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African Americans Biography Child volunteers Children and the environment Civil rights workers Inventors Inventors United States Biography Juvenile literature Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 Kahanamoku, Duke 1890-1968 Juvenile literature Presidents United States Biography Juvenile literature Women BiographyKrensky, 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 KreGayle, 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 GAYKrensky, 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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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 - 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: 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 CalkhovenCalkhoven, Laurie
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 CalkhovenCalkhoven, Laurie
Summary: "Meet Roberta Gibb. In 1966, Roberta was the first woman ever to run in the Boston Marathon. When Roberta applied for the event she received a letter saying women were not physically able to run marathons and therefore her request was denied. Roberta decided to run anyway, and told her mom, "This is really going to change things for women.""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Sport CalkhovenCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CALCalkhoven, 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 CALHopkinson, Deborah.
Summary: John Adams didn't enjoy traveling. He much preferred to stay home with his wife and children. But John Adams also had a dream: He wanted to see the thirteen colonies free from English rule. He wanted to see the creation of a new country -- the United States of America. John Adams did whatever was needed to make his dream come true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2005
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE HOPCalkhoven, Laurie
Summary: You can make a difference, no matter how old you are! These kids are helping to save honeybees, teaching people the importance of clean air and water, raising money to help endangered birds, and writing petitions to raise awareness of climate change. Youshould meet these kids who are saving the planet!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), 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 CalkhovenCalkhoven, Laurie.
Summary: A biography of Mae Jemison, the first female African-American astronaut.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Space CalkhovenCalkhoven, Laurie
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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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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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR RED HIGCalkhoven, Laurie
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: 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 CALLakin, Patricia
Summary: Profiles Amelia Earhart, who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and who disappeared during her attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2003
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LAKLakin, Patricia
Summary: A brief biography of the woman who overcame her shyness to become a teacher, a nurse during the Civil War, and founder of the American Red Cross.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2004
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LAKNakamura, May
Summary: "Get to know Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist known for her extensive use of polka dots and for her infinity installations, in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people "you should meet!""--
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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 NAKCalkhoven, Laurie
Summary: "A ready-to-read level 3 biography of Shirley Chisholm, who, in 1972 became the first African-American woman to enter the Democratic presidential race in the United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CALGoldsmith, 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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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE GolHolub, 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