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Given-Wilson, Rachel

Summary: "Teachers play the vital role of educating and guiding the citizens of the future. Teaching can be a highly rewarding career for those who love working with children and who want to have a real influence on individuals and the wider society. This engrossing title explores the vast array of options for specialization within the teaching profession, delves into the pros and cons of working in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Jobs Given-Wilson

Russell-Brown, Katheryn

Summary: "A picture biography of educator and politician Shirley Chisholm, who in 1968 was the first Black woman elected to Congress and in 1972 was the first Black candidate from a major political party (the Democratic party) to run for the United States presidency. An afterword with additional information, photographs, and source lists are included"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books 2020

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Heos, Bridget.

Summary: A group of students visits Ms. Crawford's fourth grade class in order to learn what it is like to be a teacher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2013

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Faruqi, Reem

Summary: "From the author of Lailah's Lunchbox and Unsettled comes a powerful picture book biography about Maryam Faruqi, the founder of the Happy Home Schools, which provided education to thousands of girls across Pakistan at a time when girls weren't encouraged to go to school. Milloo lives in a time when school is considered unnecessary for girls. But to Milloo, education is essential. When Milloo...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 921 FAR

Jones, Amy Robin

Summary: A biography of the African-American educator Mary McLeod Bethune, discussing her role in creating opportunities for African-Americans in education and government.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BET

Winter, Jeanette

Summary: "After amassing piles of books, Luis, a voracious reader, dreams up a way to share his collection with 'faraway villages.' He starts with two burros--one for himself, one for books--and heads off. Tough terrain and menacing bandits challenge him along the way, but at last he reaches a remote town, where he holds a story hour and loans titles to eager kids before returning home to his wife and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WLD Culture Winter 2010

Burgan, Michael

Summary: "Born in 551 BC, Confucius was a young man when he set his heart and mind on learning as much as he could. By his thirties, he'd become a brilliant teacher who shared his knowledge of several subjects, including arithmetic, history, and poetry, with his students. Confucius wanted to make sure that everyone in China had access to an education and devoted his whole life to learning and teaching...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CON

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who Confucius

Wallace, Sandra Neil

Summary: "Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs--and perhaps their lives--by organizing a teachers-only march to the county courthouse to demand their right to vote? On January 22, 1965, the Black teachers left...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek Books 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.1196 WAL

Anderson, Beth

Summary: After being denied a seat on a New York City streetcar, Elizabeth Jennings begins the fight for equality by telling her story in churches, to newspapers, and finally in the courtroom.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JEN

Nicholson, Dorinda Makananalani Stagner.

Summary: "In May 1942, a German U-boat torpedoed two unarmed Mexican oil tankers off the Gulf Coast, forcing Mexico to enter World War II. With the help of United States President Roosevelt, Mexican President Camacho arranged to send one Air Force squadron to fight in the war. Thirty-eight of Mexico's top pilots, and about two hundred sixty additional military crew, were carefully selected to form the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books Inc. 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 NIC

Williams, Alicia R. (Alicia Renee)

Summary: "An inspiring picture book biography about Shirley Chisholm"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Anne Schwartz Books 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHI

Delano, Marfe Ferguson.

Summary: Photographs and text present the life and accomplishments of the young woman who overcame a poverty-stricken childhood, family tragedy, and failing eyesight to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2008

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SUL

Houston, Gloria.

Summary: An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of schoolchildren.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 1992

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOU

Bryant, Jennifer.

Summary: Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to be able to read. Even at the school for the blind in Paris, there were no books for him. And so he invented his own alphabet - a whole new system for writing that could be read by touch. A system so ingenious that it is still used...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRA

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRA

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BRAILLE BRY

Frith, Margaret

Summary: Examines the life and times of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who developed the system of raised dots by which blind people read and write.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRA

Mellor, C. Michael.

Summary: A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who originated the raised dot system used by the blind throughout the world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Braille Press 2006

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 686.2 MEL

Freedman, Russell.

Summary: A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who, having been blinded himself at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and write.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 1997

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Mara, Wil.

Summary: "Explore the life of a colonial schoolmaster and his importance to the community, as well as everyday life, responsibilities, and social practices during that time"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 371.1 MAR

Delano, Marfe Ferguson.

Summary: The epic story of Annie Sullivan, the pioneering teacher who overcame disability and misfortune before achieving her success as one of the most famous educators of all time.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2008

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT 921 Sullivan

Rusch, Elizabeth

Summary: "Una historia real sobre un científico contemporáneo que salvó la capa de ozono y el planeta, evitando un desastre en el medioambiente. Mario Molina es un científico mexicoamericano y un héroe de nuestros días que ayudó a resolver la crisis de la capa de ozono de la década de 1980. Se crió en la Ciudad de México y desde niño sintió curiosidad por los mundos ocultos que estudiaba a través de un...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2019

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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 921 MOL

Rodríguez, Patty

Summary: "Inspired by one of the oldest traditional games of chance, this book will introduce your little one to their first English and Spanish words"--Page 4 of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Libros 2014

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: JE ROD Board Book

Brown, Monica

Summary: A powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights "the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens." Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables. Then Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up. Together they...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BRO

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BRO

Levy, Janice.

Summary: Simple text and color illustrations present the historical background and contemporary celebration of the Cinco de Mayo holiday.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman 2007

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 LEV SPANISH

Mills, Deborah

Summary: Alfredo y su papá deben cruzar la frontera en un viaje difícil de México a los Estados Unidos. ¿Encontrarán el nuevo hogar que están buscando en el otro lado? Basándose en hechos reales, esta historia cobra vida gracias a la ilustradora Mexicana Claudia Navarro, y está repleta de notas al final del texto para iniciar conversaciones sobre inmigración.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2018

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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 325 MIL

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