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African Americans Biography Child volunteers Children and the environment Children as inventors Civil rights workers Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 Kahanamoku, Duke 1890-1968 Juvenile literature Presidents United States Biography Juvenile literature United States Washington (D.C.)Goldsmith, Howard.
Summary: Young Thomas Edison saves a child from being hit by a train and, as his reward, asks for training as a telegraph operator because that will help him prepare to become an inventor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2003
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Summary: Young Paul Revere and his friends form a club whose members ring the bells at Christ Church, an experience which teaches him responsibility and other lessons that he uses as an adult in the American Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2003
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE WINKrensky, Stephen.
Summary: A young Abe Lincoln stumbles across a pig in trouble and decides he must help, even though it will mean arriving late and muddy for the important speech he is scheduled to make.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2002
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE KreKrensky, Stephen.
Summary: A beginning biography of young Ben Franklin who loves doing experiments and cannot wait to test out his latest idea involving a kite!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2002
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE KREKrensky, Stephen.
Summary: Describes an incident in the early life of George Washington, which provides a glimpse of his relationship with his mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2004
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE KREKrensky, Stephen.
Summary: A young Abe Lincoln stumbles across a pig in trouble and decides he must help, even though it will mean arriving late and muddy for the important speech he is scheduled to make.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2002
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR BLUE KreKurtz, Jane.
Summary: In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that proclaimed that it was time -- long overdue -- for all people to be treated as equals. Today his beliefs are more important than ever, and author Jane Kurtz explains Dr. King's words in language even the youngest reader can understand.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2008
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Summary: Introduces the life and achievements of the surfer who won international fame in four Olympics and used his surfboard to save eight people from a capsized boat in California.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Sports CalkhovenCalkhoven, Laurie
Summary: "Biography of American Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CALCalkhoven, Laurie
Summary: Details the life of the writer, composer, actor, and rapper starring in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Hamilton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CALHigginson, Sheila Sweeny
Summary: Have you ever wondered what you could do to change the world? Find out how kids are helping the environment, inventing incredible medical devices, aiding the homeless, designing apps so other kids won't ever have to eat alone in the cafeteria, and more! Learn all about what they've come up with and how their ideas are changing lives in this story of four amazing kids everyone should meet!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2019
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Summary: Meet Jesse Owens, an African American runner who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin! What made his achievement even more memorable was that Adolph Hitler expected the Olympic Games to be a German showcase. In fact, he criticized the United States for even including black athletes on its Olympic roster. According to many reports, after Owens won his fourth gold medal, Hitler...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Sports CalkhovenHolub, Joan.
Summary: Young Elizabeth I gets valuable advice from her father the king when she tries to teach her pony to jump over a wall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2007