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Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Description
Complete with period paintings and photographs, a comprehensive guide provides profiles, biographies, administration highlights, and political and personal accomplishments of every president in the history of the United States.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
NC 1180L
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the presidents of the United States describes each president's childhood, career, achievements while in office, and life after the White House.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A cautionary tale about the rise of fascism in the United States first published in 1935. During the presidential election of 1936, Doremus Jessup, a newspaper editor, observes with dismay that many of the people he knows support the candidacy of a fascist, Berzelius Windrip. When Windrip wins the election, he forcibly gains control of Congress and the Supreme Court, and, with the aid of his personal paramilitary storm troopers, turns the United States...
47) Presidents' Day
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs explain Presidents' Day and why we celebrate it to honor those who have been president.
49) Deception point
Author
Series
Dan Brown novel volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
After a NASA satellite discovers a mysterious object buried beneath the Arctic ice, a team of scientists is called in to verify the authenticity of the find. What they discover, however, is a plot of unimaginable deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy--a vicious, high-ranking conspiracy that may lead all the way to the White House. A shocking scientific discovery. A conspiracy of staggering brilliance. A thriller unlike any...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 720L
Language
English
Description
Abraham Lincoln, one of our greatest presidents, started out in life as an absent-minded frontier lawyer. How did he nudge his memory? He stuck letters, court notes, contracts, and even his checkbook in his trademark top hat. When he took off his hat, it was all there!
52) Presidents' Day
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A simple introduction to why we celebrate Presidents' Day.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Accidental Presidents looks at eight men who came to the office without being elected to it. It demonstrates how the character of the man in that powerful seat affects the nation and world. Eight men have succeeded to the presidency when the incumbent died in office. In one way or another they vastly changed our history. Only Theodore Roosevelt would...
Author
Language
English
Description
"February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. "My poor boy, he was too good for this earth," the president...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Duck soup": To rescue the small country of Freedonia from bankruptcy, Mrs Teasdale agrees to donate 20 million dollars if Rufus T. Firefly is appointed its new president. "Horse feathers": Professor Quincy Wagstaff has just been installed as the new president of Huxley College. "Monkey business": While stowing away on a ship to America, the boys get involuntarily pressed into service as toughs for a pair of feuding gangsters. "Animal crackers": Captain...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
An alphabetical listing and explanation of terms relating to the Presidency, including the presidents and vice-presidents, the White House, presidential history, powers, policymaking, agencies, theories, advisors, accountability, and elections.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Language
English
Description
From the private quarters of the White House, this book, written by a kid, for kids, will make readers laugh and get children hooked on history in a way they never thought possible! First Kids are, and were, kids like any other, they just lived with parents who happened to be busy running the free world. This book will highlight all of the 43 president's children leading into their adulthood. It will cover likes and dislikes and go in-depth from the...