Michelle Markel
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Publication Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Great Reads: Kindergarten thru 1st grade
Meet Someone New for Kids
Picture Book Biographies for All Ages (SCPL-YS)
Meet Someone New for Kids
Picture Book Biographies for All Ages (SCPL-YS)
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Quick! If you don't move fast, you're going to miss him -- there he goes-- Randolph Caldecott, future famous illustrator. His sketchbook is full of hurly-burly; wild weather, frisky animals and people so sprightly they can barely hold on to the pages. But in the 1850s, there are no children's books like that. Not yet. Many are published, but their pictures look still, full of pretty poses and cluttered scenery. No one has imagined how much fun an...
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Language
English
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Celebrate Women's History Month - YOUTH
Her Story (WPL-Youth)
Jewish American Heritage Month (kids & teens)
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Her Story (WPL-Youth)
Jewish American Heritage Month (kids & teens)
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An illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the unfair working conditions in New York's garment district.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Publication Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
A picture book chronicle of the life of children's book pioneer John Newbery describes how he imagined books filled with stories, science and games before becoming a celebrated author and publisher, changing the literary world forever.
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Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
In the spirit of Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope and Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride comes an inspiring portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first female presidential nominee in United States history: a girl who fought to make a difference-and paved the way for women everywhere-from Michelle Markel and LeUyen Pham. In the 1950s, it was a man's world. Girls weren't supposed to act smart, tough, or ambitious. Even though, deep inside,...
Author
Publisher
Cameron Kids
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by the classic Tiffany's primer on manners for teens, this is a modern and humorous take on table etiquette that shows young readers what to do and what not to do at a formal dinner party"-- Provided by publisher.
"A mischievous modern manners primer for kids Inspired by the classic Tiffany's primer on manners for teens and featuring a familiar cast of characters, Terrific Table Manners is a modern take on table etiquette that follows the...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of Haper Collins Publishers
Publication Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
Before she became First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt was a girl trying to find her voice. As a young orphan, she was shy and made to feel like a failure. But every night, Eleanor would read her father's letters, full of love and belief in her, and she used his words to help her face her fears. She took them to school across the sea, where she excelled at her studies and helped other girls with theirs. And back to New York, where she volunteered in immigrant...
Author
Publisher
Cameron Kids
Publication Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A modern multiplication primer that tackles the terrors of a typical school year. Learning math has never been this much fun! Inspired by a Victorian math primer, Terrible Times Tables is a modern take on learning one's multiplication tables, from numbers 2 to 10, featuring elementary school themes of homeroom, field trips, cafeteria food, holidays, and recitals. Featuring a reluctant narrator and a few unwitting critters, learning math has never...
13) Gracias, Rosa
Author
Publisher
A. Whitman
Publication Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
At first, a young girl does not like her new babysitter, Rosa, but after getting to know her and learning some Spanish language and customs, she is sad when Rosa returns to her family in Guatemala.
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"In the voice of one of the most iconic and beloved political figures of the twentieth century comes a book on citizenship for the future voters of the twenty-first century. Eleanor Roosevelt published the original edition of When You Grow Up to Vote in 1932, the same year her husband was elected president. The new edition has updated information and back matter as well as fresh, bold art from award-winning artist Grace Lin. Beginning with government...
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Publication Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When Clara arrived in America, she didn't know that young women had to go to work and grow up fast. But that didn't stop Clara. She went to night school and helped her family by sewing in a factory. She never accepted that girls should be treated poorly with low pay, so she led the largest walkout of women workers the country had seen. She learned that everyone deserved a fair chance, to stand and fight for what she wanted, and, most importantly,...
Publisher
Binge Box
Publication Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The spacesuit: When Ellie, an ordinary woman, is asked to lead a team of seamstresses to design the very first spacesuit, no one believes they can win, but they're determined to try!
Anna Strong: The biography of Anna Strong, one of George Washington's personal spies, tells the story of a brave woman who helped change the course of American History.
Brave girl: When Clara arrived in America, she didn't know that young women had to go to work and...



