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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. 2021
A tribute to the unidentified fallen soldiers and the Tomb Guard, a special military unit that keeps vigil at the…
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The sentinels have respectfully guarded and honored the nameless soldiers around the clock since midnight on July 2, 1937. For grades 2-4 and older readers. 2021
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. 2004
A 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. 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. 2004
Reviews 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. 2004
A 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. 2004
Short 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. 2004
A 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. 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. 2004
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. 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. 2021
The author investigates remarkable discoveries of skeletal remains and what they reveal about human civilization. Includes cryptic tales of murder…
and mayhem that span cultures and millennia, from Aztec skull racks, the cannibals of Jamestown, and Benjamin Franklin's basement boneyard, to frozen sailors in the Arctic and the centuries-long search for the body of King Richard III. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2021
Joseph Bazalgette, a 19th-century engineer, designed London's first comprehensive sewage system. In doing so, he saved thousands of lives from…
cholera outbreaks that regularly plagued the city. For grades 2-4. 2021
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. 2020
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 4-7
"What links shipwrecks, Egyptian treasure, and fossilized Viking poop? They're all things that have been discovered by archaeologists! Pick up…
your shovel and Indiana Jones hat and dig into the world of archaeology in this nonfiction kids' book by YouTuber Stefan Milosavljevich. Alongside beautiful illustrations by Sam Caldwell you'll find incredible tales from history, including: the ancient Egyptian city found at the bottom of the ocean, the terracotta army that hid underground for 2,000 years, and the mysterious Ice Age temple made from mammoth bones. Along the way you'll also find out if you have what it takes to be an archaeologist, unearth (literally) groundbreaking scientific techniques, and meet the pioneering women and men who have brought the past back to life." -- Provided by publisher
An Egyptologist chronicles the life of King Tutankhamun, and how he became the ruler of ancient Egypt at the tender…
age of nine. Naunton speculates what it was like for King Tutankhamun to be rudely awakened from the afterlife by British Egyptologist Howard Carter in 1922. For grades 2-4. 2021