Ellen Labrecque is a former Senior Editor for Sports Illustrated for Kids and the author of over twenty nonfiction books for young readers, including biographies of Jim Thorpe and Magic Johnson.

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This book is in this new, slimmer format (56 pages and 12 illustrations) to capitalize on quick-to-market publishing.

This book is in this new, slimmer format (56 pages and 12 illustrations) to capitalize on quick-to-market publishing.

This biography adds to our growing list on action stars, and fits well in our extensive collection of Who HQ titles on Hollywood: Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, and Where is Hollywood?

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The Who Was? Show, a new family variety series based on the New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series, debuted on Netflix in May 2018! The featured characters are: Gandhi, Ben Franklin, Albert Einstein, Joan of Arc, Sacagawea, Blackbeard, Amelia Earhart, Isaac Newton, Marie Antoinette, Louis Armstrong, William Shakespeare, King Tut, Susan B. Anthony, Frida Kahlo, Marie Curie, Harry Houdini, George Washington, Marco Polo, George Washington Carver, Genghis Khan, Pablo Picasso, The Wright Brothers, Galileo, Queen Elizabeth I, Bruce Lee, and Julius Caesar.

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