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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
If you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you'd mention the Statue of Liberty. She's in New York. She's holding a torch. And she's in mid-stride, moving forward. But why? In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the powerful...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
An homage to ten diverse, remarkable women who helped shape the United States between 1776 and 1824. Drawing on personal correspondence and private journals, Cokie Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of these women who created the framework for our current society, a generation of reformers and visionaries.
3) Locomotive
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Presents a visual exploration of America's early railroads, examining the sounds, speed, and strength of the fledgling transcontinental locomotives and the experiences of pioneering travelers.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 22
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Using their magic tree house, Jack and Annie travel back to the time of the American Revolution and help General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 21
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie are transported by their magic tree house to the time of the Civil War where they meet Clara Barton.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Wanting to know about the real man behind the sixteenth president's legendary character, a little girl learns about Lincoln's beliefs regarding universal freedom as well as lesser-known aspects of his life, from his love of Mozart and his wife's vanilla cake to his pet dog and the way he kept notes in his stovepipe hat.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes the man and the story behind the creation of America's national anthem, profiling Francis Scott Key as a busy and respected political advisor who was inspired to write his famous poem after witnessing the Battle of Fort McHenry.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer, proving that, as he said, "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"You can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall. You can be a King. Beat the drum for justice. March to your own conscience. Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr. King's life alongside a modern class as the students learn about him, Carole Weatherfor's poetic text encapsulates the moments that readers today can reenact in their own lives. See a class of young students as they begin a school project inspired by...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bursting with color and fun facts, this delightful history of pizza takes readers through time and around the globe to serve up the real story of the world's favorite food.
From Geisel Award-winning author Greg Pizzoli comes a hilarious and mouth-watering history of pizza. Do YOU like PIZZA? Because right now, somewhere in the world, someone is eating it. Did you know that in the United States we eat 350 slices of pizza every second? Or that in Sweden...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In nineteenth-century New York City, when Pa brings home a young turkey in hopes of saving money on their Christmas dinner, his family faces all sorts of trouble--and expense--in their tiny apartment.
19) Born to ride
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Rochester, New York, in 1896, Louisa Belinda Bellflower defies convention and ignores her brother's warnings by learning to ride a bicycle. Includes a history of bicycling and its connection to the women's rights movement.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An illustrated account of bookseller Henry Knox's heroic contributions during the Revolutionary War, describing how he dragged fifty-nine cannons to Boston across 225 miles filled with danger and hardship.