by Barb Langridge | Jul 4, 2020 | Non-Fiction
Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time. His aliases include the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, and World’s Greatest Detective, but he’s best known as Batman, and he’s leaping from the night sky onto the page in...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 4, 2020 | Non-Fiction
Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time. If you’re a fan of Acme anvils and know that the question “What’s up, Doc?” needs no answer, this history of the cartoon favorites Looney Tunes is for you! In the...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 4, 2020 | Non-Fiction
It’s time to cheer for the inspiring athletes of the Paralympic Games! As the Opening Ceremony for the 1948 Summer Olympic Games commenced in London, a similar sporting competition was taking place a few miles away. But the men at Stoke Mandeville weren’t...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 4, 2020 | Non-Fiction
Find out how these fun, stackable blocks became the most popular toys in the world. The LEGO toy company was founded in 1934 by a Danish carpenter who loved making wooden pull toys. From its humble beginnings, the company has lived up to its name–which comes...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 4, 2020 | Non-Fiction
This revised edition (updated through the 2021 inauguration) explains all about presidential campaigns and American politics–complete with stickers, activities, and a color-your-own Electoral Map! Who can run for president? What’s the difference between...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 4, 2020 | Non-Fiction
The Stonewall Honor–winning author of Beyond Magenta shares the intimate, eye-opening stories of nine undocumented young adults living in America. “Maybe next time they hear someone railing about how terrible immigrants are, they’ll think about me. I’m a real...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 4, 2020 | Non-Fiction
The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous black female journalist in nineteenth-century America. Born into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation in...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 4, 2020 | Non-Fiction
Learn about one of the most influential leaders in the fight for gay rights. Although he started out as a teacher without aspirations to be an activist or politician, Harvey Milk found himself captivated by the history-making movements of the 1960s. He would...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 4, 2020 | Non-Fiction
Autism did not stop her–in fact, it helped Temple Grandin become a brilliant scientist and inventor. Temple Grandin wasn’t officially diagnosed with autism until she was in her 40s, but she knew at an early age that she was different from her family and...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 4, 2020 | Non-Fiction
Learn more about Richard Nixon–one of America’s most unpopular presidents and the only one to resign from the position. On August 8, 1974, millions sat stunned as they watched Richard Nixon on TV when he announced he was stepping down as the President of...
