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42) Woodrow Wilson
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Language
English
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"This biography introduces readers to Woodrow Wilson including his early political career and key events from Wilson's administration including the Underwood Tariff Act and World War I. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's website.
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Language
English
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Description
"This biography introduces readers to Rutherford B. Hayes including his early political career and key events from Hayes's administration including civil service reforms, the end of Reconstruction, and the passage of the Bland-Allison Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
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Language
English
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Description
"This biography introduces readers to the life of Lyndon B. Johnson including his military service, early political career, and key events from Johnson's administration including the Civil Rights Act, the Vietnam War, and the Voting Rights Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
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Language
English
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Description
This biography introduces readers to Benjamin Harrison, including his early political career and key events from Harrison's administration, including the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
46) Deb Haaland
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
As a child of two military parents, Deb Haaland moved around a lot when she was young before finally settling in Albuquerque to be near family. But she persisted, studying hard and eventually earning a law degree. An enrolled member of the Pueblo Laguna nation, Deb was one of the first two Native American women to be elected to Congress, where she represented New Mexico's 1st District. In 2021, when the Senate confirmed her as President Biden's secretary...
Author
Publisher
Anne Schwartz Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring picture book biography about Shirley Chisholm"--
"Meet Shirley, a little girl who asks way too many questions! After spending her early years on her grandparents' farm in Barbados, she returns home to Brooklyn and immediately makes herself known. Shirley kicks butt in school; she breaks her mother's curfew; she plays jazz piano instead of classical. And as a young adult, she fights against the injustice she sees around her, against...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
A biography of the former first lady who has become a senator, Secretary of State, and a presidential candidate discusses her childhood dreams of flight, her career as a lawyer, and her determination to pursue her dreams.
50) Hillary
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life and career of presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, trace her early years as an outspoken student at Wellesley and Yale, her marriage to the 42nd president, and her achievements as a senator and secretary of state.
51) Joe Biden
Author
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
English
Description
This title will introduce little readers to the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. It took a lot of determination, courage, and confidence to become the first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party. A Girl Named Hillary tells of the defining moments that made up her childhood and adolescence.
57) Bobby
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles comes a compelling biography about Robert Kennedy. Americans claimed Robert Kennedy as one of their own. They called him Bobby. Lyrical and evocative text by Deborah Wiles (Countdown, Revolution, Anthem, and Kent State) brings the story of Robert F. Kennedy to life, with breathtaking illustrations by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. Bobby is set in 1968, with a grandfather telling his grandchild about...
58) Barack Obama
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"An elementary biography of United States senator from Illinois Barack Obama; discusses his childhood, ethnic background, family, and career in politics"--Provided by publisher.
59) Tammy Duckworth
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This book examines the life of Tammy Duckworth in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a table of contents, author biography, timeline, glossary, index, and other informative backmatter."--
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