Ilene Cooper
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
vii, 184 pages ; illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleanor Roosevelt, Fighter for Justice shows young readers how the former First Lady evolved from a poor little rich girl to a protector and advocate for those without a voice. Though now seen as a cultural icon, she was a woman deeply insecure about her looks and her role in the world. But by recognizing her fears and constantly striving to overcome her prejudices, she used her proximity to presidents and her own power to aid in the fight for Civil...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
ix, 134 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
For the first 128 years of our country's history, not a single woman served in the Senate or House of Representatives. All of that changed, however, in November 1916, when Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress, even before the Nineteenth Amendment gave women across the United States the right to vote. Beginning with the womens suffrage movement and going all the way through the results of the 2012 election, Ilene Cooper...
5) Little Lucy
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Lucy the beagle goes to a lake with Bobby and his family, she does not want to go in the water and, instead, has an adventure on her own.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Grandpa explains that the golden rule is a simple statement on how to live that can be practiced by people of all ages and faiths, then helps his grandson figure out how to apply the rule to his own life.
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
57 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Details the important archaeological discovery of the ancient manuscripts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls and discusses efforts to translate them, the battle over their possession, and the people who have figured in their history.
11) Sam I am
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
252 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sam, the son of a Jewish father and Christian mother, struggles to understand religion and its role in his family's life during the Hanukkah and Christmas holidays.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Revised and updated.
Physical Desc
ix, 149 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tracing the period between the women's suffrage movement through the results of the 2018 election, an updated chronicle of women's contributions to politics in the United States features archival photographs and portraits of such luminaries as Nancy Pelosi, Patsy Mink, Shirley Chisholm and newcomers like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.