Loqueleo Catalog 2019

Dana Meachen Rau ¿Quién fue María Antonieta? ILLUSTRATIONS John O’Brien GR R French Revolution / Europe / Politics and Government 9781631134234 5½" x 7½" / 112 pp $10.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography / History Marie Antoinette was born into royalty in 1755 and married the future king of France at age fifteen. She enjoyed a lavish lifestyle of masquerade balls, sky-high wigs, and extravagant food. The poor people of France blamed her for their poverty. Her spending helped incite the French Revolution. In 1793, she literally lost her head because of it. Whether she was blameless or guilty is debatable, but Marie Antoinette remains woven into the fabric of history and popular culture. Meg Belviso and Pam Pollack ¿Quién fue Nelson Mandela? Who Was Nelson Mandela? ILLUSTRATIONS Stephen Marchesi GR S Social Activists / Civil Rights / Prejudice and Racism 9781631134265 5½" x 7½" / 112 pp $10.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography / History As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as an adult he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent twenty- seven years in prison and emerged as the inspiring leader of the new South Africa. He became the country’s first black president and went on to live his dream of change. Megan Stine ¿Quién fue Marie Curie? Who Was Marie Curie? ILLUSTRATIONS Ted Hammond GR R Scientists / Radioactivity / History of Science 9781631134241 5½" x 7½"/ 112 pp $10.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography / History Born in Poland in 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. They discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. Marie won another Nobel in 1911. She died in 1934, a victim of years of exposure to radiation. Who Was Marie Antoinette? 195 AUTHENTIC TITLE AWARD-WINNER HISPANIC CULTURE AND OTHER CULTURES