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Colorful graphics, oversized photos, and short, engaging sentences draw reluctant readers in to the fascinating life of pop singer and songwriter Bruno Mars! This book describes Mars's childhood in Hawaii, family, education, and rise to fame. From his early Elvis impersonations to his high school band, readers will follow Mars's career as he moved to Los Angeles to pursue music. Readers will learn how Mars started out writing songs for famous artists,...
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Colorful graphics, oversized photos, and short, engaging sentences draw reluctant readers in to the fascinating life of triple-threat entertainer Jennifer Lopez! This book describes Lopez's childhood, family, Latin heritage, education, rise to fame, and future plans. Readers will follow Lopez's career, as she moved from dancing on In Living Color to starring in Selena to recording her first album, On the 6. Lopez's other movie roles and music albums...
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Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw reluctant readers in to the fascinating life of pop music superstar Justin Bieber! From his discovery on YouTube to his rise to stardom, readers will learn about Bieber's childhood, family, education, and future plans. Bieber's work with famous singer Usher is covered, as well as his albums My World, My World 2.0, and his plans for his next album. Also covered are Bieber's...
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Colorful graphics, oversized photos, and short, engaging sentences draw reluctant readers in to the fascinating life of famous entertainer Justin Timberlake! This book describes Timberlake's childhood, family, education, and rise to fame. Readers will follow Timberlake's career, from his Mouseketeer role on The All New Mickey Mouse Club to the formation of 'N Sync and eventually to his solo music career with the release of his first album, Justified....
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Colorful graphics, oversized photos, and short, engaging sentences draw reluctant readers in to the fascinating life of singing sensation Rihanna! This book describes Rihanna's childhood in Barbados, family, education, rise to fame, and future plans. Readers will learn how Rihanna's early interest and talent in music led to her discovery and eventually to her work with rapper Jay-Z and the release of her first album, Music of the Sun. Rihanna's other...
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Colorful graphics, oversized photos, and short, engaging sentences draw reluctant readers in to the fascinating life of 2011 American Idol winner Scotty McCreery! This book describes McCreery's childhood in North Carolina, family, education, rise to fame, and future plans. Readers will follow McCreery's budding career, starting with his early talent playing the guitar and singing in his church choir to his audition for American Idol and eventually...
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Abdo Publishing Company
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2013
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Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw readers in to the fascinating life of famous singer and songwriter Adam Levine! Readers will follow Levine's journey, from his family background and youth in Los Angeles, to the formation of the band Kara's Flowers, evolving into Maroon 5 and making lead singer Levine a household name. Maroon 5's albums are discussed, including Songs About Jane, It Won't Be Soon Before Long,...
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Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw reluctant readers in to the fascinating life of singing sensation Adele! Readers will learn about Adele's family background and childhood in London, her early interest in music, and her education at the BRIT School, leading up to the creation of her Grammy-winning albums 19 and 21. Also discussed are Adele's musical style influences, such as R&B, soul, and jazz. Features...
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Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr., and Logan Henderson make up one of today's most popular boy bands-Big Time Rush! This book takes readers on the boys' journey, from their auditions for Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush to their success as a band of the same name. Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and engaging text introduce readers to each boy's background and passion for music and acting. Also covered are the band's albums BTR and...
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Abdo Publishing Company
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2013
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Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr., and Logan Henderson make up one of today's most popular boy bands—Big Time Rush! This book takes readers on the boys' journey, from their auditions for Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush to their success as a band of the same name. Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and engaging text introduce readers to each boy's background and passion for music and acting. Also covered are the band's albums BTR...
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Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw reluctant readers in to the fascinating life of country music star Blake Shelton! Readers will learn about Shelton's family background, his early interest in music, and his start in Nashville, leading up to his success in the country music scene. Albums covered include Blake Shelton, The Dreamer, Blake Shelton's Barn and Grill, Startin' Fires, Hillbilly Bone, and Red River...
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Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw readers in to the fascinating life of pop star Carly Rae Jepsen! Readers will follow Jepsen's journey, from her family background and youth in Canada, to her success on Canadian Idol, leading up to worldwide fame with her catchy hit song "Call Me Maybe." Jepsen's albums are covered, including Tug of War and Kiss, as well as her work with Justin Bieber, Scooter Braun, and...
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Abdo Publishing Company
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2013
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Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw readers in to the fascinating life of pop star Carly Rae Jepsen! Readers will follow Jepsen's journey, from her family background and youth in Canada, to her success on Canadian Idol, leading up to worldwide fame with her catchy hit song "Call Me Maybe." Jepsen's albums are covered, including Tug of War and Kiss, as well as her work with Justin Bieber, Scooter Braun, and...
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Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw readers in to the fascinating life of Glee star Chris Colfer! Readers will learn about Colfer's family background and youth in California, his early interest and talent in acting, and his struggle with being bullied in school. Colfer's role as Kurt Hummel on the hit television show Glee is discussed, as well as Colfer's acting awards. Also covered are Colfer's novels and...
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Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw readers in to the fascinating life of talented actress Emma Stone! Readers will learn about Stone's family background and youth in Arizona, her early interest in acting and improv, and her roles in hit films including The Help, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Croods. Also discussed are Stone's charity work and hobbies off stage. Features include table of contents, map, fact...
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Gabby Douglas amazed people at the 2012 Summer Olympics, as she helped Team USA win a gold medal before making history as the first African-American to win a gold medal in the individual all-around event. Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and engaging text draw reluctant readers in to the fascinating life of this historic Olympic champion! Readers will learn about Douglas's family background, her early interest in gymnastics, and her move...
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Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw reluctant readers in to the fascinating life of Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence! Readers will learn about Lawrence's family background and her early interest in acting. Lawrence's roles on The Bill Engvall Show, The Poker House, The Burning Plain, Winter's Bone, and X-Men: First Class are covered, leading up to her starring role as Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games...
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Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw reluctant readers in to the fascinating life of Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth! Readers will learn about Hemsworth's family background, his childhood in Australia, and his early interest in acting, spawned from actor brothers Luke and Chris. Hemsworth's early roles on Australian television are covered, leading up to his breakout role next to Miley Cyrus in The Last Song,...
