Doreen Rappaport
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney*Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"President Theodore Roosevelt is known as "the man with a plan," the "rough rider." His figure stands tall in American history; his legacy stretching him to larger-than-life proportions. But before his rise to fame, he was just "Teedie," a boy with ambitious dreams to change the world, and the conviction to see his stupendous imaginings brought to fruition. As an American president, he left an impressive mark upon his country. He promised a "square...
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun / Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
38 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The Carter family stuggles to integrate an all-white school in Drew, Mississippi, in 1965.
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
She couldn't go to college. She couldn't become a politician. She couldn't even vote. But Elizabeth Cady Stanton didn't let that stop her. She called on women across the nation to stand together and demand to be treated as equal to men--and that included the right to vote. It took nearly seventy-five years and generations of women fighting for their rights through words, through action, and through pure determination--for things to slowly begin to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney HYPERION
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"As a student, teacher, lawyer, and judge, Ruth often experienced unfair treatment. But she persisted, becoming a cultural icon, championing equality in pay and opportunity. Her brilliant mind, compelling arguments, and staunch commitment to truth and justice have convinced many to stand with her, and her fight continues to this day. "Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a trailblazer. A fighter. A public servant who has dedicated her life to the pursuit of equality....
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney, Jump at the sun
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces Frederick Douglass's journey from slavery to international renown as writer and lecturer.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life of John Lennon who, as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist, sought to make the world a better and more peaceful place than the one in which he was raised.
Author
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios, a subsidiary of SCHOLASTIC Inc
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Using quotes from some of his beloved speeches, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. comes to life in stunning collage art and vibrant watercolor paintings in this profound and important biography about beliefs and dreams and following one's heart. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his own words, will inspire and affect you, too.
Awards: Caldecott Honor Book; Coretta Scott King Honor Book; ALA Notable Book; ALA Notable Audio Recording; Storytelling World
...Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of the wife of the thirty-second President who devoted herself to helping underprivileged people and working for peace.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1030L
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Through twenty-one meticulously researched accounts-- some chronicled in book form for the first time-- Doreen Rappaport illuminates the defiance of tens of thousands of Jews across eleven Nazi-occupied countries during World War II."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
28 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of short, illustrated biographies of sixteen influential Native Americans, from Tisquantum, who helped the Pilgrims survive the winter of 1622, to Sherman Alexie, a contemporary poet, novelist, and screenwriter.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney HYPERION
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A picture book biography of Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation."--Provided by publisher.
18) The secret seder
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books For Children
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
During the Nazi occupation of France, a boy and his father slip out of their village and into the mountains, where they join a group of fellow Jews at a humble seder table.