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Ordinary People Change the World
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Brad Meltzer
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The world-renowned architect I. M. Pei is the 24th hero in the New York Times best-selling picture-book biography series, adapted for audio.
This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great - the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of an icon in a lively, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction listeners and that always includes the hero's childhood influences. This book features I. M. Pei, the award-winning Chinese American architect whose projects include the John F. Kennedy Library and the pyramid at the Louvre.
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