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By Staton Rabin, Bagram Ibatoulline. 2008
By Susan E. Goodman, Elwood Smith. 2008
Explains the process for electing the president of the United States. Discusses the electoral college system of voting, the role…
of political parties, candidates' campaigns and debates, and the reasons all citizens should vote. Presents historical facts about former presidents and past elections. For grades 4-7. 2008By Ruth Scurr. 2006
Biography of lawyer Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794), a leader of the French Revolution who became a victim of the Reign of…
Terror, which he instigated. Posits that Robespierre's advocacy of the death penalty was psychologically motivated and uses primary sources to document his life. Violence. 2006By Marlene Targ Brill. 2006
Biography of U.S. senator from Illinois, from his childhood to his announcement to run for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.…
Chronicles his school years and his early career promoting civil rights. Describes his experiences as the child of a white mother and an African father. For grades 5-8. 2006By Paul Schneider. 2006
History of the 1527 Spanish expedition led by Pánfilo de Narváez that attempted to explore the North American Gulf Coast.…
Details struggles with disease, hurricanes, cannibalism, and hostile natives that reduced four hundred men to four survivors--including conquistador Cabeza de Vaca--who reached western Mexico eight years later. Some violence. 2006By Alden R. Carter, Alden R Carter, Carol S. Carter. 2001
Natalie explains her disorder--diabetes--and what she must do every day to keep her blood sugar at a safe level. She…
tells how her parents and sister help her and how supportive her classmates are. Includes a section of frequently asked questions and answers on diabetes. For grades 3-6. 2001By Jacqueline Laks Gorman, Tatiana Acosta, Guillermo Gutiérrez. 2002
Describe el trabajo del dentista y cómo el dentista ayuda a la gente. Explica qué se puede esperar cuando se…
visita al dentista. Para niños preescolares hasta el grado 2. Edición bilingüe en inglés y españolBy Judith St. George. 1999
Discusses the assassinations of four American presidents: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. Also describes seven…
unsuccessful attempts on other U.S. chief executives. Briefly explains each leader's life and times and the criminals' reasons for their attacks. For grades 5-8. 1999By Hans Koning. 1991
Koning debunks the legend of Columbus as a brave sailor who set out to find a new route to Asia…
and instead discovered America. The author looks at the explorer's life, from his childhood in Genoa through his four voyages, and describes how Columbus's desire to find a new route to Asia and to bring back gold to Spain led to the plundering of Native AmericansBy Leonard Everett Fisher. 1989
A history of America's most famous residence from the 1790s when its plans were first laid to 1989 and the…
arrival of the Bush family. For grades 4-7 and older readersBy David A. Adler, David A Adler, Jacqueline Garrick. 1987
By Nikki Grimes, Laura Freeman. 2020
Award-winning poet and author chronicles the formative moments of Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants who would grow up to…
be the first woman, first Black person, and first South Asian American ever elected Vice President of the United States. For grades K-3. 2020By James Tobin. 2021
A biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, focusing on his battle with polio and how he became paralyzed from the waist…
down. FDR's rehabilitation and determination set him on the course to become the governor of New York and, ultimately, the president. For grades 5-8. 2021By J. T Moriarty, Jesse Jarnow. 2004
Surveys the life of the well-known American frontiersman who became a member of Congress and opposed the policies of President…
Andrew Jackson. He joined the Texas Revolution after losing a reelection bid in 1835 and was captured and executed at the Alamo. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2004Reviews the life and major accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Along with…
his work as a statesman, he was a well-known printer, writer, and inventor. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2004Short biography of Alexander Hamilton, who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a statesman,…
lawmaker, writer of the Federalist Papers, and first secretary of the treasury under George Washington, who was recently featured in the famed Broadway play Hamilton. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2004A short biography of George Washington, perhaps the most famous Founding Father of the United States. He was the commander-in-chief…
of the Continental Army and the first president of the United States. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2004By Barb Rosenstock, Elizabeth Baddeley. 2020
Presents the life of the former first lady, describing how she defied historical conventions by asking questions, marrying against expectations,…
volunteering during the Revolutionary War, and representing the new nation as the president's wife. For grades K-3. 2020By Russell Freedman. 2013
In 1723 Ben Franklin arrived in Philadelphia as a poor and friendless seventeen-year-old who had run away from his family…
and an apprenticeship in Boston. Sixty-two years later he stepped ashore in nearly the same spot but was greeted by cannons, bells, and a cheering crowd, now a distinguished statesman, renowned author, and world-famous scientist. Freedman's riveting story of how a rebellious apprentice became an American icon through brilliance, hard work, and an endless supply of innovative ideas. Unrated. For grades 4-7By Bethany Hegedus, Kyung Eun Han. 2020
Covers the inspiring life of humanitarian Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States and a Nobel Prize winner.…
Includes an author's note, timeline, and additional resources. For grades K-3. 2020