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Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader who helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
cc1988.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the American Indian princess who as a young girl befriended John Smith, saving him from death at the hands of her father, and later was very helpful to the colonists at Jamestown.
11) Michael Jordan
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of the famous basketball player.
12) Rudolph Giuliani
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Description
Presents a brief look at the life of one of New York City's most popular mayors.
13) Jackie Robinson
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Brief text chronicles the life of the Hall of Fame baseball player who, in 1947, became the first African American to play for a major league team.
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A simple account of the life of Black Elk, the visionary and Oglala medicine man who had a vision of universal peace and felt that he saw his people's dream die at Wounded Knee.
17) Dr. Seuss
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Description
Presents a brief overview of the life of the man who wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" and many other beloved children's books.
18) George W. Bush
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of George W. Bush, who became the forty-third president after the closest presidential race in United States history.
19) Sitting Bull
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
Looks at the life of Sitting Bull, and tells how the Native American leader struggled to help his people keep their land from being taken by the American government.
20) Johnny Appleseed
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Description
Presents a brief biography of John Chapman, the man who planted thousands of apple seeds in the early nineteenth century.