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Reaching for the Moon : the autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson.
Johnson, Katherine G.,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Joh Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781534440838
Pub. Info: New York, New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019]
Target Audience: 7.1. 4-8. 1040 Lexile. Z Fountas & Pinnell.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 7.1 8.0 Reading Counts RC 6-8 9.3 12.0
Mathematician Katherine Johnson pens her autobiography detailing her life as a girl of color in a time of racial violence and gender discrimination and discussing her pivotal work with NASA's Apollo 11 program.
Johnson, Katherine G.,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Joh Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781534440838
Pub. Info: New York, New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019]
Target Audience: 7.1. 4-8. 1040 Lexile. Z Fountas & Pinnell.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 7.1 8.0 Reading Counts RC 6-8 9.3 12.0
Mathematician Katherine Johnson pens her autobiography detailing her life as a girl of color in a time of racial violence and gender discrimination and discussing her pivotal work with NASA's Apollo 11 program.
Wheels of time : a biography of Henry Ford / by Catherine Gourley.
Gourley, Catherine.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B For Collection: TX
ISBN: 076130214X
Pub. Info: Brookfield, CT : Millbrook Press, c1997.
Target Audience: 007-009 BTSB. 800 Lexile.
A biography of the engineer and industrialist whose innovative methods enabled his company to build and mass-produce reliable and inexpensive automobiles.
Gourley, Catherine.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B For Collection: TX
ISBN: 076130214X
Pub. Info: Brookfield, CT : Millbrook Press, c1997.
Target Audience: 007-009 BTSB. 800 Lexile.
A biography of the engineer and industrialist whose innovative methods enabled his company to build and mass-produce reliable and inexpensive automobiles.
Coretta / by Coretta Scott King with the Reverend Dr. Barbara Reynolds ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes ; adaptation, Julia Sooy.
King, Coretta Scott,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Kin Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781250167101
Pub. Info: New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2024.
Target Audience: PS-3.
Presents a nonfiction picture book that chronicles the life of civil rights leader Coretta Scott King, and details her early life, marriage to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and legacy. Includes a timeline.
King, Coretta Scott,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Kin Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781250167101
Pub. Info: New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2024.
Target Audience: PS-3.
Presents a nonfiction picture book that chronicles the life of civil rights leader Coretta Scott King, and details her early life, marriage to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and legacy. Includes a timeline.
Schomburg : the man who built a library / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez.
Weatherford, Carole Boston,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Sch Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781536208979
Pub. Info: Ã2017
Target Audience: 6.9. 3-6. 1100 Lexile. Y Fountas & Pinnell.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 6.9 1.0 Reading Counts RC 3-5 10.4 4.0
Highlights the life and legacy of Arturo Schomburg who worked during the Harlem Renaissance to raise awareness of Afro-Latin American and African American achievements and the contributions they made to society. Includes a timeline.
Weatherford, Carole Boston,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Sch Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781536208979
Pub. Info: Ã2017
Target Audience: 6.9. 3-6. 1100 Lexile. Y Fountas & Pinnell.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 6.9 1.0 Reading Counts RC 3-5 10.4 4.0
Highlights the life and legacy of Arturo Schomburg who worked during the Harlem Renaissance to raise awareness of Afro-Latin American and African American achievements and the contributions they made to society. Includes a timeline.
Michelle Obama / Christine Taylor-Butler.
Taylor-Butler, Christine.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Oba Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780531211922
Pub. Info: New York : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2015.
Target Audience: 6.1. 3-6 Follett School Solutions. 880 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 5.4 0.5 Reading Counts 5.7 3.0
A brief biography of Michelle Obama, the wife of the forty-fourth President of the United States, and profiles her childhood, education, and the events that led her to theWhite House.
Taylor-Butler, Christine.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Oba Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780531211922
Pub. Info: New York : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2015.
Target Audience: 6.1. 3-6 Follett School Solutions. 880 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 5.4 0.5 Reading Counts 5.7 3.0
A brief biography of Michelle Obama, the wife of the forty-fourth President of the United States, and profiles her childhood, education, and the events that led her to theWhite House.
The amazing age of John Roy Lynch / written by Chris Barton ; illustrated by Don Tate.
Barton, Chris.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Lyn Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780802853790
Pub. Info: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2015.
Target Audience: 4.8. 3-6 Follett School Solutions. 920 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 5.7 0.5 Reading Counts 6.4 3.0
"A picture book biography of John Roy Lynch, one of the first African-Americans elected into the United States Congress"--Provided by publisher.
