Take a stand, Rosa Parks
Take a Stand, Rosa Parks! by Peter and Connie Roop. It is one in a series of chapter book biographies the Roops have done for Scholastic. Rosa Parks is best known for her refusal to give up her sea…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0439676258
- Collation
- 59 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
- Series Title
- A Scholastic Chapter Book Biography
- Call Number
- 923 PAR
The story of George Washington Carver
Born into slavery, George Washington Carver became one of the most prestigious scientists of his time. This biography follows Dr. Carver's life from childhood to his days as a teacher and discovere…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780590426602
- Collation
- 96 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
- Series Title
- Scholastic Biography
- Call Number
- 923 WAS
Frederick Douglass fights for freedom
A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the anti-slavery movement of the early 19th century.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0590422189
- Collation
- 79 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
- Series Title
- Scholastic Biography
- Call Number
- 923 DOU
A picture book of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She hated being a slave, so she escaped slavery on the Underground Railroad. During her life, Harriet helped lead over 300 slaves to freedom on the Underground Rail…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0590470175
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration : 20 cm
- Series Title
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- Call Number
- 923 TUB
Promises to keep : how Jackie Robinson changed America
A warm, intimate portrait of Jackie Robinson, America's sports icon, told from the unique perspective of a unique insider: his only daughter. Sharon Robinson shares memories of her famous father…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0439678757
- Collation
- 64 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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- Call Number
- 927 ROB
Bigmama's
Donald Crews, the Caldecott Honor artist and award-winning creator of Freight Train, Truck, and many other classic picture books for young children, writes of his own childhood experiences visiting…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0590221213
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- 32 pages : illustration : 20 cm
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- 928 CRE
Coming home : a story of Josh Gibson, baseball's greatest home run hitter
A beautifully illustrated tribute to baseball's greatest home run hitter tells how he hit more home runs than Mark McGwire but was never allowed to play in the Major Leagues, and he died four month…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780439716932
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration : 21 cm
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- Call Number
- 927 GIB
By my brother's side
Tiki and Ronde were each other's best friends. Together from the start, these twins might not have been the strongest or the tallest, but they were fast and worked hard at what they loved. And they…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0439802067
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration : 30 cm
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- Call Number
- 927 BAR
I have a dream : the story of Martin Luther King
When Martin Luther King grew up in the South, black people were treated very badly. They had to go to separate schools. They could only ride in the back of the bus. In many places, they were not al…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0590442309
- Collation
- 127 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
- Series Title
- Scholastic Biography
- Call Number
- 923 KIN
Teammates
This is the moving story of how Jackie Robinson became the first black player on a Major League baseball team when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s, and how on a fateful day in Cincinnat…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0590366696
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration : 21 cm
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- Call Number
- 927 GOL
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