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Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A champion of equal rights who helped create a better future for all Americans, this biography of the first Asian American woman elected to Congress showed how she carved her own path to become a historic trailblazer.
82) Barack Obama
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Elementary
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of Barack Obama, a U.S. senator from Illinois, discussing his childhood, ethnic background, family, and career in politics.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
Introduces early readers to the life of President Barack Obama, discussing his childhood in Hawaii, years as a teacher, lawyer, and senator, and victory in the 2008 presidential race.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
One of America's most powerful political leaders describes her personal odyssey to the heights of American political power as the first female Speaker of the House and offers encouragement and inspiration to women to follow their dreams.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 630L
Language
English
Description
When David asks his mother about the man on television, she tells him the story of Barack Obama, discussing his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, his parents' divorce, and his desire to help others.
86) Barack
Author
Publisher
Collins/Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
A picture book biography of African-American senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Author
Series
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Part of a four-book series celebrating women in congress, this biography of the historic, trailblazing Speaker of the House describes how being the daughter of a Congressman and Democratic party organizer in Maryland prepared her to play the political game.
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A New York Times best-selling author and USA Today Washington bureau chief offers a new biography of Nancy Pelosi, one of the most powerful women in American politics.
Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi didn't begin running for office until she was forty-six years old, her five children mostly out of the nest. Since then she has lived on the cutting edge of the revolution in both women's roles and in the nation's movement to a fiercer and more polarized politics....
93) Barack Obama
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Few people had even heard of Barack Obama before 2004. But one powerful speech in Boston changed all that for the Illinois senator.
94) Barack Obama
Author
Series
Publisher
Weigl Publishers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of President Barack Obama that describes his childhood, educational background, political accomplishments, personal setbacks, and other related topics.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A lively, behind-the-scenes look at the historic cohort of diverse, young, and groundbreaking women newly elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 as they arrive in Washington, DC, and start working for change, written by a news reporter with sharp insight and deep knowledge of the Hill"--