Arcadia Public Library

A portrait of the man who grew from a sickly child into a passionate conservationist, skilled outdoorsman, and Nobel Peace Prize-winning mediator, as well as one of the U.S.'s most colorful and energetic presidents.

A biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Explains the concepts of large numbers in terms that young readers can understand and visualize.

Traces the life of the young Jewish girl whose diary chronicles the years she and her family hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic.

Fractions, decimals, and percents are everywhere! Just take a stroll around a county fair. There are reactions at the pie-eating contest, decimals in the arcade, and percent signs in the prize booth. Each time you see a fraction, decimal, or percent, you can easily convert it into its equivalent. This entertaining picture book is sure to earn 100% from math students and teachers.

An introduction to the life of the woman born into slavery who became a well-known abolitionist and crusader for the rights of African Americans in the United States.

A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century.