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Blue Jenkins: working for workers (Badger Biographies Ser.)
Par Julia Pferdehirt. 2011
Biography of Blue Jenkins, an African American union leader who grew up in Racine, Wisconsin and fought discrimination in his…
community and in the workplace. Part of the Badger Biographies series. For grades 4-7Terrible typhoid Mary: a true story of the deadliest cook in America
Par Susan Campbell Bartoletti. 2015
Mary Mallon, who became known as "Typhoid Mary," was hired as a cook for a wealthy family in 1906. A…
few weeks later an outbreak of typhoid fever swept through the household. Eventually it was determined that Mallon was a healthy carrier, spreading the disease but not suffering it herself. She was arrested and quarantined against her will. This biography explores the many violations of Mallon's human and civil rights, the culture of the period, how the public and health officials responded, and the sensationalism of "yellow journalism." For grades 5-8W is for Washington: Written by Kids for Kids (See-My-State Alphabet Book)
Par Wenatchee High School. 2008
An alphabet book written by kids for kids. Photos of the wonders and beauties of Washington State highlight each letter…
of the alphabet. There is also a "wacky Washington" section of facts about the featured items. For grades K-3Albert Bond Lambert: aviation pioneer (Notable Missourians)
Par Christopher Lynch. 2015
In the early twentieth century, Albert Lambert promoted St. Louis as a center for the new aviation industry. In 1923,…
he opened the St. Louis Flying Field, which later developed into Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. For grades 4-7Jeffrey Deroine: Ioway translator, frontier diplomat (Notable Missourians)
Par Greg Olson. 2015
While traveling with his master, a fur trader, slave Jeffrey Deroine met and worked with Native American groups, making many…
friends and learning five languages. A friend bought his freedom so he could work as a translator. He translated for the Ioway as they negotiated treaties with the government, traveled to Europe with the Ioway and met many famous people, including kings and queens. For grades 4-7Alphonso Wetmore: soldier, adventurer, and writer
Par Mary Barile. 2015
Alphonso Wetmore wanted adventure. He lost his arm in battle in the War of 1812, but stayed in the army…
and joined an expedition down the Missouri River. He was a trader on the Santa Fe Trail, and visited California. He wrote stories for newspapers and published a book about Missouri. For grades 4-7S is for show me: a Missouri alphabet (Discover America State by State)
Par Judy Young, Ross B. Young. 2008
Ivan: the remarkable true story of the shopping mall gorilla
Par Katherine Applegate, G. Brian Karas. 2014
The true story of Ivan, known as the Shopping Mall Gorilla, who lived alone in a small cage for almost…
30 years before being relocated to the gorilla habitat at ZooAtlanta. For grades K-3Henry Knox: bookseller, soldier, patriot
Par Wendell Minor, Anita Silvey. 2010
Presents a biography of the man in charge of the artillery during the Revolutionary War, who became a trusted advisor…
to George Washington and the secretary of war in the newly appointed government. For grades 3-6Arrow to Alaska: a Pacific Northwest adventure
Par Hannah Viano. 2015
Arrow, a young boy who lives in Seattle, goes on an adventure to visit his grandfather in Alaska aboard Aunt…
Kelly's salmon boat. He spends time with Grampy on his float house in Alaska, then returns to Seattle on a friend's seaplane. For grades K-3Michigan, the Wolverine State (World Almanac Library of the states)
Par Rachel Barenblat. 2002
Illustrations and text present the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, and social life and customs of Michigan, which…
is the only state to touch four of the five Great Lakes. For grades 5-8. 2002Newspaper-style articles report the Prairie State's first 200 years by exploring key events and people. An extensive timeline recounts important…
happenings in Illinois politics, commerce, culture, science, sports and more. Also includes a list of places to visit throughout the state, information about government and flags of Illinois, an honor roll of notable Illinoisans and a glossary. For grades 5-8Nubs: the true story of a mutt, a marine & a miracle
Par Kirby Larson, Brian Dennis, Mary Nethery, Major Brian Dennis. 2009
Chronicles the friendship between Marine Major Brian Dennis and Nubs, a pack leader of wild dogs in Iraq who bonded…
with Dennis, but when Dennis was relocated seventy miles away and could not bring the dog with him, Nubs traveled across the freezing desert to find his human friend. For grades K-3Good night, Missouri (Good night our world series)
Par Adam Gamble, Mark Jasper, Joe Veno. 2013
Introduces well-known features of Missouri, including The St. Louis Arch, The Kansas City Aquarium, the Mark Twain home in Hannibal,…
the Lake of the Ozarks, the Ozark Mountains, and Silver Dollar City. For preschool-grade 2Dewey: there's a cat in the library!
Par Vicki Myron, Bret Witter, Steve James. 2009
Dewey the cat, who finds a new home at the Spencer Library when librarian Vicky Myron finds him in the…
return box, learns that young visitors like to chase him, pull his tail, and give him tight hugs, but he soon realizes that, despite the demands, helping people is what he does best. For grades K-3Hey, Charleston!: the true story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band (Carolrhoda Picture Books)
Par Colin Bootman, Anne Rockwell, Anne F Rockwell. 2013
What happened when a former slave took beat-up old instruments and gave them to a bunch of orphans? Thousands of…
futures got a little brighter and a great American art form was born. In 1891, Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins opened his orphanage in Charleston, South Carolina. Soon the orphanage had a band. And what a band it was. The Jenkins Orphanage Band caused a sensation on the streets of Charleston. For grades 3-6The Great Molasses Flood: Boston, 1919
Par Deborah Kops, Deborah J. Kops. 2012
One of the strangest disasters in United States history--the explosion of a storage tank that sent a deadly wave of…
molasses over Boston's densely-packed North End--is explored in this richly detailed and compellingly written book. For grades 4-7. 2012Peril on Long's Peak: Rocky Mountain National Park (Adventures with the Parkers #8)
Par Mike Graf, Marjorie Leggitt. 2012
In the seventh book in the Adventure with the Parkers series, the family heads to Colorado to visit the high…
peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park. When the snow clears, the park's many famous sights are on display: Trail Ridge Road, spectacular wildflowers, elk, waterfalls, and unique alpine tundra. The family's big adventure is a hike up Longs Peak, a Colorado "fourteener." But afternoon storms begin to pelt the family during their training hikes, and they begin to question the wisdom of a nighttime summit ascent. Award winner. For grades 5-8Vanishing Colorado: rediscovering a Western landscape
Par Joe Verrengia, Glenn Asakawa, Eric Baker. 2000
Traces the paths of John C. Fremont's western expeditions, and looks at the destruction of flora and fauna in those…
same areas. Talks to ranchers, developers, policy makers, and scientists about their differing points of view on conservationWomen of the frontier (Frontier Land Ser.)
Par Charles W. Sundling. 2000