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1) Thurgood
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
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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.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
40 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 29 cm.
Description
Presents an account of frontier life for women in the American West through brief biographies of fifteen famous individuals, including Calamity Jane, Belle Starr, Nellie Cashman, Mary Fields, and Annie Oakley.
4) Frida
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.
Description
Discusses the childhood of Frida Kahlo and how it influenced her art.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
In this striking picture book biography, an old-timer tells us what made Sandy Koufax so amazing. We learn that the beginning of his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers was rocky, that he was shy with his teammates, and experienced discrimination as one of the only Jews in the game. We hear that he actually quit, only to return the next season--different--firing one rocket after another over the plate. We watch him refuse to play in the 1965 World Series...
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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.
8) JFK
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
32 p.
Description
An illustrated tribute to the 35th president's White House years, published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination, offers insight into JFK's cultural significance to everyday Americans.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"In an evocative first-person account accompanied by exquisite artwork, 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...
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), photographs ; 27 cm
Description
"The story of Mother Jones, an Irish immigrant who was essential in the fight to create child labor laws. Well into her sixties, Mother Jones had finally had enough of children working long hours in dangerous factory jobs, and decided she was going to do something about it. The powerful protests she organized earned her the name "the most dangerous woman in America." And in the Children's Crusade of 1903, she lead one hundred boys and girls on a glorious...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
A biography of the first Puerto Rican--and third woman--Supreme Court justice emphasizes how she overcame a childhood of poverty in the South Bronx through her own and her mother's hard work and determination.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
"Pablo Picasso puede ser uno de los pintores más famosos del siglo XX, pero eso no quiere decir que él siempre pintó las cosas que los demás querían que pintara. De hecho, algunas personas detestaban sus pinturas. Pero a Picasso no le importaba la opinión de esas personas y se mantuvo pintando lo que él quería hasta llegar a pintar algo tan diferente que la gente no supo qué decir." --Publisher.
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