by Joanne | Mar 23, 2012 | Non-Fiction
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat to a white man. This refusal to give up her dignity sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, a yearlong struggle, and a major victory in the civil rights movement. Source notes,...
by Joanne | Mar 23, 2012 | Non-Fiction
Describes the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence as well as the personalities and politics behind its framing. – from the publisher 96 pages 978-0823417537 Ages 10-13 Grade level 5-8
by Joanne | Mar 23, 2012 | Non-Fiction
Biographies of six Western Indian chiefs who led their people in a historic moment of crisis, when a decision had to be made about fighting or cooperating with the white pioneers encroaching on their hunting grounds. – from the publisher 160 pages ...
by Joanne | Mar 23, 2012 | Non-Fiction
Photobiography of early twentieth-century photographer and schoolteacher Lewis Hine, using his own work as illustrations. Hines’s photographs of children at work were so devastating that they convinced the American people that Congress must pass child labor...
by Joanne | Mar 23, 2012 | Non-Fiction
The intriguing story of Eleanor Roosevelt traces the life of the former First Lady from her early childhood through the tumultuous years in the White House to her active role in the founding of the United Nations after World War II. A Newberry Honor Book. – from the...
