Kurtz, 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: "From the time John Lewis asked Dr. Martin Luther King to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown as teenager, he never stopped organizing, from Freedom Rides, to the marches in Selma and Washington, and more. Introduce readers to his concept of getting into "good trouble" in this Level 3 Ready-to-Read book"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE PATGoldsmith, 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: True story of six women who programmed the ENIAC computer as part of a secret WWII mission. They learned to program the computer without any software, instructions or tools (none existed.). --
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J STEM CalkhovenThompson, Kay
Summary: Collects six stories featuring Eloise, a little girl who lives in the Plaza hotel in New York City.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books 2016
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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 CalkhovenRegan, Dana
Summary: "Mike is making deliveries one day when he notices a long line outside of his friend Dan's hardware store. It turns out Dan has broken his leg and needs some help at the store. As usual, it's Mike the trusty hedgehog to the rescue!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN REGMcClatchy, Lisa.
Summary: Phillip and Nanny are taking Eloise to see the dinosaurs, but will she behave?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MCCBauer, Marion Dane.
Summary: An introduction to the Statue of Liberty explains how it was built, what it is made of, and the symbolism behind it, and provides interesting facts pertaining to this wonder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2018
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Summary: A guitar-playing fish and his friends in a band called the Fry are eager to perform in a school concert but they all have the jitters, afraid something will go wrong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green Yolen 2020Gayle, Sharon Shavers.
Summary: Introduces Harriet Tubman, from her birth into slavery, through her daring escape to freedom in the north, to her tireless efforts during the Civil War to free other slave via the Underground Railroad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2003
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GAYBuckley, Richard
Summary: A greedy python eats to excess, finally eating himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2012
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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 WINCalkhoven, 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 CALKrensky, Stephen.
Summary: Describes events leading up to the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the attack itself on Dec. 7, 1941.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2001
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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 CALCalkhoven, Laurie
Summary: Discusses Misty Copeland's family, childhood, and early dancing years before she became a world famous ballerina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine CalkhovenFeldman, Thea
Summary: Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherine's unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE FELKrensky, 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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Summary: Get to know some of the many groundbreaking and legendary women in US soccer. Read about some amazing and unstoppable women who changed soccer in America like Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Briana Scurry, Trinity Rodman, and Mia Hamm. This book also includes a history of women's soccer in America and a summary of all four historic World Cup wins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CALMichaels, Patty
Summary: "Since the Transformers War ended, Bumblebee has been living under the radar, helping Optimus Prime whenever he needs him. Only a select few know his whereabouts and the top secret, super important missions he has completed"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MICFeldman, Thea
Summary: "Readers will love learning about what makes snakes 'super,' like how they can dive deep underwater, can only swallow their food whole, glide through the air, and more! Plus you can learn how snake venom is being used for medicinal purposes!" -- Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FELPalatini, Margie
Summary: "A kitty documents its adventures around the house with an action camera"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE PALCalkhoven, Laurie.
Summary: A biography of Mae Jemison, the first female African-American astronaut.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016