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Show product details for Thinking Like a Historian Book/Poster

Thinking Like a Historian Book/Poster

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What questions do we ask of the past? How can we find out what matters? It is all in this guide! Created by Nikki Mandell and Bobbie Malone.

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If Trees Could Talk

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by R. Bruce Allison
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If trees could talk, what stories would they tell? Author R Bruce Allison answers this question with fascinating stories.

Show product details for Dr. Kate: Angel on Snowshoes

Dr. Kate: Angel on Snowshoes

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By: Rebecca Wojahn

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This is the story of pioneering Dr. Kate Newcombe as she overcomes personal tragedy to care for thousands of patients in the North Woods.

Show product details for Richard Bong: World War II Flying Ace

Richard Bong: World War II Flying Ace

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Richard Bong: World War II Flying Ace is the newest addition to the Badger Biographies series for young readers. Who would have imagined a farm boy from Wisconsin would be the greatest air hero of World War II?

Show product details for Ole Elvinrude and His Outboard Motor

Ole Elvinrude and His Outboard Motor

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By: Bob Jacobson

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This inspiring story follows Wisconsin entrepreneur Ole Evinrude, a Norwegian immigrant, as he turns his love of boats into a successful outboard motor company and helps to make Wisconsin the center of the outboard motor industry for decades.

Show product details for Caroline Quarlls and the Underground Raildroad

Caroline Quarlls and the Underground Raildroad

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By: Julia Pferdehirt

On July 4th, 1842, Caroline Quarlls left family, friends, and the only life she'd known behind in St. Louis, Missouri. As the child of a slave mother and a slave-owner father, her young life was one of drudgery and obedience until that fateful Independence Day when she illegally took a steamboat across the Mississippi River from St. Louis to Alton, Illinois, in the hope of reaching freedom.

Show product details for A Recipe for Success: Lizzie Kander and her Cookbook

A Recipe for Success: Lizzie Kander and her Cookbook

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By: Bob Kann

A Recipe for Success: Lizzie Kander and her Cookbook celebrates the life of Milwaukee's early twentieth-century culinary wonder.

Show product details for Casper Jaggi: Master Swiss Cheese Maker

Casper Jaggi: Master Swiss Cheese Maker

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By: Jerry Apps

Have you ever wondered why Swiss cheese has holes? You'll find out in this story about a Swiss cheese maker named Casper Jaggi in our latest Badger Biography.

Show product details for Wisconsin: Our State Our Story, The New Fourth-Grade History Textbook

Wisconsin: Our State Our Story, The New Fourth-Grade History Textbook

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For More Information:

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/textbook/

Show product details for Belle and Bob: Partners in Politics

Belle and Bob: Partners in Politics

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By: Bob Kann

The most famous couple in Wisconsin politics, “Fighting Bob” La Follette and his wife, Belle Case La Follette, come to life in the pages of the newest addition to the Badger Biographies series for young readers. In an accessible format that includes historic images, a glossary of terms, and sidebars explaining political concepts, students learn about Progressive politics and reform in the early twentieth century through the experiences of this pioneering couple.

Show product details for Curly Lambeau: Building the Green Bay Packers

Curly Lambeau: Building the Green Bay Packers

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by Stuart Stotts

This newest title in the Badger Biographies Series charts the course of Curly Lambeau's career as a flamboyant player and coach, which paralleled the rise of professional football in this country.

Show product details for Harley and the Davidsons: Motorcycle Legends

Harley and the Davidsons: Motorcycle Legends

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By: Pete Barnes

This new addition to the Badger Biographies Series for young readers tells the story of four young inventors who shared a dream: to create the best motorized bicycle in America.

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Mai Ya's Long Journey

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By: Sheila Cohen

Mai Ya's Long Journey follows Mai Ya Xiong, a young Hmong woman, from her childhood in Thailand's Ban Vinai Refugee Camp to her current home in Wisconsin.

Show product details for Mountain Wolf Woman: A Ho-Chunk Girlhood

Mountain Wolf Woman: A Ho-Chunk Girlhood

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By: Diane Holliday

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With the seasons of the year as a backdrop, author Diane Holliday describes what life was like for a Ho-Chunk girl in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Show product details for Tents, Tigers, and the Ringling Brothers

Tents, Tigers, and the Ringling Brothers

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By: Jerry Apps

This new addition to the Badger Biography series for young readers features the story of the young Ringling brothers of circus fame.

Show product details for Digging and Discovery: Wisconsin Archaeology: 2nd edition

Digging and Discovery: Wisconsin Archaeology: 2nd edition

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By: Diane Young Holliday and Bobbie Malone

The second edition of "Digging and Discovery: Wisconsin Archaeology" engages students in exploring Wisconsin's distant and not-so-distant past.

Show product details for Digging and Discovery: Teacher's Guide and Student Materials

Digging and Discovery: Teacher's Guide and Student Materials

Price $39.95

By: Diane Young Holliday and Bobbie Malone

Digging and Discovery's Teacher's Guide and Student Materials takes concepts introduced in the text several steps further with chapter-by chapter activities that invite students to think like archaeologists as they encounter the cultures and objects that make up our past.

Show product details for Learning from the Land: Wisconsin Land Use

Learning from the Land: Wisconsin Land Use

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By: Bobbie Malone and Anika Fajardo

How has the landscape of Wisconsin affected its history?

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