Patrick, Denise Lewis
Summary: "Mahalia Jackson was known as the queen of gospel music. A close friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s, she was also a civil rights activist who sang at the March on Washington. And she traveled the world, too!" -- Book Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JACRovin-Murphy, Deborah
Summary: "Jackie Kennedy loved the arts. And America loved Jackie. The first lady knew she had the country's attention and she wanted to encourage Americans to appreciate art. This is the little-known story about how Jackie Kennedy brought the world's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa, to the United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROVAlexander, Heather
Summary: "Mae Jemison is the first African American woman to travel to space. She's also a medical doctor who once joined the Peace Corps. And a trained dancer, too! Experience all the exciting moments in Dr. Jemison's thrilling life in this exciting biography, packed with two-color illustrations and fun facts, including the secrets of NASA"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JEMMcKellar, Danica
Summary: One by one, ten flowers ask a fairy to turn them into butterflies for a night of magical flying, demonstrating to readers the different ways to group numbers to create ten.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2018