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Author:
Mia Hamm
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Pre-School
Genre:
Biography
Triple Olympic medal winning Mia Hamm tells a story inspired by her own experience as a very young athlete in this story for the youngest of readers. Little Mia overcomes her frustration by learning an important lesson in sportsmanship.
Author:
Victoria Sherrow
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School
Genre:
Non Fiction
A picture book that tells the story of athlete Wilma Rudolph, her struggle against polio, and her encounters growing up with discrimination.
Author:
Kathleen Krull
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
Genre:
Biography
After contracting polio at the age of 4, Wilma Rudolph was told she would never walk again. This book tells the inspiring tale of how Wilma battled disease, her leg brace, and segregation to become the fastest woman in the world at the 1960 Olympics.
Author:
Robert H. Mayer
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School,Middle School,High School
Genre:
Non Fiction
This deliberate and detail-oriented book focuses on the tremendous efforts made by the civil rights workers to end segregation in Birmingham, AL, and the impact of their actions on American views of race relations.
Author:
Amy Hest
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School
Genre:
Non Fiction
A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too.
Author:
Laurie Coulter
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
Genre:
Non Fiction
A photo-essay of the Kennedy children's lives in the White House.
Author:
Pam Munoz Ryan
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
Genre:
Non Fiction
A picture book that tells the story of Marian Anderson, including the successes and challenges she found in the United States and abroad.
Author:
Byrd Baylor
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
Genre:
Fiction
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Baylor uses prose-poetry to tell the story behind the broken clay pots scattered across the southwestern hillsides.
Author:
Verla Kay
Reading Level:
Pre-School,Early Elementary School
Genre:
Fiction
A family's cross-country communication changes during the development and demise of the Pony Express. Told in rhyme.
Author:
Barbara Brenner
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School
Genre:
Fiction
An African-American family moves to Kansas after the Civil War to create a new life.
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