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What Was? Series

Found in Children’s Middle Grade Books
The What Was…? series is a natural extension of the New York Times Best-Selling Who Was…? series, offering informative accounts of key historical events.
What Was the Battle of Gettysburg? by Jim O'Connor; Illustrated by John Mantha
What Is the Women's World Cup? by Gina Shaw; Illustrated by Ted Hammond
What Was World War I? by Nico Medina; Illustrated by Dede Putra

What Was? Series (65 Titles)

What Was the Children's Blizzard of 1888?
What Was the Children’s Blizzard of 1888?
What Was the Donner Party?
What Was the Donner Party?
What Was World War I?
What Was World War I?
What Is the Women's World Cup?
What Is the Women’s World Cup?
What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?
What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?
What Was Reconstruction?
What Was Reconstruction?
What Is the Supreme Court?
What Is the Supreme Court?
What Is the AIDS Crisis?
What Is the AIDS Crisis?
What Is Juneteenth?
What Is Juneteenth?
What Are Castles and Knights?
What Are Castles and Knights?
What Was the Harlem Renaissance?
What Was the Harlem Renaissance?
What Was the Plague?
What Was the Plague?
The Rock Box!: A Who HQ Collection
The Rock Box!: A Who HQ Collection
What Are the Winter Olympics?
What Are the Winter Olympics?
Disasters!: A Who HQ Collection
Disasters!: A Who HQ Collection
What Is Congress?
What Is Congress?
What Was the Age of Exploration?
What Was the Age of Exploration?
What Is Nintendo?
What Is Nintendo?
What Is the Civil Rights Movement?
What Is the Civil Rights Movement?
What Is LEGO?
What Is LEGO?
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