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Short biography of Chester Nez, who, after being taught that his native language and culture were useless at Fort Defiance…
School, was later called on to use his Navajo language to help create an unbreakable military code during WWII. For grades 2-4. 2018
Cuba, 1961. After reading flyers posted around her school, thirteen-year-old Lora convinces her family to let her spend a year…
in Fidel Castro's army of literacy teachers. Although Lora faces danger in her mission, she willingly trades her sheltered life for the cause. For grades 5-8. 2017
In 1903, labor activist Mother Jones inspired a group of working kids and adults to march with her from Kensington,…
Pennsylvania, to President Theodore Roosevelt's summer home in Oyster Bay, New York, in an effort to end child labor. For grades K-3. 2016
San Salvador, 1989. A group of armed men enters the Central American University and murders two women and six priests…
in cold blood. Father José María Tojeira is tasked with discovering the truth behind the massacre and identifying the guilty. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2015
Guide to the deaths of nineteen notable people begins with King Tut, who died of malaria. Also covers King Henry…
VIII, whose corpse exploded; George Washington; Marie Curie, who literally worked to death; and Albert Einstein. Includes facts, oddities, and resources. Some violence. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2011
In the final installment of his Memory of Fire trilogy, Galeano concludes his exploration of Latin American history using folklore,…
poetry, letters, political analysis, and anecdotes of historical figures. Covers the Americas' modern era from 1900 to 1986. Spanish edition 1986. Some violence. 1998
An author and a scientist explore the Mesoamerican civilization of the Maya. They analyze Mayan history, cosmology, and astronomy, with…
an emphasis on concepts of time and the predictions that the world will end in 2012. Translated from English. Spanish language. 2009
From the rocky, mist-enshrouded shores of Norway to the bustling streets of Minneapolis, O. E. Rolvaag lyrically chronicles the experiences…
of Nils Vaag, a young Norwegian immigrant. Abandoning the life of a fisherman in Nordland, a region poor but full of mystical beauty, Nils emigrates to the New World in 1912. There he sweeps saloons, lives in a boardinghouse called "Babel" for the many languages used by its residents, and begins to find his way among the people of the city. Unrated
A timely and beautiful look at America's rich history of immigration and diversity, from Faith Ringgold, the Coretta Scott King…
and Caldecott Honor winning creator of Tar Beach. For grades K-3
In 64 short essays written between 1919 and 1939, author and journalist Joseph Roth evokes life between the wars in…
his travels through hotels from Germany and Austria to Albania and the Soviet Union. Unrated
Pete and his dog Larry are about to take a trip to Seattle, but there's so much to see that…
Larry gets distracted and finds himself lost in the Emerald City. Join Pete as he looks for his missing friend around the Space Needle, Pike Place Market, and Pioneer Square. For preschool-grade 2
A boy who has signed on as cabin boy aboard the Titanic helps ready the ship for its maiden voyage,…
but when it is time to set sail and he cannot find the ship's cat on board, he leaves the vessel to search for her. For grades K-3
« Être Indien en Amérique n'a jamais consisté à retrouver notre terre. Notre terre est partout ou nulle part. »…
À Oakland, dans la baie de San Francisco, les Indiens ne vivent pas sur une réserve mais dans un univers façonné par la rue et par la pauvreté, où chacun porte les traces d'une histoire douloureuse. Pourtant, tous les membres de cette communauté disparate tiennent à célébrer la beauté d'une culture que l'Amérique a bien failli engloutir. À l'occasion d'un grand pow-wow, douze personnages, hommes et femmes, jeunes et moins jeunes, vont voir leurs destins se lier. Ensemble, ils vont faire l'expérience de la violence et de la destruction, comme leurs ancêtres tant de fois avant eux. Débordant de rage et de poésie, ce premier roman impose une nouvelle voix saisissante, véritable révélation littéraire aux États-Unis, où il a été consacré « Meilleur roman de l'année » par l'ensemble de la presse américaine. Finaliste du prix Pulitzer et du National Book Award, il a reçu plusieurs récompenses prestigieuses dont le PEN/Hemingway Award
An award-winning journalist and lifelong Superman fan looks beyond the legend of the man of steel and explores the awkward…
Ohio teenager whose Depression-era yearnings gave birth to America's mightiest mythical character, now more than 70 years old. Contains some strong language. For high school and adult readers
President Washington has convinced Congress to built six American warships. Young John Aylwin's father is a ship's carpenter in Boston…
who is working on one of the most remarkable sailing ships ever built, the U.S.S. Constitution. Young John observes it all, from selection of the trees for masts, to the casting of three-ton cannon, to the sewing of an acre of sail. For grades 3-6