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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A biography of the woman who served as First Lady for the longest time, and who was the first president's wife to speak out about important issues of the day, by writing newspaper articles and books, giving radio interviews and speeches, and teaching classes.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Presents the lives and portraits of each of the First Ladies, highlighting their special interests, accomplishments, and influence on the politics and social customs of their time.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of the First Lady of the United States, from her childhood in Chicago and her career as a lawyer to her marriage to Barack Obama and her initiatives in the White House.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
There has hardly been a life in the last century that Eleanor Roosevelt has not affected, in one way or another. From securing safe, low-cost housing for Kentucky's poor, to helping her grandchildren hang a tire swing on the White House's south lawn, to representing America as the first female delegate to the United Nations, Eleanor rarely kept a second of her life for herself -- and she wouldn't have had it any other way.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
©2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A biography of the wife of the thirty-fourth president of the United States, an excellent White House hostess and a popular First Lady who did not involve herself in politics.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a biography of the wife of the thirty-fifth president of the United States, an elegant and fashionable First Lady who helped Washington become the social and cultural center of the country.
Author
Series
Publisher
Purple Toad Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Born of privilege and raised amoung the nation's political elite, Mary Todd was a highly intelligent and outspoken young woman with a love for hoop skirts and a disgust for slavery. Her passion for politics would set the stage for her to meet young Abraham Lincoln, who would one day become President of the United States, and she his driving force. On a fateful night in April 1865, she would endure the unthinkable, and her life would be changed forever"--...
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A biography of the wife of the thirty-eighth president of the United States, a relaxed, friendly White House hostess who supported women's rights and helped raise breast cancer awareness by talking openly about her own surgery.
13) Dolley Madison
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the popular and dynamic wife of our fourth President, James Madison.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Through this engaging Who Was? biography, kids will discover the woman behind the sunglasses. Private and bookish, Jackie Kennedy found herself thrust into the world spotlight as the young and glamorous wife of the President John F. Kennedy. As First Lady she restored the once neglected rooms of the White House to their former glory, and through her charm and elegance became a style icon whose influence is still felt even today. Kids will be fascinated...
17) John Adams
Author
Publisher
Abdo Pub. Co
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of the second president of the United States, from his childhood and education in Massachusetts to his marriage to Abigail Smith and his role in the country's early history.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Abigail Adams was a strong woman far ahead of her time. She urged her husband, President John Adams, to 'remember the ladies' and despite having no formal education herself, she later advocated for equal education in public schools for both boys and girls. She was also the first First Lady to live in the White House! This biography tells the story of Abigail Adams and her role in America's Revolutionary War period"--
Author
Series
Time twisters volume 2
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
When Abigail Adams decides there's more to life than doing chores in the White House, she joins a crew of Caribbean pirates! Can siblings Abby and Doc set history straight? Or will they be the ones who need to be rescued?
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