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What Was? Series

Found in Children’s Activity 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 a Presidential Election? by Douglas Yacka

What Was the Renaissance? by Roberta Edwards; illustrated by Gregory Copeland

What Was? Series (68 Titles)

What Was the Renaissance?

What Was the Renaissance?

What Is a Presidential Election?

What Is a Presidential Election?

What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916?

What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916?

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?

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