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Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Growing up poor in the backwoods of Kentucky and Indiana, Abraham Lincoln lost his mother before he was ten. But Sally Johnston, who married Abe's father a year later, brought a library of books to their log cabin home and turned young Abe's life around.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Recounts Abraham Lincoln's brief friendship with African American leader Frederick Douglass before and during the Civil War, narrated against the backdrop of the race relations and politics of the time.
5) Bill Clinton
Author
Publisher
Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Former Vice President Joe Biden played an essential role in the Obama administration. Follow his career from Delaware's longest-serving senator to his race back to the White House"-- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During his two terms as president, Theodore Roosevelt did an extraordinary amount to help Americans. He helped build the Panama Canal, created laws to protect our nations forests and wildlife, and made foods and medicines safer for people.
12) Honest Abe
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of the president who led the United States through a bloody civil war.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A historical narrative of the events surrounding the death of the 35th president is set against the backdrop of an escalating Cold War and describes the many political challenges Kennedy was facing before his assassination, in an account that also describes Lee Harvey Oswald's story and the events surrounding his death.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Who was Franklin Roosevelt? A boy who loved sailing, riding horses, and football? A man left crippled by polio? The only president of the United States elected four times? All of the above! Find out more about the real life Franklin Roosevelt in this illustrated biography.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When you're the president's pet, who walks you, empties your litter box or scrapes off your perch? Readers who hunger for information about the nonhumans who've lived at the White House over the years won't learn the answer to those questions, but they will discover that all our chief executives but one, from Washington to Obama, have owned a variety of pets--and, in some cases, been owned by them. In addition to the familiar dogs, cats and birds,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as our first African-American president. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this biography is perfect for primary graders looking for a longer, fuller life story than is found in the author's bestselling beginning reader Barack Obama: United States President.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Theodore Roosevelt is one of America's liveliest and most influential figures. He was a scholar, cowboy, war hero, explorer, and a brilliant politician. As president, Roosevelt's far-reaching policies abroad and at home forever changed both our nation's place in the world and the life of every modern American.
18) Presidents
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Follow the early lives and political careers of the US presidents and see how they came into office, with full-color photographs of campaign memorabilia, family portraits, handwritten letters, mementos, and more. Discover how Abraham Lincoln saved the Union, why teddy bears are named after Theodore Roosevelt, and how Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the nation with the Louisiana Purchase"-- provided by publisher.
19) George did it
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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