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The Look-It-Up Book of First Ladies


By S. A. Kramer

Reading Level: Late Elementary School, Middle School
Genre: Non Fiction
Publisher: Random House 2001

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This book features brief, lively biographies of the women who have helped to shape the face of our nation--from Martha Dandridge Custis Washington to Hillary Rodham Clinton to the first First Lady of the new millennium.

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Caldecott Medal

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Coretta Scott King Award

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Newbery Medal

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Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award

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