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Hanging off Jefferson's nose: growing up on Mount Rushmore
Par Sally Wern Comport, Tina Nichols Coury. 2012
Marching to the mountaintop: how poverty, labor fights, and civil rights set the stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final hours
Par Ann Bausum, National Geographic Kids. 2012
Recounts the 1968 sanitation worker's strike in Memphis, Tennessee, that was sparked by low wages, unsafe working conditions, and a…
racially charged climate. Discusses Martin Luther King Jr.'s involvement with the movement and his assassination. For grades 6-9. 2012Profiles the trailblazers who set out on the Oregon trail in the 1800s, from explorers Lewis and Clark to businessman…
John Jacob Astor. Discusses the first Christian missionaries to venture west and the hardships they endured along the way. Includes facts, a timeline, and other resources. For grades 5-8. 2012Who were the accused witches of Salem?: and other questions about the witchcraft trials (Six questions of American history)
Par Laura Hamilton Waxman. 2012
Recounts the events that led up to the 1692 witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Discusses the incarceration, guilty verdicts, and…
execution of many of the villagers. Details the accusations of the young girls who fell ill. Includes timeline, facts, and resources. For grades 5-8. 2012Jean Laffite: the pirate who saved America
Par Susan Goldman Rubin, Jeff Himmelman. 2012
Biography of gentlemen pirate Jean Laffite. Describes his adventures as a privateer capturing Spanish ships and his use of pirating…
skills to help the Americans win the Battle of New Orleans against the British during the War of 1812 . For grades 2-4. 2012We've got a job: the 1963 Birmingham Children's March
Par Cynthia Levinson. 2012
Account of the nearly four thousand black youngsters who were arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, in May 1963 after marching to…
protest segregation. Features profiles of four participants, including the youngest of the group, nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2012Hammerin' Hank Greenberg: baseball pioneer
Par Shelley Sommer. 2011
Biography of Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Greenberg (1911-1986), who played for the Detroit Tigers in the 1930s and…
1940s. Discusses early twentieth-century immigrant life in New York City, where Greenberg grew up, and the widespread prejudice the Jewish athlete endured. For grades 4-7. 2011Chronicles the September 11, 2001, terrorist strike on America. Discusses the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon,…
the crash of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania, and the passengers on the four doomed jets. Emergency workers and survivors describe rescues and acts of heroism. For grades 3-6. 2011Flesh and blood so cheap: the Triangle fire and its legacy
Par Albert Marrin. 2011
Examines poor living and working conditions of immigrants that led to the 1911 garment factory fire in New York City…
that killed 146. Discusses the catastrophe's impact on labor-union movements, workplace-safety regulations, and the existence of sweatshops around the globe. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2011Sitting Bull
Par Ronald A Reis. 2010
Biography of Sioux Indian chief Sitting Bull (1831-1890), who witnessed the settling of the West by white pioneers who displaced…
his people. Highlights Sitting Bull's 1876 victory over General George Custer's cavalry at the Little Big Horn. For grades 6-9. 2010Wheels of change: how women rode the bicycle to freedom (with a few flat tires along the way) (Nat Geo - History (us) Ser.)
