Jonah Winter
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A tribute to the life of the iconic jazz entertainer depicts her disadvantaged youth in a segregated America, her unique performance talents, and the irrepressible sense of style that helped her overcome racial barriers.
2) Diego
Author
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the childhood of Diego Rivera and how it influenced his art.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great-grandparents were sold as slaves in front of a courthouse where only rich white men were allowed to vote, then the long fight that led to her right--and determination--to cast her ballot since the Voting Rights Act gave every American the right to vote.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
At a former boy's school in the remote desert of New Mexico, the world's greatest scientists have gathered to work on the "Gadget," an invention so dangerous and classified they cannot even call it by its real name. They work hard, surrounded by top security and sworn to secrecy, until finally they take their creation far out into the desert to test it, and afterward the world will never be the same.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
There once was a fact who could not lie. But no one believed him. When the Authorities lock the sad little fact away, along with other facts, the world goes dark. But facts are stubborn things. With the help of a few skillful fact finders, they make a daring escape and bring truth back to brighten the world. Because after all, "a fact is a fact" and that's that! -- from Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When Willie Mays was a boy, he kept his ears pressed against the radio listening to professional baseball and the play of Joe DiMaggio. He wanted desperately to play pro-ball but was not allowed to because he was a Negro and brown skinned people were not allowed to play with white skinned people. But there were many other Negro men who loved the game and formed their own league. Willie eventually joined them and even there he excelled above everyone...
11) Peaceful heroes
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Presents a tribute to fourteen people that risked their lives to help others and make the world a better place.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Winter and Widener tell the story of James Madison Hemings's childhood at Monticello, and, in doing so, illuminate the many contradictions in Jefferson's life and legacy. Though Jefferson lived in a mansion, Hemings and his siblings lived in a single room. While Jefferson doted on his white grandchildren, he never showed affection to his enslaved children. Though he kept the Hemings boys from hard field labor instead sending them to work in the carpentry...
14) Elvis is King!
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Presents the life and legacy of Elvis, from his birth in Mississippi through his music career, his time in the army, his marriage, and his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
17) Thurgood
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr., before the civil rights movement there was Thurgood, fighting for African Americans - and winning. Here is the powerful story of the trailblazer who proved that separate is not equal." --Provided by Publisher.
18) Oil
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"The story of an oil spill and its devastating effects on animals and the environment"--
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