Winter, Jonah
Summary: An introduction to the Founding Fathers describes the heated exchanges that shaped the drafting of the U.S. Constitution, sharing fact-filled profiles of such historic icons as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2015
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Summary: As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great-grandparents were sold as slaves in front of a courthouse where only rich white men were allowed to vote, then the long fight that led to her right--and determination--to cast her ballot since theVoting Rights Act gave every American the right to vote.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WINWinter, Jonah
Summary: Presents the life and legacy of Elvis, from his birth in Mississippi through his music career, his time in the army, his marriage, and his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PREWinter, Jonah
Summary: Shares information on labor leader Mother Jones and her 1903 Children's Crusade protesting the dangerous conditions endured by child factory workers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2020
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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 WINWinter, Jonah
Summary: A biography of U.S. Supreme Court judge, Sonia Sotomayor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2009
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 921 SOTWinter, Jonah
Summary: Offers an illustrated introduction to the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg that explores the ways that the society in which she grew up was unfair toward women, Jews, and other groups, and how she spent her life working to fight that unfairness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2017
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Summary: Thurgood Marshall was a born lawyer--the loudest talker, funniest joke teller, and best arguer from the time he was a kid growing up in Baltimore in the early 1900s. He would go on to become the star of his high school and college debate teams, a stellar law student at Howard University, and, as a lawyer, a one-man weapon against the discriminatory laws against black Americans. After only two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MARWinter, Jonah
Summary: A picture book biography of African-American senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OBAWinter, Jonah
Summary: The story of an oil spill and its devastating effects on animals and the environment
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.738 WINWinter, Jonah
Summary: "Discover the true story of a man who lived alone in the mountains with a hobby of measuring snowfall that led to groundbreaking data tracking in climate change studies"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2023
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Summary: In Bobville, everyone is named Bob and everything is exactly the same--until one day when one Bob decides to be a Bruce.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2020