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Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After finding out there has never been a female U.S. president, Grace decides to run in her school's mock election, where she learns about the American electoral system and sets out to be the best person for the job even though her opponent, Thomas, seems to be winning all the boys' votes.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Profiles ten women who fought hard to gain the right to vote in the United States, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, and Inez Milholland.
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On a school field trip to Washington, D.C., student council member Grace and her classmates learn about the three branches of the federal government, how school government operates, the qualities of effective leadership, and how to be a good citizen.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Twenty-six amazing women; twenty-six amazing stories. From Amelia Earhart, pilot and adventurer, to Zora Neal Hurston, writer and anthropologist, learn about the hardships and triumphs that inspired each woman to change the world around her. Detailed collages and illustrations draw from various events in the women's lives.
5) Jimmy Carter
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Features a biography of the thirty-ninth president of the United States including his early years, education at the U.S. Naval Academy, his early career as a naval officer, and key events from President Carter's administration.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
This inspiring picture book autobiography tells the remarkable story of Sharice Davids, one of the first Native American women elected to Congress and the first LGBTQ congressperson to represent Kansas.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A brilliant picture book biography about Thurgood Marshall, who fought for equality during the Civil Rights Movement and served as the first Black justice on the Supreme Court, from Coretta Scott King Honor winners Kekla Magoon and Laura Freeman.
Growing up in Baltimore, Thurgood Marshall could see that things weren't fair. The laws said that Black and white people couldn't use the same schools, parks, or water fountains.
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"A nonfiction picture book compilation of the stories of 13 American women who persisted in overcoming obstacles and changing the world"--Provided by publisher.
"Chelsea Clinton introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted. Throughout American history, there have always been women...
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