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1) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A short biography of the famous civil rights figure and her work.
3) Me... Jane
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A brief overview of the life of the man who was President of the United States during the difficult years of the Civil War and who issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.
10) Nelson Mandela
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Presents a short biography of Nelson Mandela, who spent many years in jail for his political beliefs, focusing on his fight against apartheid, South Africa's system of segregation and oppression based on color.
11) Nelson Mandela
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Provides a brief biography of Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa who spent twenty-seven years in prison for his beliefs.
12) Rosa
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of Rosa Parks' historic refusal to give up her seat on a bus that led to a boycott that lasted more than a year in Montgomery, Alabama.
13) Harriet Tubman
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Provides a simple introduction to Harriet Tubman and how she risked her life time and again so that others could be free.
15) Johnny Appleseed
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Presents a brief biography of John Chapman, the man who planted thousands of apple seeds in the early nineteenth century.
16) Ruby Bridges
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Provides a simple introduction to the life of Ruby Bridges and how Bridges stood up against racism and hatred to help integrate Louisiana's school system.
17) Coretta Scott
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Martin Luther King's wife, Coretta, who in her own right, was a civil rights pioneer who experienced the injustices of the segregated South and who continued her husband's mission after his assassination.
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