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2) 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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Children's Books About Black Business Owners
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Picture Books for Black History Month
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Picture Books for Black History Month
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You know the Super Soaker. It's one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the iconic toy. A love for rockets, robots, inventions, and a mind for creativity began early in Lonnie Johnson's life. Growing up in a house full of brothers and sisters, persistence and a passion for problem...
11) Abraham Lincoln
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A biography of the president who held the country together during the bloodiest war ever fought in the United States.
14) James Buchanan
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A biography of the man who served as the fifteenth president of the United States just before the Civil War.
15) Andrew Johnson
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Follows the life and career of the statesman who became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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) Martin Van Buren
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Examines the life and career of the eighth American president, who had the nickname "Old Kinderhook."
19) 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.
20) Gerald Ford
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Presents details of the life and career of America's first appointed president.