Barton, Chris.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Lyn Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780802853790
Pub. Info: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2015.
Target Audience: 4.8. 3-6 Follett School Solutions. 920 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 5.7 0.5 Reading Counts 6.4 3.0
"A picture book biography of John Roy Lynch, one of the first African-Americans elected into the United States Congress"--Provided by publisher.
Sharice's big voice : a native kid becomes a congresswoman / by Sharice Davids with Nancy K. Mays ; illustrations by Joshua Mangeshig Pawls-Steckley.
Davids, Sharice,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Dav Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780062979667
Pub. Info: copyright 2021
Target Audience: Ages 7-11. Grades 2-6.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 4.0 0.5
When Sharice Davids was young, she never thought she'd be in Congress. And she never thought she'd be one of the first Native American women in Congress. During her campaign, she heard from a lot of doubters. They said she couldn't win because of how she looked, who she loved, and where she came from. But here's the thing: Everyone's path looks different and everyone's path has obstacles. And this is the triumphant story of Sharice Davids' path to Congress.
Davids, Sharice,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Dav Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780062979667
Pub. Info: copyright 2021
Target Audience: Ages 7-11. Grades 2-6.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 4.0 0.5
When Sharice Davids was young, she never thought she'd be in Congress. And she never thought she'd be one of the first Native American women in Congress. During her campaign, she heard from a lot of doubters. They said she couldn't win because of how she looked, who she loved, and where she came from. But here's the thing: Everyone's path looks different and everyone's path has obstacles. And this is the triumphant story of Sharice Davids' path to Congress.
Midnight teacher : Lilly Ann Granderson and her secret school / by Janet Halfmann ; illustrated by London Ladd.
Halfmann, Janet,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Gra Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781620141632
Pub. Info: New York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2018]
Target Audience: 5.5. 1-4. 950 Lexile. V Fountas & Pinnell.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 5.5 0.5 Reading Counts RC 3-5 7.4 2.0
Presents the story of Lilly Ann Granderson, a slave in 1821, who learned to read and write from her master's children. She began to read everything she could and discovered that parts of the North were free from slavery and she wanted that freedom. As her skills improved, she began teaching other slaves, and over the years hundreds of men and women learned to read and write because of her.
Halfmann, Janet,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Gra Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781620141632
Pub. Info: New York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2018]
Target Audience: 5.5. 1-4. 950 Lexile. V Fountas & Pinnell.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 5.5 0.5 Reading Counts RC 3-5 7.4 2.0
Presents the story of Lilly Ann Granderson, a slave in 1821, who learned to read and write from her master's children. She began to read everything she could and discovered that parts of the North were free from slavery and she wanted that freedom. As her skills improved, she began teaching other slaves, and over the years hundreds of men and women learned to read and write because of her.
So tall within : Sojourner Truth's long walk toward freedom / Gary D. Schmidt ; illustrated by Daniel Minter.
Schmidt, Gary D.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Tru Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781626728721
Pub. Info: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2018.
Target Audience: 4.7. K-3 Follett School Solutions. 950 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 4.7 0.5 Reading Counts 0.0 0.0
A picture book biography of Sojourner Truth.
Schmidt, Gary D.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Tru Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781626728721
Pub. Info: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2018.
Target Audience: 4.7. K-3 Follett School Solutions. 950 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 4.7 0.5 Reading Counts 0.0 0.0
A picture book biography of Sojourner Truth.
Game changers : the story of Venus and Serena Williams / written by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James E. Ransome.
Cline-Ransome, Lesa.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: 920 Cli Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781481476843
Pub. Info: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018]
Target Audience: 5.7. 3-6 Follett School Solutions. 1030 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 6.0 0.5 Reading Counts 9.2 3.0
"A Paula Wiseman Book."
"Shares the story of the sisters and tennis stars, including their special relationship as sisters and best friends, their constant training as children, and their incredible success in professional tennis"--OCLC.
Cline-Ransome, Lesa.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: 920 Cli Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781481476843
Pub. Info: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018]
Target Audience: 5.7. 3-6 Follett School Solutions. 1030 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 6.0 0.5 Reading Counts 9.2 3.0
"A Paula Wiseman Book."
"Shares the story of the sisters and tennis stars, including their special relationship as sisters and best friends, their constant training as children, and their incredible success in professional tennis"--OCLC.