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By Martyn Bramwell. 2000
By Katie Peters. 2023
By Catharine Maria Sedgwick. 1987
Set in seventeenth-century New England, Hope Leslie portrays early American life and celebrates the role of women in history. At…
the heart of the story is a cross-cultural friendship between Hope-Leslie, a spirited thinker in a repressive Puritan society and Magawisca, the passionate daughter of a Pequot chief. It challenges the conventional view of Indians, tackles interracial marriage and claims for women their rightful place in history. Adult. UnratedBy Millie Mensah. 2023
In this brand-new series from The Black Curriculum, learn the incredible untold stories of the people, places and journeys that…
shaped Britain, and be inspired to continue learning. Legacies: Discover the inspiring stories of iconic figures from Black British History. Featuring a foreword by Lewis Hamilton, discover inspiring stories about key figures from Black British History. Learn about Britain's Black STEM heroes, like Dr Cecil Belfield Clark who changed medicine; incredible musicians from Evelyn Dove to Arlo Parks; sports stars who broke new ground, like Maurice Burton and Lewis Hamilton; and activists like Olive Morris and Claudia Jones who fought for their communities. Learn about the links between different legacies and how people from the past paved the way for modern day heroes. Lania Narjee is an artist, educator and art psychotherapist who lives and works in London. A trained primary school teacher, she has worked with children and young people for almost a decade and has a lifelong passion for history and art. Her great grandfather was one of the original Windrush passengers that arrived at Tilbury Docks on 22nd June 1948. Places: Learn all about the important places that define Black British History. Featuring a foreword from Darcus Beese, learn about the important places that define Black British History. Dive into untold stories and learn what happened when and where. Who was John Edmonstone, where did he live in Edinburgh, and how did he influence Charles Darwin? What can street names tell us about Britain's links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade? Who campaigned to Free the Cardiff Three and how did St Pauls Carnival get started? Learn all this and more, with this collection of important stories from Black British history around the UK. Melody Triumph is a writer and teacher based in Kent and London. Amanda Quartey lives in the UK and was born and bred in London. At the age of 14 she moved to Ghana and studied art at school and later returned to the UK to study graphic design. At university she majored in Classics. Migration: Learn about how migration has shaped Black British History. Featuring a foreword from Maro Itoje, discover how migration has been part of British history right from the start. For example, did you know Black people lived in Britain during Roman times? Or that there was a Black trumpeter in Henry VIII's court? Find out more in this fascinating guide to Britain's diverse history. Discover the Black British people who campaigned for the abolition of slavery in the 18th century, like Olaudah Equiano. Find out what brought people to Britain in the 20th century and what life was like for them. Learn how migration is important to Britain's identity and history, and how it continues today. Millie Mensah is a visual designer working with charities, education provisions and non-profit organisations. Millie worked within youth justice for 8 years, supporting vulnerable young people and their families. With an interest in history, politics and society, plus a purpose to raise awareness, writing this book for Millie has been a wish fulfilled. Founded by Lavinya Stennet, the Black Curriculum is an organisation dedicated to promoting the learning of Black British history within schools, via workshops and free teaching resources. Black British history is currently not taught consistently in British schools, despite being recommended by reports such as the Windrush review and the MacPherson Report as a way of tackling racism. This series provides aBy P. A Peterkin. 2020
By Jennifer Johnson. 2020
"On the afternoon of July 3, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered more than 12,000 Southern infantrymen to undertake what…
would become the most legendary charge in American military history. This attack, popularly but inaccurately known as "Pickett's Charge," is often considered the turning point of the Civil War's seminal battle of Gettysburg." -- AmazonBy Jennifer Zeiger. 2019
By Deborah Hopkinson. 2022
"As the sun sank over the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, one warm October night in 1871, a smoky haze hung…
in the dry air. There had been little rain, and small fires had been rolling through town continuously since the summer. For weeks the people had tried to protect their homes and businesses from fire. But they could not protect themselves from what would culminate in the deadliest fire in American history. As industrialization surged across the country, and Westward colonization leveled forests to build cities, fires became a mainstay in American life. And as populations grew, so too did the human toll that fire could exact. Through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Americans searched for new and innovative ways to combat the threat of fire. And with climate change threatening to set the whole world aflame, we are once again in a fight for our planet's future. Through the eyes of scientists, witnesses, and survivors of terrible fires alike, Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson brings the horrific history of deadly fires to life, tracing a line from the Peshtigo and Great Chicago fires of 1871 to the wildfires raging in the western United States today." -- Provided by publisherBy Jill Esbaum. 2022
