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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"We can all be heroes" is the message entertainingly told in this New York Times Bestselling picture-book biography series, with this title focusing on groundbreaking baseball player, Jackie Robinson (Cover may vary)
Jackie Robinson always loved sports, especially baseball. But he lived at a time before the Civil Rights Movement, when the rules weren't fair to African Americans. Even though Jackie was a great athlete,...
Jackie Robinson always loved sports, especially baseball. But he lived at a time before the Civil Rights Movement, when the rules weren't fair to African Americans. Even though Jackie was a great athlete,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Describes the Stonewall Riots in New York City in 1969, which sparked the gay liberation movement in the United States, and details the history of LGBTQ rights since the riots.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
pages ; cm
Language
English
Description
"Kids have always been on the front lines of the fights for justice. From marches protesting child labor to the student strike that helped build the case for Brown v. Board of Education to modern-day March for Our Lives and the Climate Strike, 'Kids on the March' tells the empowering story of children and teens throughout the twentieth and early twenty-first century rallying to fight for liberty, justice, and equality"--
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
44 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of Fannie Sellins, a union activist who traveled the nation promoting fair wages and decent working and living conditions for workers in the garment and mining industries.
Author
Publisher
Quindaro Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A history from the Civil War onward of the partnership between military dogs and their human companions. Describes the evolving relationship as the dogs' skills are discovered and exploited by their handlers, and the U.S. military's changing policy toward the dogs."--
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The Planned Parenthood president shares the story of her life spent fighting for women's rights and social justice, offering insight into her work as a labor organizer, the challenges of balancing career and family, and the importance of taking risks.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the women's rights movement in the United States, from the beginning of the movement in the nineteenth century and the fight for equal rights in the 1960s to such present-day events as the Women's March in 2017.
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The First Amendment guarantees the right to peacefully protest, and Americans have embraced this right for nearly two centuries. [This book] . . . focuses on the people who faced adversity while speaking out for women's suffrage, Black civil rights, the environment, LGBTQ rights, and more"--
14) Trains
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines different kinds of trains, including old steam engines, high-speed trains in Japan, the world's longest freight train, and more.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of the celebrated abolitionist, writer, and orator, chronicling his achievements and the challenges he faced along the way.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery during a classroom lesson"--
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
157 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Discusses the achievements of chemist Harvey Washington Wiley, who recognized the dangers of using harmful chemicals, including formaldehyde, borax, and salicyclic acid, in food and medicine and fought for safe products for consumers.
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