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African American women Biography Juvenile literature Frontier and pioneer life Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.) Slaves United States Biography Juvenile literature Trabajadores migratorios agrícolas Sindicatos Estados Unidos Historia Literatura juvenil United States West (U.S.) History Wilder, Laura Ingalls 1867-1957 Juvenile literature Women pioneers Women West (U.S.) HistoryDemuth, Patricia
Summary: "Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. It wasn't until after she was sixty that Laura Ingalls Wilder started chronicling those times, which resulted in nine Little House books, a hit TV series that ran for eight years, and her own permanent place as a heroine of the American West"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2013
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET WILDERGormley, Beatrice.
Summary: Tells the story of Laura Ingalls Wilder's life from her days as a small child on the Kansas prairie to her years as a successful children's author, working with her daughter, Rose; and includes details about her family's life that were left out of her popular books.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2001
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio WilderClinton, Chelsea
Summary: Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J920 CLIReynoso, Naibe
Summary: Brief biographies in rhyme of 11 notable Latinos.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Con Todo Press 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J SPANISH 920 REYDumas, Marti
Summary: "Introduces the reader to women in the old West"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, An imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.4 DUMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 DUMWhite, Arisa
Summary: Presents the life of a California ex-slave, nurse, and midwife, who started many philanthropic projects.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heyday 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MASBrown, 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