"When Jack Knight takes off in his biplane from North Platte, Nebraska, in 1921, hundreds of people crowd the airstrip.…
Is Jack transporting a famous passenger? Is he ferrying medicine for a sick child? Nope--Jack has six sacks of mail. For the past few years, biplanes like Jack's have been flying the mail only during daylight hours. Flying after dark is risky and crashes are too common, so lawmakers decide to cut funding for the US Air Mail Service. Outraged officials and pilots want to prove that flying the mail is best, so they concoct a plan--a coast-to-coast race. But when a crash, exhaustion, and a snowstorm ground three of the planes, Jack Knight becomes the race's only hope. All he has to do is fly all night long, leaning out of the plane to see, and navigate a blizzard over land he's never covered with an empty fuel tank. Will Jack pull it off and save the Air Mail Service?" -- Provided by publisherBy Gail Jarrow. 2022
"Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and…
stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Doctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but zoologist Charles Stiles knew better. Working with one of the first public health organizations, he and his colleagues treated the sick and showed Southerners how to protect themselves by wearing shoes and using outhouses so that the worms didn't spread. Although hookworm was eventually controlled in the United States, the parasite remains a serious health problem throughout the world. The topic of this STEM book remains relevant and will fascinate young readers interested in medicine, science, history-and gross stories about bloodsucking creatures." -- Provided by publisherBy Patrick C Borzi. 2018
By Brittney C Cooper. 2022
"Biographical collection of ten female figures who changed the world by standing up for what's right and offering an inspirational…
call to action, reminding everyone that they can be forces for change when they stand up!" -- Provided by publisherBy Amanda Abler. 2021
A nonfiction picture book about the famous 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The strange and spectacular collapse of which has become…
a textbook example of an engineering failure, an oft-used science lesson, and even given rise to a legend of an old and gigantic octopus. For grades 3-6. UnratedBy Kristie C Wolferman. 1997
By Meghan McCarthy. 2022
"Meghan McCarthy tells the story of the history of movies and the creators who made them. In fascinating detail, she…
shows how early photography capturing motion became silent films, which led to the first color films." -- Provided by publisherBy Ann Jensen. 1998
By David Owen Bell. 1998
The author takes young children and their parents on a shoreline journey where they can find soft-bellied bullies, birds once…
hunted for their feathers, crabs older than dinosaurs, "bald" five-year-olds, and living prehistoric creatures made of water. For preschool to grade 2. UnratedBy Denise Lewis Patrick. 2022
"What do you know about the Civil War? What if you lived in a different time and place? What would…
you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different? Scholastic's If You Lived...series answers all of kids' most important questions about events in American history. With a question and answer format, kid-friendly artwork, and engaging information, this series is the perfect partner for the classroom and for history-loving readers. What if you lived during the Civil War? Would you be allowed to be a soldier? How would you communicate? What is the true story of the battle between the states? Denise Lewis Patrick answers all these questions and more in this comprehensive guide to the Civil War. A great choice for Civil War units, and for teaching children about this important moment in American history." -- Provided by publisherBy Dave Eggers. 2018
This is a book about what citizenship, good citizenship, means to you, and to us all: Across the course of…
several seemingly unrelated but ultimately connected actions by different children, we watch how kids turn a lonely island into a community and watch a journey from what the world should be to what the world could be. 2018. For preschool to grade 2By David Roberts. 2019
"A century ago, women in the United States and the United Kingdom won the right to vote. The long road…
to victory required courage, intelligence, and the tireless determination of many fascinating women and men, some of whose contributions to this profound societal change have received relatively little attention. Here, in a lavishly illustrated book for young people, best-selling author-illustrator David Roberts celebrates dozens of key suffrage figures from the U. K. and U. S. in beautiful portraits and thrilling scenes that bring them--and their courageous efforts--to vivid life." -- Dust jacket