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This guide will introduce you to a variety of local, state, and federal resources, as well as information on elections and access to government documents.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Awards: C. S. King Award for Afr. Amer. Author/Illustrator
Children's Awards: Caldecott Honor for Quality Illustrations
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Awards: Caldecott Honor for Quality Illustrations
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
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Description
A Grammy-nominated headliner for the New Orleans Jazz Fest describes his childhood in Tremé and how he came to be a bandleader by age six.
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Truly devoted to the idea of public art, Haring created murals wherever he went. From Matthew Burgess, the much-acclaimed author of Enormous Smallness, comes Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring. Often seen drawing in white chalk on the matte black paper of unused advertising space in the subway, Haring & ;s iconic pop art and graffiti-like style transformed the New York City underground in the 1980s. A member of the LGBTQ community, Haring died...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Not only was Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA," he has risen to become a twenty-time Grammy winner and American icon. Bruce Springsteen grew up in a blue-collar New Jersey town, where his parents struggled to make ends meet. Bruce didn't fit in at school but found solace in rock and roll and playing guitar. After the breakup of a local band he'd joined, Springsteen went out on his own and people began to take notice. He signed with Columbia Records...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the US Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground...
12) Mail carriers
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
©1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of mail carriers.
14) Flags
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Language
English
Description
"Historical and anecdotal information about each of the fifty states' official state flags, including the inspiration of the design."--
20) Presidents FYI
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have changed the boundaries of the nation and the course of its history. Learn about these presidents and many more in this book full of facts and photos, stories and history, triumphs, disappointments, and tough decisions. Find out which president sewed his own suits, which one got stuck in a White House bathtub, and which one was never elected! And see if you can run for president (plus how to...
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