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Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell) 1820-1906 Cartoons and comics Coming of age Indigenous peoples Ethnic identity Mexican Americans Biography Puente, Tito 1923-2000 Juvenile literature Salsa musicians United States Biography Juvenile literature United States United States. Congress. House Biography Women's rightsBlack, Monica
Summary: "In the aftermath of World War II, a succession of mass supernatural events swept through a war-torn Germany. As millions were afflicted by a host of seemingly incurable maladies (including blindness and paralysis), waves of apocalyptic rumors crashed over the land. A messianic faith healer rose to extraordinary fame, prayer groups performed exorcisms, and enormous crowds traveled to witness...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.4 BLAEdinger, Monica
Summary: "Using Olaudah Equiano's autobiography as the source, the text shares Equiano's life story in found verse. Readers will follow his story from his childhood in Africa, enslavement at a young age, liberation, and life as a free man"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 EQUKulling, Monica.
Summary: Relates the excitement caused by Henry Ford as he drove the "horseless carriage" he built, particularly when he decided to win a race to get money to build a new car that anyone could afford.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 338.7 KULCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE KulPotts, Monica
Summary: "Growing up gifted and poor in small-town Arkansas, Monica and Darci became fast friends. The girls bonded over a shared love of reading and learning, even as they navigated the challenges of their declining town and tumultuous family lives-broken marriages, alcohol abuse, and shuttered stores and factories. They pored over the giant map in their middle school classroom, tracing their fingers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POTTS, MONICA POTBrown, Monica
Summary: "Chronicles Frida's life -- from her childhood to her rise as one of the world's most influential painters -- capturing the beauty and strength of Frida's creative spirit, which carried her through tragedy and triumph, and the animals that inspired her along the way." -- Book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth Books, Inc. 2017
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Summary: A bilingual portrait of the "Queen of Salsa" describes her childhood in Cuba, her musical career, and her move to the United States, and explains how her music brought her native Cuba to the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rising Moon 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CRUBrown, Monica
Summary: En este vibrante libro ilustrado bilingüe sobre la biografía del músico Tito Puente, los lectores bailarán al ritmo de la vida de este rey del mambo. A Tito Puente le encantaba golpear ollas y sartenes cuando era niño, pero lo que realmente soñaba era tener su propia banda algún día. Desde Spanish Harlem hasta los premios Grammy, y todos los ritmos intermedios, esta es la historia real de la...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROKulling, Monica
Summary: Presents an introduction to the life and achievements of Alexander Hamilton, including his early years as an orphan in the West Indies, his role in the Revolutionary War and his contributions as America's first secretary of the treasury.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: J Bio HamiltonWood, Monica.
Summary: An account of the 1963 death of the author's father describes how her mother, three sisters, and she were financially dependent on her father's wages and how their loss and Catholic faith resonated the experiences of the nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WOOD, MONICA WOOAldama, Monica
Summary: "From a woman known as "the Bill Belichick of cheerleading" (The Cut)-the breakout star of the Netflix series, CHEER-a motivational and inspiring guide to becoming a champion in all areas of your life. In FULL OUT, the breakout star of Netflix's CHEER, Monica Aldama, shows how she built one of the most successful, beloved-and now also the most famous-cheerleading programs in the country. Coach...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALDAMA, MONICA ALDBrown, Monica
Summary: Meet Tito Puente-the King of Mambo. From musical prodigy on the streets of Harlem to five-time Grammy Award winner, Tito's life was full of rhythm. He grew up to lead his own big band and win five Grammys. Includes a brief biography and music for a simple rumba beat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harpercollins Childrens Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PUEKulling, Monica
Summary: "It's not fair." Susan B. Anthony was very concerned about fairness and equality for women and girls in America. She knew it wasn't fair to pay a woman less than a man for the same job. She knew it wasn't fair not to allow women to vote in elections. In fact, it was illegal for women to vote. But she felt so strongly, she voted in an election--and was arrested--anyway. Young readers will learn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN KULWeis, Monica
Contents: The landscape of his divinely appointed place -- Discovering the earthly paradise -- Finding a home in nature -- Seeing paradise with the heart -- Becoming one with the sky through prayer -- Discovering compassion in the wilderness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kentucky 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 271.125 WEIBrown, Monica
Summary: As a boy, Gabito had the ability to imagine many things. He lived in a small house with a large family. He would grow up to become a writer known as Gabriel Garća Márquez.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rising Moon 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB MARQUEZ BROBrown, Monica
Summary: Describes the life and times of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 NERBrown, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROBrown, Monica
Summary: "The story of political powerhouse twins Juliaan and Joaquain Castro began in the small room that they shared with their grandmother Victoriana in San Antonio, Texas. Victoriana crossed the border from Mexico into Texas as a six-year-old orphan, marking the start of the family's American journey. Her daughter Rosie, Juliaan and Joaquain's mom, was an activist who helped the barrio through local...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BROFurlong, Monica.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.22 FurloKulling, Monica.
Summary: Surveys the life of Harriet Tubman, including her childhood in slavery and her later work in helping other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2000
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE KULClark-Robinson, Monica
Summary: "A stunning love letter to the important women who shape us -- from our own mothers and grandmothers to the legends who paved the way for girls and women everywhere"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CLACopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CLAChambers, Veronica
Summary: "Who was at the forefront of women's right to vote? We know a few famous names, like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but what about so many others from diverse backgrounds--black, Asian, Latinx, Native American, and more--who helped lead the fight for suffrage? On the hundredth anniversary of the historic win for women's rights, it's time to celebrate the names and stories of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 CHAHogg, Lauren
Summary: Lauren Hogg, one of the survivors of the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school in Parkland, Florida, dramatically tells her story in graphic novel form. The tragedy of yet another mass shooting has galvanized the young people of the country, and helped launch a movement that continues to gain momentum. Lauren Hogg lost her two best friends that horrible day, but despite her loss she,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zuiker Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 371.7 HOGZoe, Rachel.
Summary: The designer, stylist, and editor celebrated for shaping the images of Oscar-winning actresses and creating collections that embody her modern and sophisticated look offers trusted tips and advice --along with style insights from her fellow insiders, friends, and family members.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.9 ZOEMaristain, Mónica
Summary: How to know the man behind works of fiction so prone to extravagance? In the first biography of Chilean novelist and poet Roberto Bolaño, journalist Mónica Maristain tracks Bolaño from his childhood in Chile to his youth in Mexico and his early infatuation with literature, to his beginnings as a poet, and to the stardom that came with the publication of the novels The Savage Detectives and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2014