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Sojourner Truth / by Heather Moore Niver.
Niver, Heather Moore.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Tru Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781482429121
Pub. Info: New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2016.
Target Audience: 5.3. 3-6 Follett School Solutions.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 0.5
An illustrated biography of nineteenth-century abolitionist Sojourner Truth, who was born into slavery and fought for the rights of African-Americans and women.
Niver, Heather Moore.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Tru Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781482429121
Pub. Info: New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2016.
Target Audience: 5.3. 3-6 Follett School Solutions.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 0.5
An illustrated biography of nineteenth-century abolitionist Sojourner Truth, who was born into slavery and fought for the rights of African-Americans and women.
Ali : an American champion / Barry Denenberg.
Denenberg, Barry.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Ali Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781481401418
Pub. Info: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2014]
Target Audience: 7.3. 5-8 Follett School Solutions. 1030 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 7.3 5.0 Reading Counts 9.2 9.0
Provides a biography of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, told as though happening in real time, discussing his rise to fame as a world heavyweight champion, personal hardships, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, and legacy.
Denenberg, Barry.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Ali Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781481401418
Pub. Info: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2014]
Target Audience: 7.3. 5-8 Follett School Solutions. 1030 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 7.3 5.0 Reading Counts 9.2 9.0
Provides a biography of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, told as though happening in real time, discussing his rise to fame as a world heavyweight champion, personal hardships, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, and legacy.
The boy on the wooden box : how the impossible became possible-- on Schindler's list : a memoir / Leon Leyson, with Marilyn J. Harran and Elisabeth B. Leyson.
Leyson, Leon,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Ley Collection: TX
ISBN: 1442497815
Pub. Info: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2013]
Target Audience: 7.0. 5-8 Follett School Solutions. 1000 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 7.0 7.0 Reading Counts 7.5 10.0
Leon Leyson describes growing up in Poland, being forced from home to ghetto to concentration camps by the Nazis, and being saved by Oskar Schindler.
Leyson, Leon,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Ley Collection: TX
ISBN: 1442497815
Pub. Info: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2013]
Target Audience: 7.0. 5-8 Follett School Solutions. 1000 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 7.0 7.0 Reading Counts 7.5 10.0
Leon Leyson describes growing up in Poland, being forced from home to ghetto to concentration camps by the Nazis, and being saved by Oskar Schindler.
Looking at Lincoln / Maira Kalman.
Kalman, Maira.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Lin Collection: TX
ISBN: 039924039X
Pub. Info: New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, c2012.
Target Audience: 3.3. K-3 Follett School Solutions. AD480 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 3.3 0.5 Reading Counts 1.6 1.0
A young girl is curious about Abraham Lincoln and sets out to find out more about the life of the nation's sixteenth president.
Kalman, Maira.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Lin Collection: TX
ISBN: 039924039X
Pub. Info: New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, c2012.
Target Audience: 3.3. K-3 Follett School Solutions. AD480 Lexile.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 3.3 0.5 Reading Counts 1.6 1.0
A young girl is curious about Abraham Lincoln and sets out to find out more about the life of the nation's sixteenth president.
The Civil War : profiles, one event six people / by Aaron Rosenberg.
Rosenberg, Aaron.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: 920 Ros Collection: TX
ISBN: 0545289262
Pub. Info: New York : Scholastic, c2011.
Target Audience: 910 Lexile. 7.1. 3-6 Follett School Solutions.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.1 4.0 141652 IN. Reading Counts RC 6.3 8.0 IN.
"Profiles."
Provides biographical information about six individuals who were key players in the Civil War, including Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, George McClellan, Clara Barton, and Matthew Brady; and discusses how they interacted with one another and influenced events.
Rosenberg, Aaron.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: 920 Ros Collection: TX
ISBN: 0545289262
Pub. Info: New York : Scholastic, c2011.
Target Audience: 910 Lexile. 7.1. 3-6 Follett School Solutions.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.1 4.0 141652 IN. Reading Counts RC 6.3 8.0 IN.
"Profiles."
Provides biographical information about six individuals who were key players in the Civil War, including Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, George McClellan, Clara Barton, and Matthew Brady; and discusses how they interacted with one another and influenced events.
Sanctuary : Kip Tiernan and Rosie's place, the nation's first shelter for women / Christine McDonnell ; illustrated by Victoria Tentler-Krylov.
