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Summary: Profiles the life of Abigail Adams, John Adams' wife, focusing on her experiences during the American Revolution and how her role in Adams' presidency would set the standard for future first ladies.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2009

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB ADAMS ORR

Summary: Clara Barton wanted to help people from the time she was a child. She turned her compassion for others into several careers, including teaching and nursing. Risking her life to assist soldiers during the Civil War turned her into an American hero. She went on to found the American Red Cross.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2008

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BARTON PRO

Summary: Presents the life of Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus for a white man triggered the civil rights movement.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2007

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB PARKS KEL

Summary: The amazing life of one of our greatest presidents.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2006

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB ROOSEVELT CAP

Summary: Learn how baseball's Jackie Robinson opened doors for athletes of all races.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 2005

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB ROBINSON PAT

Summary: A close-up look at the life of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and teacher of the deaf.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2006

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BELL MIC

Contents: Sparks fly -- Books and dreams -- A boy named silence -- Home away from home -- Taking care of business -- The good citizen -- Ben's great adventrue -- Home for good -- Talking about Franklin -- Benjamin Franklin's key dates.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FRANKLIN SAT

Summary: Presents the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens, an African American track star who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, and dashed Hitler's hopes for an Aryan domination of the Games.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2008

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB OWENS ISR

Steinmetz, Katy

Summary: Presents facts and trivia on the history and culture of the United States, including the geography, the presidents, prominent Americans, arts and music, and technological innovations.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books 2016

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973 STE

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 STE

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Did you know that James Monroe was the first president to appear without a wig in public? Or that George W. Bush appointed the first African-American secretary of state? Presidents of the United States invites the reader inside the White House to discover fascinating facts about the U.S. commanders-in-chief-their origins, accomplishments, and place in history-as told through famous quotes,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books 2017

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.099 CUT

Summary: A look at the life of the amazing inventor and scientist.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB EDISON DEM

Summary: Presents the life story of the First Lady who worked for human rightsand became known as the First Lady of the World.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2006

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB ROOSEVELT ELN

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Discusses the life and accomplishments of Henry Ford, a man who changed the American way of life in the 1900s by inventing the Model T and founding the Ford Motor Company.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2008

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Prior, Jennifer Overend

Summary: Describes how each of the five senses works to keep people safe and allow them to enjoy the world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Teacher Created Materials 2012

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.8 PRI

Summary: Features questions and answers about sports and science, including when women started competing in the Olympics, why bees make honey, and why oil floats on water.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 031 AMA

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