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Who Was Marco Polo?

By Joan Holub, Who HQ, John O'Brien

Harry Houdini: Young Magician

By Kathryn Kilby Borland

Stories of the Struggle for the Vote: Votes for Women!

By Charlotte Guillain

Earth Heroes: Twenty Inspiring Stories of People Saving Our World

By Lily Dyu

Tom Crean - Ice Man: The Adventures of an Irish Antarctic Hero

By Michael Smith, Annie Brady

Shackleton - The Boss: The Remarkable Adventures of a Heroic Antarctic Explorer

By Michael Smith, Annie Brady

Anne Frank: Level 4 (National Geographic Readers)

By Alexandra Zapruder, National Geographic Kids

Adele

By Hettie Bingham

Girl Hearts Girl

By Lucy Sutcliffe

Because of You, John Lewis

By Andrea Davis Pinkney, Keith Henry Brown

Becoming Muhammad Ali

By James Patterson, Kwame Alexander, Dawud Anyabwile

King Charles III

By Izzi Howell

The Life of Roald Dahl: A Marvellous Adventure

By Emma Fischel

History Heroes: Neil Armstrong

By Damian Harvey, Mike Phillips

Karl Marx

By Arnold Kettle

Rising After the Fall: Afghan Women Share Their Stories

By lucy hannah, Zarghuna Kargar, Sara Rahmani

Real-life Stories: Stella McCartney

By Sarah Levete

Stories of Women in the 1960s: Fighting for Freedom

By Cath Senker

A Different Sort of Normal: The award-winning true story about growing up autistic

By Abigail Balfe

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

By Penelope Bagieu

Coming to England: An Inspiring True Story Celebrating the Windrush Generation

By Floella Benjamin, Diane Ewen

Little Leaders: Visionary Women Around the World

By Vashti Harrison

Entrepreneurs

By Adam Sutherland

Walt Disney: Drawn From Imagination

By Walt Disney Enterprises, Bill Scollon

Hernando Cortes

By John Zronik

Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World

By Cynthia Chin-Lee, Megan Halsey, Sean Addy

Elijah Muhammad: Religious Leader

By Malu Halasa

Venus And Serena Williams

By Madeline Donaldson

Greta and the Giants: inspired by Greta Thunberg's stand to save the world

By Zoe Tucker, Zoe Persico

Rebel Voices: The Rise of Votes for Women

By Louise K Stewart, Eve Lloyd Knight