Dede Putra Books
Who Was Catherine the Great?
By Meg Belviso, Dede Putra, Who HQ, Pam Pollack
Learn how a Prussian princess grew up to be Russia's longest-ruling female leader!Born in 1729, Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbs was never supposed to come to power. But at age sixteen, she married...
Read MoreWhat Were the Salem Witch Trials?
By Dede Putra, Tomie DePaola, Joan Holub, Who HQ, Kevin McVeigh
Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local g...
Read MoreWho Was Rachel Carson?
By Dede Putra, Who HQ, Sarah Fabiny
Though she grew up in rural Pennsylvania, Rachel Carson dreamed of the sea. In 1936 she began work with the Bureau of Fisheries and soon after published Under the Sea Wind, her first of many nature...
Read MoreWho Was Georgia O'Keeffe?
By Dede Putra, Who HQ, Sarah Fabiny
Discover how a little girl raised on a dairy farm grew up to become the first woman ever to have an exhibition of their entire life’s work at the Museum of Modern Art in this addition to the #1 New...
Read MoreWhere Is the Congo?
By Dede Putra, Who HQ, Megan Stine
Discover what lives and grows in the Congo Basin in Central Africa, one of the planet's most remarkable regions.Running through six countries in the middle of Africa, the Congo Basin contains some...
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