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Who Was/Is...? Books in Order

Who Was/Is...? contains 220 books, published between 2002 and 2024. The first book is Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (2002) and the newest is Who Was Shirley Chisholm? (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
220
Published
2002–2024
Confirmed
220 of 220 titles
Pages on record
808 in 8 of 220 books
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Who Was/Is...? is a children's biography series. Each book profiles one historical or living figure for readers aged roughly 8 to 12, at a median of 107 pages. The series opened with Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (2002) and has reached 220 books, the most recent being Who Was Shirley Chisholm? (2024). Subjects range across presidents, explorers, scientists, performers and athletes. New titles continue to appear, and the books stand alone rather than reading in sequence.

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How many Who Was/Is...? books are there?

Who Was/Is...? has 220 books, released between 2002 and 2024.

Who Was/Is...? Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 220 Who Was/Is...? books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.

  1. Cover of Who Was Sacagawea?, book 5 of the Who Was/Is...? series (2002)
  2. Cover of Who Was Woodrow Wilson? by Margaret Frith, book 100 of the Who Was/Is...? series (2015)
  3. Cover of Who Was Michael Jackson? by Megan Stine, book 117 of the Who Was/Is...? series (2015)
  4. Cover of Who Was? Mad Libs by Paula K. Manzanero, book 127 of the Who Was/Is...? series (2016)
  5. Cover of The Who Was? Activity Book by Jordan London, book 158 of the Who Was/Is...? series (2018)
  6. Cover of Who Is Lebron James? by Crystal Hubbard, book 211 of the Who Was/Is...? series (2023)
  7. Cover of Who Is Taylor Swift? by Kirsten Anderson, book 217 of the Who Was/Is...? series (2024)
  1. 1
    Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?2002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002–
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  2. 2
    Who Was Annie Oakley?2002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002–
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  3. 3
    Who Was Ben Franklin?2002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002–
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  4. 4
    Who Was Albert Einstein?2002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002–
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  5. 5
    Who Was Sacagawea?2002 · 107 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002107
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  6. 6
    Who Was Harry Houdini?2002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002–
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  7. 7
    Who Was Maria Tallchief?2002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002–
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  8. 8
    Who Was Amelia Earhart?2002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002–
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  9. 9
    Who Was Thomas Jefferson?2003 · confirmed 3/4
    2003–
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  10. 10
    Who Was Helen Keller?2003 · confirmed 3/4
    2003–
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  11. 11
    Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt?2004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004–
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  12. 12
    Who Was Mark Twain?2004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004–
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  13. 13
    Who Was Ferdinand Magellan?2004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004–
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  14. 14
    Who Was Ronald Reagan?2004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004–
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  15. 15
    Who Was Louis Armstrong?2004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004–
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  16. 16
    Who Was John F. Kennedy?2004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004–
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  17. 17
    Who Was Charles Darwin?2005 · confirmed 3/4
    2005–
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    Who Was Johnny Appleseed?2005 · confirmed 3/4
    2005–
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    Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?2005 · confirmed 3/4
    2005–
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    Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?2005 · confirmed 3/4
    2005–
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  21. 21
    Who Were the Beatles?2006 · confirmed 3/4
    2006–
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  22. 22
    Who Was King Tut?2006 · confirmed 3/4
    2006–
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  23. 23
    Who Was Daniel Boone?2006 · confirmed 3/4
    2006–
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  24. 24
    Who Was William Shakespeare?2006 · confirmed 3/4
    2006–
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  25. 25
    Who Was Anne Frank?2007 · confirmed 3/4
    2007–
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    Who Was Marco Polo?2007 · confirmed 3/4
    2007–
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  27. 27
    Who Was Elvis Presley?2007 · confirmed 3/4
    2007–
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  28. 28
    Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?2007 · confirmed 3/4
    2007–
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  29. 29
    Who Was Abraham Lincoln?2008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
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  30. 30
    Who Was Neil Armstrong?2008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
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Where to start with Who Was/Is...?

Start with Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (2002), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Who Was/Is...? book?

Who Was Shirley Chisholm? (2024) is the newest Who Was/Is...? book released so far.

Is there a new Who Was/Is...? book coming?

No next Who Was/Is...? book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Who Was/Is...? at a glance

Still running
Who Was/Is...? is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Who Was/Is...? books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
808 pages across the 8 of 220 books with a recorded length, a median of 107 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Who Was/Is...? books, 138 of 220, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
9 of the 220 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
Attribution
Of the 220 titles, 19 are credited to Meg Belviso, 19 to Pam Pollack, 15 to James Buckley Jr and 13 to Jim Gigliotti. A further 64 writers are credited. One title carries no credit.

When Who Was/Is...? books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Who Was/Is...? titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 138 titles.

2000s
37
2010s
138
2020s
45

220 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Who Was/Is...? books are about

10 of the 220 Who Was/Is...? books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's & teenage non-fiction is tagged on 6 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Children's & Teenage Non-Fiction 6 of 10 books
  • Children's Books / Nonfiction 6 of 10 books
  • Children's Books/Ages 8-12 Nonfiction 6 of 10 books
  • Children's non-fiction 6 of 10 books
  • Series:Who Was…? 6 of 10 books
  • Biography 5 of 10 books
  • Children’s Middle Grade Books 4 of 10 books
  • Juvenile literature 4 of 10 books
  • Presidents 2 of 10 books

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