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5842) Stories of bravery!
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This Step into Reading collection features five American Girl leveled readers, including Freedom for Addy, Kaya Rides to the Rescue, Melody Lifts her Voice, Molly's Christmas Surprise, and Samantha Helps a Friend. With exciting, inspiring stories about girls who faced big challenges with bravery and determination, this book is the perfect gift for young readers ages 4 to 7. The stories cover a range of settings and topics, including finding freedom...
Author
Series
Reference information paper volume 112
Publisher
National Archives and Records Administration
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
5845) A morning with Grann
Author
Publisher
Paw Prints Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Liline, a young Haitian American girl, and her cat Pepper learn a little about Grann's homeland of Haiti while getting ready for the first day of kindergarten.
5846) Best friends
Author
Publisher
Paw Prints Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When she and her family find a cat and, after no luck finding its owner, decide to keep her, Haitian American kindergartener Liline must come up with the perfect name.
Author
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An account of the author's brief years shared with his civil rights leader father offers insight into their special bond, their separation during Dr. King's imprisonment, and the author's five-year-old witness to the famous "I Have a Dream" speech
5848) Rizos
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Summary in Spanish.
"Marlene ama tres cosas: el arte, a su adorada tía Ruby y pasar el tiempo con Camilla, su mejor amiga. Pero su mamá piensa que se debería enfocar solamente en sus estudios y en madurar; y esto último implica alisarse el pelo todos los fines de semana para que se vea “presentable” y “bueno”. Pero Marlene odia ir al salón y no entiende por qué nadie a su alrededor piensa que sus rizos naturales son bonitos. Después...
5849) 4 little girls
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
The Birmingham Campaign was launched in 1963. Martin Luther King Jr. and other activists were soon jailed...but it was the participation of the children that advanced the momentum of the Birmingham movement. They marched alongside the adults and were taken to jail with them as well. The 16th St. Baptist Church was close to the downtown area, it was an ideal location to hold rallies and meetings. On Sunday morning, Sept. 15, 1963, dynamite planted...
Series
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
Uses archival photographs, sound recordings, and film footage to explore world events, sports, life-styles, and achievements during 1960-1964. Looks at the Cuban missile crisis; the Bay of Pigs; the Berlin Wall; the civil war in Vietnam; civil rights; John Glenn's space flight; Martin Luther King's I have a dream speech; the assassination of John F. Kennedy; Hitchcock's classic thriller, Psycho; the Kennedy/Nixon debates; James Meredith enrolled in...
