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Picture Book Biographies for Hispanic Heritage Month
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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Looks at the life and accomplishments of Teresa Carreño, one of the most famous pianist who, by age nine, performed for President Abraham Lincoln at the White House.
3) Dreamers
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"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
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Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Picture Books for Black Lives
Picture Books for Black History Month
Picture Books for Black Lives
Picture Books for Black History Month
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"Join us on a journey across borders, through time and even through space to meet 52 icons of color from the past and present in a celebration of achievement. Meet figureheads, leaders, and pioneers such as Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers and sporting heroes, including Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, and Serena Williams. Discover how their childhood dreams and experiences influenced their adult...
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A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
11) Franklin Pierce
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A biography of the fourteenth president, who served during a period of increasing bitterness between the North and the South.
12) Ronald Reagan
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A biography of the fortieth president of the United States, including his childhood, education, employment, and political career.
13) Woodrow Wilson
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Follows the life and career of the scholar and educator who was president of the United States during World War I.
14) Harry S. Truman
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A biography of the senator from Missouri who became the thirty-third president of the United States in 1945.
17) Herbert Hoover
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A biography of Herbert Hoover, thirty-first president of the United States, describing his career as mining engineer, millionaire businessman, stateman, humanitarian relief worker, and president during the Great Depression.
18) John Tyler
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A biography of the Virginian who became tenth president of the United States upon the death of William Henry Harrison.
19) Bill Clinton
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Examines the life and career of the forty-second president of the United States.