of Cleopatra in Egypt (Young Princess Around the World, Ready-to-Read, Level 3) 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
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My Brother Abe: Sally Lincoln's Story
My Brother Abe: Sally Lincoln's Story 3.54 avg rating — 94 ratings
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Who Was Ben Franklin?
Who Was Ben Franklin? 4.10 avg rating — 2,041 ratings
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Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?
Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? 3.92 avg rating — 218 ratings
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Founders Force George Washington: Winged Warrior and the Delaware River
Founders Force George Washington: Winged Warrior and the Delaware River it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Abe Lincoln Grows Up
Abe Lincoln Grows Up 3.51 avg rating — 220 ratings
52.
Who Was Albert Einstein?
Who Was Albert Einstein? 4.22 avg rating — 4,145 ratings
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Who Was Gandhi?
Who Was Gandhi? 4.14 avg rating — 1,128 ratings
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Who Was George Washington?
Who Was George Washington? 4.14 avg rating — 1,968 ratings
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Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
Who Was Abraham Lincoln? 4.18 avg rating — 2,873 ratings
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Why Not, Lafayette?
Why Not, Lafayette? 3.98 avg rating — 219 ratings
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Who Was Johnny Appleseed?
Who Was Johnny Appleseed? 3.93 avg rating — 598 ratings
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Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln: The Story of the Gettysburg Address (Penguin Young Readers, Level 4)
Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln: The Story of the Gettysburg Address (Penguin Young Readers, Level 4) 4.07 avg rating — 188 ratings
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Who Was Christopher Columbus?
Who Was Christopher Columbus? 3.91 avg rating — 750 ratings
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Abraham Lincoln/George Washington: Young Presidents -- The Great Emancipator/Our First Leader
Abraham Lincoln/George Washington: Young Presidents -- The Great Emancipator/Our First Leader 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Who Was John F. Kennedy?
Who Was John F. Kennedy? 4.16 avg rating — 1,194 ratings
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Who Was Anne Frank?
Who Was Anne Frank? 4.28 avg rating — 3,792 ratings
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Who Was Rosa Parks?
Who Was Rosa Parks? 4.29 avg rating — 2,099 ratings
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Who Was Thomas Jefferson?
Who Was Thomas Jefferson? 4.09 avg rating — 1,233 ratings
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Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt?
Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt? 4.18 avg rating — 939 ratings
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Who Was Ferdinand Magellan?
Who Was Ferdinand Magellan? 4.03 avg rating — 625 ratings
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Who Was Harriet Tubman?
Who Was Harriet Tubman? 4.27 avg rating — 2,364 ratings
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Who Was Blackbeard?
Who Was Blackbeard? 4.11 avg rating — 1,185 ratings
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Who Was Betsy Ross?
Who Was Betsy Ross? 4.05 avg rating — 609 ratings
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Who Was Alexander Hamilton?
Who Was Alexander Hamilton? 4.19 avg rating — 1,630 ratings
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Who Was Andrew Jackson?
Who Was Andrew Jackson? really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 214 ratings
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Who Was Alexander Graham Bell?
Who Was Alexander Graham Bell? 4.16 avg rating — 622 ratings
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Who Was Alexander the Great?
Who Was Alexander the Great? 4.17 avg rating — 603 ratings
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Who Was Abigail Adams?
Who Was Abigail Adams? 4.07 avg rating — 880 ratings
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Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy?
Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy? 4.26 avg rating — 426 ratings
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Who Was George Washington Carver?
Who Was George Washington Carver? 4.27 avg rating — 661 ratings
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Who Was Galileo?
Who Was Galileo? 4.26 avg rating — 1,227 ratings
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Who Was Frida Kahlo?
Who Was Frida Kahlo? 4.11 avg rating — 1,114 ratings
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Who Was Genghis Khan?
Who Was Genghis Khan? 4.03 avg rating — 716 ratings
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Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?
Who Was Franklin Roosevelt? 4.12 avg rating — 604 ratings
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Who Was Frank Lloyd Wright?
Who Was Frank Lloyd Wright? 4.07 avg rating — 303 ratings
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Who Was Fidel Castro?
Who Was Fidel Castro? 3.86 avg rating — 207 ratings
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Who Was Davy Crockett?
Who Was Davy Crockett? 4.07 avg rating — 523 ratings
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Who Was Clara Barton?
Who Was Clara Barton? 4.21 avg rating — 652 ratings
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Who Was Paul Revere?
Who Was Paul Revere? 4.09 avg rating — 760 ratings
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Who Was Mother Teresa?
Who Was Mother Teresa? 4.24 avg rating — 758 ratings
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Who Was Maya Angelou?
Who Was Maya Angelou? 4.31 avg rating — 515 ratings
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Who Was Marie Curie?
Who Was Marie Curie? 4.27 avg rating — 1,627 ratings
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Who Was Maria Tallchief?
Who Was Maria Tallchief? 4.09 avg rating — 525 ratings
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Who Was Marie Antoinette?
Who Was Marie Antoinette? 4.09 avg rating — 858 ratings
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Who Was Louis Braille?
Who Was Louis Braille? 4.16 avg rating — 596 ratings
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
Who Was Julius Caesar? 4.06 avg rating — 734 ratings
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Who Was Joan of Arc?
Who Was Joan of Arc? 4.13 avg rating — 911 ratings
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Who Was Winston Churchill?
Who Was Winston Churchill? 4.24 avg rating — 554 ratings
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Who Was Ulysses S. Grant?
Who Was Ulysses S. Grant? 4.19 avg rating — 443 ratings
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Who Was Theodore Roosevelt?
Who Was Theodore Roosevelt? 4.29 avg rating — 606 ratings
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Who Was Susan B. Anthony?
Who Was Susan B. Anthony? 4.07 avg rating — 599 ratings
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