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The untold history of the United States: young readers edition, / Volume 1, 1898-1945
By Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick. 2014
Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone and renowned historian Peter Kuznick present a provocative overview of crucial moments in American history…
from the late nineteenth century through the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. For senior high and older readers. 2014The untold history of the United States: young readers edition / Volume 2, 1945-1962
By Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick. 2019
Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone and renowned historian Peter Kuznick present a different perspective on pivotal moments in America's past.…
Examines how US decisions and actions during the Cold War changed the world at large. Adapted by Eric Singer. For senior high and older readers. 2019The poison eaters: fighting danger and fraud in our food and drugs
By Gail Jarrow. 2019
Examines the history of how food was made safer after first examining the gross and dangerous methods employed by factories…
in how they processed and packaged what the public consumed. Discusses the additives used such as borax in sausage and formaldehyde in milk. For grades 5-8. 2019Introduction to the process of becoming the president of the United States and how to campaign for the job. Presents…
information on eligibility requirements, political parties, primaries, the electoral college, and more. For grades 3-6. 2016Come on in, America: the United States in World War I
By Linda Barrett Osborne. 2017
After years of neutrality, the United States declared war on Germany and entered World War I on April 6, 1917.…
Discusses the underlying reasons for American involvement. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2017A time to act: John F. Kennedy's big speech
By Shana Corey, R. Gregory Christie. 2017
Short biography of John F. Kennedy, America's thirty-fifth president, highlighting his civil rights address in 1963. Although he was in…
office less than four years, JFK's legacies include establishing the Peace Corps and empowering the space program to get us to the moon. For grades 3-6. 2017Alice Paul and the fight for women's rights: from the vote to the equal rights amendment
By Deborah Kops. 2017
Recounts the work and accomplishments of suffragist and activist Alice Paul (1885-1977). She was the leader of the National Women's…
Party and the author of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would make all the laws that discriminated against women unconstitutional. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2017Brown v. Board of Education: a fight for simple justice
By Susan Goldman Rubin. 2016
Recounts the many legal cases leading up to the Supreme Court decision to end school segregation in the United States.…
Discusses the work of key players such as Thurgood Marshall and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). For grades 6-9. 2016The legendary Miss Lena Horne
By Carole Boston Weatherford, Elizabeth Zunon. 2017
Profiles the life of the actress and civil rights activist Lena Horne. Describes her early years living with her mother…
on the road and with her grandmother in Brooklyn. Highlights her artistic achievements as she paved the way as an African American actress and singer. For grades 2-4. 2017Strong inside: the true story of how Perry Wallace broke college basketball's color line
By Andrew Maraniss. 2017
Adaptation for a younger audience of a biography of Perry Wallace (born 1948), the first African American offered a sports…
scholarship in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) of the NCAA. Discusses the challenges he faced on campus during the civil rights movement. For grades 6-9. 2017Preaching to the chickens: the story of young John Lewis
By Jabari Asim, E. B. Lewis. 2016
Portrait of civil rights leader John Lewis during his childhood. Young John tended the family farm's flock of chickens and…
regularly practiced his sermons on his new hen congregation. For grades K-3. 2016On our way to Oyster Bay: Mother Jones and her march for children's rights (CitizenKid)
By Monica Kulling, Felicita Sala. 2016
In 1903, labor activist Mother Jones inspired a group of working kids and adults to march with her from Kensington,…
Pennsylvania, to President Theodore Roosevelt's summer home in Oyster Bay, New York, in an effort to end child labor. For grades K-3. 2016Miss Paul and the president: the creative campaign for women's right to vote
By Nancy Zhang, Dean Robbins. 2016
Recounts the story of suffragette Alice Paul (1885-1977) and her campaign to win women the right to vote. Highlights Alice's…
spunk and perseverance in her effort to convince President Woodrow Wilson and a stubborn country that it was time to change the Constitution. For grades K-3. 2016The first step: how one girl put segregation on trial
By Susan E. Goodman, E. B. Lewis. 2016
Recounts the story of four-year-old Sarah Roberts, an African American girl who took her fight to court in order to…
integrate a local white school in Boston. Discusses how the mid-nineteenth-century case set the tone for equality in education. For grades 2-4. 2016Votes of confidence: a young person's guide to American elections
By Jeff Fleischer. 2016
An in-depth introduction to the American election cycle. Journalist explains the past, present, and future of American elections; how the…
election process actually works and why it matters; and how young people can become involved--not just this year, but for years to come. For senior high and older readers. 2016Anything but ordinary Addie: the true story of Adelaide Herrmann, queen of magic
By Mara Rockliff, Iacopo Bruno. 2016
Traces the story of dancer-turned-magician's-assistant Adelaide Herrmann (1853-1932), placing her achievements against a backdrop of period conventions about women in…
the arts. Describes her determination to continue her work after the sudden death of her husband. For grades K-3. 2016The presidential election process
By Holly Lynn Anderson. 2016
Overview of the United States presidential election process. Discusses candidate eligibility requirements, primaries and caucuses, political action committees (PACs), election…
day, inauguration, and more. Explains why every vote counts. For grades 6-9. 2016The Election of 1860: a nation divides on the eve of war (Connect)
By Jessica Gunderson. 2016
Recounts the election of 1860 and profiles the four presidential candidates--John Bell, John C. Breckinridge, Stephen Douglas, and Abraham Lincoln--and…
their political platforms. Highlights the issue of slavery and the immediate and lasting effects the election had on a nation on the brink of civil war. For grades 4-7. 2016My name is Truth: the life of Sojourner Truth
By Ann Turner, Ann Warren Turner, James Ransome. 2015
Hillary Rodham Clinton: some girls are born to lead
By Michelle Markel, LeUyen Pham. 2016
Highlights from the life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, including student elections, law school years and activism, marriage to Bill Clinton…
and love of politics, and how she dealt with criticism. Examines her resilience and determination, and her ambition to be president. For grades K-3. 2016