McDonnell, Christine,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Tie Collection: TX
ISBN: 153621129X
Pub. Info: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, c2022.
Target Audience: 006-008. BTSB.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 4.6 0.5
Kip Tiernan decided to open the first shelter for women--a shelter with no questions asked, no required chores, just good meals and warm beds. With persistence, Kip took on the city of Boston in her quest to open Rosie's Place, our nation's first shelter for women. The story of how one person's dream can make a huge difference, and small acts of kindness can lead to great things.
McDonnell, Christine,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Tie Collection: TX
ISBN: 153621129X
Pub. Info: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, c2022.
Target Audience: 006-008. BTSB.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 4.6 0.5
Kip Tiernan decided to open the first shelter for women--a shelter with no questions asked, no required chores, just good meals and warm beds. With persistence, Kip took on the city of Boston in her quest to open Rosie's Place, our nation's first shelter for women. The story of how one person's dream can make a huge difference, and small acts of kindness can lead to great things.
Holding her own : the exceptional life of Jackie Ormes / words by Traci N. Todd ; pictures by Shannon Wright.
Todd, Traci N.,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Orm Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781338305906
Pub. Info: New York : Orchard Books, 2023.
Target Audience: 4.5. 2-5.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 4.5 0.5
A picture book biography of Jackie Ormes, the first Black woman cartoonist to be recognized and nationally syndicated in newspapers in the United States. Also celebrates her work as a fashionista, activist, journalist, and philanthropist in post-World War II America.
Todd, Traci N.,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Orm Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781338305906
Pub. Info: New York : Orchard Books, 2023.
Target Audience: 4.5. 2-5.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 4.5 0.5
A picture book biography of Jackie Ormes, the first Black woman cartoonist to be recognized and nationally syndicated in newspapers in the United States. Also celebrates her work as a fashionista, activist, journalist, and philanthropist in post-World War II America.
Abraham Lincoln / by BreAnn Rumsch.
Rumsch, BreAnn,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Lin Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781680781069
Pub. Info: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Abdo Publishing Company, 2017, c2017.
Target Audience: 3.0. 2.0-5.0. 580 Lexile. Q Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Books.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 4.7 0.5
Includes glossary and timeline.
Big Buddy Books.
This biography introduces readers to Abraham Lincoln including his military service, early political career, and key events from Lincoln�s administration including the American Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included.
Rumsch, BreAnn,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Lin Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781680781069
Pub. Info: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Abdo Publishing Company, 2017, c2017.
Target Audience: 3.0. 2.0-5.0. 580 Lexile. Q Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Books.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 4.7 0.5
Includes glossary and timeline.
Big Buddy Books.
This biography introduces readers to Abraham Lincoln including his military service, early political career, and key events from Lincoln�s administration including the American Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included.
Chester Nez and the unbreakable code : a Navajo code talker's story / Joseph Bruchac, pictures by Liz Amini-Holmes
Bruchac, Joseph,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Nez Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780807500071
Pub. Info: Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, [2018]
Target Audience: 5.5
"As a boy, Chester Nez was taught his native language and culture were useless, but he was later called on to use his Navajo language to help create an unbreakable military code during WWII"--
Provided by publisher
Bruchac, Joseph,
Branch: 0440
Call Number: B Nez Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780807500071
Pub. Info: Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, [2018]
Target Audience: 5.5
"As a boy, Chester Nez was taught his native language and culture were useless, but he was later called on to use his Navajo language to help create an unbreakable military code during WWII"--
Provided by publisher
Bartali's bicycle : the true story of Gino Bartali, Italy's secret hero / written by Megan Hoyt ; illustrated by Iacopo Bruno.
Hoyt, Megan.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: 796.6 Hoy Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780062908117
Pub. Info: New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Target Audience: 4.1. K-3 Follett School Solutions.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 4.2 0.5
Describes how Italian cyclist Gino Bartali, winner of the 1938 Tour de France, secretly worked with the Italian resistance to save more than eight hundred Jewish men, women, and children, and others, from certain death during World War II.
Hoyt, Megan.
Branch: 0440
Call Number: 796.6 Hoy Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780062908117
Pub. Info: New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Target Audience: 4.1. K-3 Follett School Solutions.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader LG 4.2 0.5
Describes how Italian cyclist Gino Bartali, winner of the 1938 Tour de France, secretly worked with the Italian resistance to save more than eight hundred Jewish men, women, and children, and others, from certain death during World War II.