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Ice: chilling stories from a disappearing world
Par Laura Buller, Dk, Dk. 2019
Master of his fate: Roosevelt's rise from polio to the presidency
Par James Tobin. 2021
A biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, focusing on his battle with polio and how he became paralyzed from the waist…
down. FDR's rehabilitation and determination set him on the course to become the governor of New York and, ultimately, the president. For grades 5-8. 2021Cochise: jefe apache (Grandes personajes en la historia de los Estados Unidos)
Par Larissa Phillips, Eida de la Vega. 2004
Life story of the Apache chief who led his people against Spanish, Mexican, and US troops in the 1860s. Many…
of his offensives were carried out in retribution for attacks on his family and his Chiricahuan people. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2004A short biography of the West Point graduate and Civil War general who participated in the Battles of Antietam and…
Gettysburg. He is perhaps best known for his part in the disastrous Indian War Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876, where he lost his life. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2004Davy Crockett: defensor de la frontera (Grandes personajes en la historia de los Estados Unidos)
Par J. T Moriarty, Jesse Jarnow. 2004
Surveys the life of the well-known American frontiersman who became a member of Congress and opposed the policies of President…
Andrew Jackson. He joined the Texas Revolution after losing a reelection bid in 1835 and was captured and executed at the Alamo. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2004Reviews the life and major accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Along with…
his work as a statesman, he was a well-known printer, writer, and inventor. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2004A short biography of Jesse James, who formed his own gang of robbers and murderers with his brother, Frank, in…
1866, focusing on banks, stagecoaches, and trains. He became an outlaw due to guerrilla warfare tactics employed during the Civil War. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2004Short biography of Alexander Hamilton, who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a statesman,…
lawmaker, writer of the Federalist Papers, and first secretary of the treasury under George Washington, who was recently featured in the famed Broadway play Hamilton. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2004A short biography of George Washington, perhaps the most famous Founding Father of the United States. He was the commander-in-chief…
of the Continental Army and the first president of the United States. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2004Wyatt Earp: sheriff del lejano oeste (Grandes personajes en la historia de los Estados Unidos)
Par Magdalena Alagna. 2004
A short biography of Wyatt Earp, a lawman in the "Wild West" of the late 1800s. He is remembered for…
a gunfight at the O. K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, where he and his brothers confronted a group of outlaws and only Wyatt came through unscathed. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2004Ambushed!: the assassination plot against President Garfield (Medical fiascoes series)
Par Gail Jarrow. 2021
An award-winning author examines the relationship between President Garfield and his assassin, Guiteau, and relates the gruesome details of Garfield's…
slow and agonizing death that lasted eighty days. Jarrow reveals the medical mistakes made, including the faulty diagnoses and outdated treatments that led to the president's demise. YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2021Child of the flower-song people: Luz Jiménez, daughter of the Nahua
Par Gloria Amescua, Duncan Tonatiuh. 2021
A fictionalized account of a Nahua girl who grew up in Mexico during the early 1900s. She became a model…
for artists, worked with scholars to preserve Nahuatl language and stories, and was known as the "soul of Mexico." For grades K-3. 2021Leave it to Abigail: the revolutionary life of Abigail Adams
Par Barb Rosenstock, Elizabeth Baddeley. 2020
Presents the life of the former first lady, describing how she defied historical conventions by asking questions, marrying against expectations,…
volunteering during the Revolutionary War, and representing the new nation as the president's wife. For grades K-3. 2020Stitch by stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly sews her way to freedom
Par Connie Schofield-Morrison. 2021
If you lived during the Plimoth Thanksgiving (If You)
Par Chris Newell. 2021
Becoming Ben Franklin: how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty
Par Russell Freedman. 2013
In 1723 Ben Franklin arrived in Philadelphia as a poor and friendless seventeen-year-old who had run away from his family…
and an apprenticeship in Boston. Sixty-two years later he stepped ashore in nearly the same spot but was greeted by cannons, bells, and a cheering crowd, now a distinguished statesman, renowned author, and world-famous scientist. Freedman's riveting story of how a rebellious apprentice became an American icon through brilliance, hard work, and an endless supply of innovative ideas. Unrated. For grades 4-7A day for rememberin': inspired by the true events of the first Memorial Day
Par Leah Henderson, Floyd Cooper. 2021
Today is a special day. Eli knows it's important if he's allowed to miss one second of school, his "hard-earned…
right." Inspired by true events and told through the eyes of a young boy, this is the deeply moving story about what is regarded as the first Memorial Day on May 1, 1865. Eli dresses up in his best clothes, Mama gathers the mayflowers, Papa straightens his hat, and together they join the crowds filling the streets of Charleston, South Carolina, with bouquets, crosses, and wreaths. Abolitionists, missionaries, teachers, military officers, and a sea of faces Black, Brown, and White, they march as one and sing for all those who gave their lives fighting for freedom during the Civil War. With poignant prose and celebratory, powerful illustrations, A Day for Rememberin' shines light on the little-known history of this important holiday and reminds us never to forget the people who put their lives on the line for their country. For grades K-3Hard work, but it's worth it: the life of Jimmy Carter
Par Bethany Hegedus, Kyung Eun Han. 2020
Covers the inspiring life of humanitarian Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States and a Nobel Prize winner.…
Includes an author's note, timeline, and additional resources. For grades K-3. 2020A world of cookies for Santa: follow Santa's tasty trip around the world
Par M. E Furman, M. E. Furman, M. E. Furman, Susan Gal. 2017
Swish!: the slam-dunking, alley-ooping, high-flying Harlem Globetrotters
Par Suzanne Slade, Don Tate. 2020
The history of the exhibition basketball team, the Harlem Globetrotters, a group of one-finger ball-spinning, rapid-fire mini-dribbling, skilled athletes, expert…
players, and electrifying performers, all rolled into one. For grades K-3. 2020