Par Sue Macy, National Geographic Kids. 2011
Follows the development of women's bicycles in the 1880s and 1890s and explores the impact of the two-wheeler on everyday…
life during the beginning of women's liberation. Discusses celebrity cyclists, reaction to the new transportation mode, and fashion changes to accommodate riding. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2011Discusses the early battles of the Revolutionary War, beginning with the appointment of George Washington as commander of the newly…
formed Continental army. Examines the British army's advantages during the invasion of New York City and asserts that Washington's tactics revived the spirit of the revolution. For grades 4-7. 2010Alexander Hamilton: the outsider
Par Jean Fritz, Ian Schoenherr. 2011
Biography of Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804), who was born in the West Indies and immigrated to New York in 1773. Discusses…
Hamilton's loyalty as aide-de-camp to General Washington, role at the Constitutional convention, authorship of the Federalist Papers, work at the treasury, and duel with Aaron Burr. For grades 5-8. 2011Sweet justice: Georgia gilmore and the montgomery bus boycott
Par Mara Rockliff. 2022
An inspiring biography about the woman whose cooking helped feed and fund the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956. Georgia Gilmore…
was cooking when she heard the news Mrs. Rosa Parks had been arrested—pulled off a city bus and thrown in jail all because she wouldn't let a white man take her seat. To protest, the radio urged everyone to stay off city buses for one day: December 5, 1955. Throughout the boycott—at Holt Street Baptist Church meetings led by a young minister named Martin Luther King, Jr.—and throughout the struggle for justice, Georgia served up her mouth-watering fried chicken, her spicy collard greens, and her sweet potato pie, eventually selling them to raise money to help the cause. Here is the vibrant true story of a hidden figure of the civil rights movement, told in flavorful language by a picture-book masterStacey abrams: Voting visionary (VIP)
Par Andrea J. Loney. 2022
Get ready to fight for what's right with Stacey Abrams in this exciting middle grade nonfiction biography. Perfect for fans…
of the Who Was and Little Leaders series, the books in the VIP series tell the true—and amazing—stories of some of history's greatest trailblazers. Meet the VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE who changed the world! Stacey Abrams is an activist who works for fair voting rights. She's a lawyer, an author, and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, too! Experience all the exciting moments in Stacey's thrilling life in this exciting biography, packed with fun facts, like how the census helps everyone! Short and engaging chapters are interspersed with special lists and other information made to order to engage kids, whether they're already biography fans or "have to" write a report for school. Extras include a timeline, a bibliography, and a hall of fame of other successful African American organizers and leaders. The VIP series features inspiring adventures and fun facts about some of history's greatest trailblazers—smart, tough, persevering innovators who will inspire today's kids. Featuring underappreciated historical figures and groups, with a focus on leaders in science and technology, the nonfiction biographies in the VIP series are fun and engaging. Just looking at the cover will make kids want to learn more about these VIPs, and once they dive in they will zoom through stories that read like adventures. Each book in the VIP series allows your middle grader to experience all the exciting moments in some very important but lesser known lives. These biographies for kids age 9-12 include: VIP: Dr. Mae Jemison: Brave Rocketeer: Engineering Wizard; VIP: Mahalia Jackson: Freedom's Voice; and VIP: Lewis Latimer. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobookFort Mose: and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America
Par Glennette Tilley Turner. 2010
Biography of Francisco Menendez, who was born in West Africa around 1700, sold into slavery in South Carolina, and freed…
in Spanish Florida in 1738. Describes his leadership of Fort Mose, the first officially sanctioned free black settlement in what is now the United States. For grades 5-8. 2010Tales of famous heroes (Scholastic Inc Reference Non-Fiction)
Par Peter Roop, Connie Roop, Rebecca Zomchek. 2010
Chronologically arranged short biographies of people who changed the world. Includes Paul Revere, Sacagawea, Frederick Douglass, Mohandas Gandhi, Neil Armstrong,…
Barack Obama, and Sonia Sotomayor. Discusses each individual's important childhood events, special skills and interests, and achievements. For grades 3-6. 2010Stanley Cup Playoffs, The: The Quest for Hockey's Biggest Prize (Spectacular Sports)
Par Matt Doeden. 2022
Hockey is a thrilling, fast-paced sport, and the action gets even more intense during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Fans can't…
get enough of the booming slap shots, the devastating body checks, and the overtime finishes. The Stanley Cup Playoffs: The Quest for Hockey's Biggest Prize covers it all with exciting text and vivid photos. The greatest games, the biggest moments, and the most incredible goals are all here. Join Wayne Gretzky, Alex Ovechkin, and more hockey superstars of the past and present on a fun journey through the Stanley Cup Playoffs.The Hindenburg disaster (Essential events)
Par Jill Sherman. 2010
Describes the explosion that destroyed the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg as it landed in New Jersey on May 6, 1937,…
and explores the disaster's probable causes. Explains the zeppelin's history as an engineering marvel and its importance to the Nazi Party. For grades 5-8. 2010Trail of Tears (Essential events)
Par Sue Vander Hook. 2010
Discusses the forced migration of American Indians from their ancestral homeland to faraway areas set aside by the U.S. government…
as Indian Territory. Focuses on the removal of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia in the 1830s and the lingering emotional and physical toll on tribe members. For grades 5-8. 2010