Jonah Winter
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It could happen anywhere, at any time." The chillingly familiar history of the infamous Salem witch trials is here brought into modern context, showing how bias and blame have worked in tandem throughout history, to disastrous effect. As the townspeople become increasingly fueled by suspicion, the accused become the accusers, naming names to save themselves. Could something like this still occur today? Of course. But it's up to all of us to stop...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 30 cm
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1987, the town of Islip, New York, with no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage, loads it on a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the East Coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, down to Belize, and back again, in search of a place willing to accept and dispose of its very smelly cargo.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
To become the first female Jewish Supreme Court Justice, the unsinkable Ruth Bader Ginsburg had to overcome countless injustices. Structured as a court case in which the reader is presented with evidence of the injustice that Ginsburg faced, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the true story of how one of America's most 'notorious' women bravely persevered to become the remarkable symbol of justice she is today.
5) Dizzy
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Dizzy Gillespie, a trumpet player, who created a whole new kind of music: Bebop.
6) Barack
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
890L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A picture book biography of African-American senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 860L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides a profile of this legendary and flamboyant boxer and the complicated life he led, from changing his religion and his name to dodging the draft during the Vietnam Era and fighting his way to regain a stripped title.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 840L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of U.S. Supreme Court judge, Sonia Sotomayor.
Una biografía de la Jueza del Tribunal Supremo, Sonia Sotomayor.
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
pages ; cm.
Language
English
Description
In the late nineteenth century, Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Sullivan, who write operas together for a theater called Topsy-Turvydom, have a falling-out when Mr. Sullivan refuses to write music for another ridiculous story that is like all the others.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 1030L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great-grandparents were sold as slaves in front of a courthouse where only rich white men were allowed to vote, then the long fight that led to her right--and determination--to cast her ballot since the Voting Rights Act gave every American the right to vote.
11) Hillary
Author
Pub. Date
[2016].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life and career of presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, trace her early years as an outspoken student at Wellesley and Yale, her marriage to the 42nd president, and her achievements as a senator and secretary of state.
13) Banned book
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
23 pages, chiefly color illustrations, 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
The text follows the story of a book that is first subjected to redaction, then removal from a library, and finally disposal.
14) Frida
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
This long-awaited companion to Jonah Winter's acclaimed DIEGO features the paintings of young Spanish artist, Ana Juan. This stunning picture book is the perfect gift for art enthusiasts of all ages.
When her mother was worn out from caring for her five sisters, her father gave her lessons in brushwork and color. When polio kept her bedridden for nine months, drawing saved her from boredom. When a bus accident left her in unimaginable agony, her...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages: color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this unusual...picture book that riffs on the language and rhythms of old New Orleans...picture book biographer Jonah Winter...turns his focus to one of America's early jazz heroes, [Jelly Roll Morton]..."--Amazon.com.
17) Diego
Author
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the childhood of Diego Rivera and how it influenced his art.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young Paul Revere and his friends form a club whose members ring the bells at Christ Church, an experience which teaches him responsibility and other lessons that he uses as an adult in the American Revolution.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Follow a sad little fact who is locked away for telling the truth. In its underground prison, it meets other facts, all hidden away because they could not lie. Finally, with the help of a few skillful fact-finders, the facts are set free"-- Provided by publisher.