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9-11 Artists Respond: Volume One
Over 100 graphic artists draw their reactions to the 9-ll attack on the World Trade Center. There are as many styles and points-of-view as artists. Although graphic in nature, some texts would be difficult for beginning readers due to size and type face
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social studies
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Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin, The
This Franklin biography also includes details about important historical events of his time, e.g., events leading to Revolutionary War. Franklin's family and scientific interests are also explored.
Author: Giblin, James Cross |
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social studies
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America's White Table
A simple story about a family's Veterans' Day dinner preparation is used to tell the true story of the white tables set for POWs/MIAs.
Author: Raven, Margot |
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social studies
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
Subtitled "The true story of the day America entered World War II," this book describes the attack on Pearl Harbor from the perspectives of four people, both Japanese and American. Excerpts about others who were influenced by the attack are also provided,
Author: Tanaka, Shelley |
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social studies
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Code Talkers
After attending a white boarding school where his Navajo language and culture were belittled and punished, Ned Begay served as a code talker with the US Marines during operations in the Pacific during World War II. The narrator tells his story to his gra
Author: Bruchac, Joseph |
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social studies
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Flag Maker, The
This is the story of the flag that prompted Francis Scott Key to write The Star Spangled Banner. Events surrounding the attack on Fort McHenry in Baltimore are also chronicled.
Author: Bartoletti, Susan |
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social studies
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Harlem Hellfighters, The
This book is mostly about the "Harlem Hellfighters," the 369th Infantry Regiment in WWI. This story is set in the larger context of the role of African American men in war prior to WWI.
Author: Myers, Walter Dean |
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social studies
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Hitler Youth
By following a dozen German youth, the author examines the attraction and occasionally the resistance of the role of the Hitler youth movement in Nazi Germany. The author includes additional material for further exploration.
Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell |
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social studies | language arts - reading | science
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Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II
This amazing book takes the reader inside the internment camps and shows the fortitude of the people who survived and thrived despite the hardships imposed on them. An amazing book for readers of all ages. Beautiful photos add to the text.
Author: Sandler, Martin W. |
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social studies
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Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution
Brief biographies of women who played key roles in the Revolutionary War. Makes the facts of Early American history come alive with lives of women who don't usually get mentioned in history books. Below each illustration is a time line of events.
Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse |
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social studies | language arts - reading
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Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution
Brief biographies of women who played key roles in the Revolutionary War. Makes the facts of Early American history come alive with lives of women who don't usually get mentioned in history books. Below each illustration is a time line of events.
Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | language arts - reading
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Let It Begin Here! Lexington and Concord First Battles of the American Revolution
The events during the 24 hours that led up to the Revolutionary War, including Paul Revere's ride and capture by the British.
Author: Fradin, Dennis Brindell |
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social studies
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Let It Begin Here! Lexington and Concord First Battles of the American Revolution
The events during the 24 hours that led up to the Revolutionary War, including Paul Revere's ride and capture by the British.
Author: Fradin, Dennis Brindell |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, The
The book provides an insightful and well written biography of Adolf Hitler. The book gives an historical prospective of the time in which Hitler lived to add to the understanding of the biography. The book is well written and gives interesting details abo
Author: Giblin, James Cross |
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social studies
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Nation's Hope, A
An "elegant and powerful picture book biography which centers around the historic fight" of Joe Louis during WWII, where prejudice was set aside. The illustrations and historical tidbits add to this story of an unforgettable legend.
Author: De La Pena, Matt |
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language arts - reading | social studies
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Number the Stars
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. It is about the power of the Danish Resistance, heroes of a nation, the power of human decency over th
Author: Lowry, Lois |
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social studies | language arts - reading
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Pledge of Allegiance, The
This book illustrates the phrases in the Pledge of Allegiance with photographs. Included is a description of what the pledge means (literally), dates to diplay the flag, and some basic flag history.
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social studies
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Real Benedict Arnold, The
This well-researched biography examines the facts and rumors of the life of the hero, then traitor, Benedict Arnold against the background of the Continental Congress and the Revolutionary War. Maps and portraits illustrate the text. End notes, sources,
Author: Murphy, Jim |
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social studies
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Remembering Manzanar
Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government ordered forced evacuation of Japanese Americans who lived in the western U.S. This is the story of one relocation camp, Manzanar. The text is supported with archival photographs, end notes, Int
Author: Cooper, Michael L. |
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social studies
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Stolen Smile, The
This somewhat fictionalized account recounts the stealing of Leonardi da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911 by Vincenzo Peruggia. End notes provide additional cultural and historical information.
Author: Lewis, J. Patrick |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Surrender Tree, The
Cuba has fought three wars for independence and still is not free. Acclaimed poet, Margarita Engle has created a lyrical, powerful portrait of Cuba. The main character is a healer who treats anyone in need. Initially a slave, Rosa becomes a free person w
Author: Engle, Margarita |
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social studies | language arts - reading
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They Called Her Molly Pitcher
This is an historical/legendary account of Molly "Pitcher" Hays McCauly, who followed her husband to fight in the Revolutionary War and was made a sergeant by General Washington for her courage and bravery. A biography and timeline accompany the colorful
Author: Rockwell, Anne |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt
The book depicts T. Roosevelt's life from youth to death. It explains his marriages, children, passions and accomplishments as a politician and conservationist. Full color illustrations and direct quotes help bring the story of Teddy Roosevelt to life.
Author: Rappaport, Doreen |
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language arts - reading | social studies
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Truce
Ostensibly writing about the real "Christmas truce" of Dec. 25, 1914, the author provides excellent historical material about the origins and maneuvers of this period of World War I. Photographs give immediacy to the text and back pages and maps provide
Author: Murphy, Jim |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Truce
Ostensibly writing about the real "Christmas truce" of Dec. 25, 1914, the author provides excellent historical material about the origins and maneuvers of this period of World War I. Photographs give immediacy to the text and back pages and maps provide
Author: Murphy, Jim |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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War and the Pity of War
This large collection of powerful poems and very moving illustrations on war ranges over time and place and level of difficulty. The editor includes an index of writers, and index of poems, and an introduction thate gives his reasons for selecting partic
Author: Philip, Neil |
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language arts - reading | social studies
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Washington at Valley Forge
In Freedman's inimitable style, he captures the grit and triumphs over the lack of provisions for General Washington's winter encampment at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War. Excellent and unfamiliar paintings of Washington accompany the text. Th
Author: Freedman, Russell |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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We The People
American history from Colonial times to the present is presented through 65 poems about individuals--some real and some imaginary. A timeline of historic events runs across the lower part of the page and a note about writing the book appears at the end.
Author: Katz, Bobbi |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
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By Dawn's Early Light
This is an historically accurate and beautifully illustrated account of how Francis Scott Key came to write "The Star Spangled Banner."
Author: Kroll, Steven |
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social studies
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