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277:(UK) – art history, practical art, history, science, religion, biography
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377:(US) – Jewish, African-American and American history, biography
335:(UK) – ancient history, archaeology, biography, natural history
103:(US) – nature/environment, history, world cultures, pop culture
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577:(Canada) – history, biography, arts, archeology, environment
625:(US) – Golden Guides series, nature, science and technology
556:(UK) – history, junior biographies, peoples and cultures
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211:(US) – colonial American craftsmen, legendary figures
619:(UK) – history, the arts, religion and architecture
445:(UK) – editor of children's encyclopedias, such as
293:(US) – African-American and Native American history
347:(UK, real name Elizabeth Penrose – English history
311:(Denmark and USA) – simple anatomy (body orifices)
465:(US) – nature, science, cultures, history, health
299:(US, 1860–1945) – American literature, art topics
223:(Australia) – Australian history, natural history
52:(UK, born 1961) – history, archaeology, mythology
601:(UK, 1751–1832) – science, recreation and travel
631:(US) – survival, true stories, ghosts and sport
401:(US) – science, science history, and US history
127:(US) – UFOs, the occult, ghosts, crypto-zoology
613:(Australia) – environment and multiculturalism
496:(US) – natural history, science and technology
151:(UK) – relationships, psychology, self-help;
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341:(UK) – chemistry, political economy, grammar
241:(US) – folklore, zoology, geography, history
607:(US) – African-American history and culture
83:Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
365:(US) – African-American history, biography
359:(US) – African-American history, biography
253:(US) – African-American history, biography
46:(US, 1915–2008) – US history and politics
389:(UK) – heraldry, royalty, Scottish clans
571:(US) – nature, US history, civil rights
329:(US) – architecture, technology, design
544:(US) – history, exploration, ethnology
643:List of children's literature writers
259:(US) – biography, mythology, folklore
145:(UK) – slavery, Bible natural history
139:(US) – science, biology, conservation
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371:(UK) – reference, British geography
70:(UK, born 1964) – science, zoology
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514:(UK) – religion, education theory
305:(US) – biography, music, folklore
76:(UK, 1946–2010) – reference inc.
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526:(US) – history, invention, music
247:(UK) – myth, folklore, biography
199:(US, 1811–1872) – humor, society
323:(US) – African-American history
703:Children's non-fiction writers
520:(US) – history of architecture
417:) – educational activity books
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115:(UK) – history and upbringing
97:(US) – science, weather, time
58:(US, born 1961) – exploration
34:(US, born 1947) – biographies
423:(NL) – cultural anthropology
229:(US) – US history and legend
217:(US) – history and biography
169:(UK) – history, true stories
648:List of non-fiction writers
595:(NL) – history and religion
502:(US) – animals, space, time
454:Upendrakishore Raychowdhury
407:(UK) – historical biography
387:Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk
265:(US) – economics, biography
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448:Everybody's Enquire Within
121:(US) – words, measurements
317:(US) – history, biography
187:(UK) – history, biography
175:(UK) – futuristic zoology
28:(UK, born 1949) – history
524:Katherine Binney Shippen
512:Elizabeth Missing Sewell
287:: stories of conversions
78:The Top 10 of Everything
469:Acharya Ramlochan Saran
95:Thelma and Corydon Bell
91:(US) – sewers, medicine
471:(India) – non-fiction
209:Leonard Everett Fisher
113:Maria Elizabeth Budden
181:(England) – Quakerism
40:(UK) – social history
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670:adding missing items
605:Mildred Pitts Walter
383:(US) – Bible stories
285:A Token For Children
245:Roger Lancelyn Green
191:Evelyn Everett-Green
599:Priscilla Wakefield
494:Helen Roney Sattler
463:Ana María Rodríguez
297:Jennie Ellis Keysor
205:(Ireland) – history
698:Children's writers
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550:(US) – biographies
363:Patricia McKissack
357:Fredrick McKissack
291:William Loren Katz
62:Caroline S. Arnold
56:Jennifer Armstrong
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395:(US) – US history
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542:Armstrong Sperry
506:Millicent Selsam
381:Jenny B. Merrill
235:(UK) – geography
215:Russell Freedman
203:Mrs. E. M. Field
193:(UK) – biography
161:Sara Jane Crafts
137:Sneed B. Collard
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251:Joyce Hansen
239:Gail Gibbons
233:Anita Ganeri
173:Dougal Dixon
163:(US) – songs
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44:Jules Archer
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629:Allan Zullo
487:, English,
443:Charles Ray
433:Rhoda Power
345:Mrs Markham
339:Jane Marcet
275:Susie Hodge
269:Don Herbert
179:Dorcas Dole
167:Terry Deary
154:Coping With
149:Peter Corey
131:Joanna Cole
74:Russell Ash
68:Nick Arnold
38:Agnes Allen
692:Categories
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393:Jim Murphy
369:Arthur Mee
333:John Malam
309:Poul Lange
227:Jean Fritz
197:Fanny Fern
101:Mary Boone
637:See also
489:Nepalese
485:Maithili
473:Sanskrit
564:Ologies
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458:Bengali
411:Pickles
477:Hindi
481:Urdu
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