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Author
Publisher
Children's Press/Scholastic
Pub. Date
©2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Highlights the life and political career of the forty-second president of the United States, who is often associated with the sex scandal that occurred during his second term in office.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Every evening, from the time she was a child, Maria Mitchell stood on her rooftop with her telescope and swept the sky. And then one night she saw something unusual--a comet no one had ever seen before! Miss Mitchell's extraordinary discovery made her famous the world over and paved the way for her to become America's first professional female astronomer."--
9) Muhammad Ali
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces Muhammad Ali, detailing how young Cassius Clay learned how to box and became a legendary athlete, civil rights activist, and global icon.
10) I am Walt Disney
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Walt Disney with a focus on his work making dreams come true for himself and for generations of children"--
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century. Includes afterword, discography, and sources"--
16) Sonia Sotomayor : a judge grows in the Bronx =: Sonia Sotomayor : la juez que creció en el Bronx
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of U.S. Supreme Court judge, Sonia Sotomayor.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Scott wasn't sure what he wanted to be when he grew up. He struggled in school and often got in trouble with his twin brother, Mark. Then one day Scott discovered a book about test pilots and astronauts that set him on a new path. His new focus led him to fly higher and higher, becoming first a pilot and then an astronaut, along with his brother--the first twin astronauts in history. But his greatest accomplishment of all was commanding the International...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ready to Fly is the true story of Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan Lake on TV. Although there aren't many ballet schools that will accept a girl like Sylvia in the 1950s, her local bookmobile provides another possibility. A librarian helps Sylvia find a book about ballet and the determined seven-year-old, with the help of her new books, starts teaching herself the basics of classical ballet....
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Underground Railroad conductor depicts her early life as a slave, her dedication to helping others escape from slavery, and her life after the Civil War.
"Harriet Tubman was a brave woman who was born enslaved in Maryland in the 1800s. After risking everything to escape from her slave master and be free, Harriet went on to lead many people to freedom on a journey known today as the Underground Railroad" --
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