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It's all in the frijoles : 100 famous Latinos share real-life stories, time-tested dichos, favorite folktales, and inspiring words of wisdom /


Library Journal, June 2000. Publisher's Weekly, April 2000. An anthology of Latino folktales, lullabies, poems, and proverbs, with first-person recollections from the author's own experiences, as well as those of one hundred well-known Latinos from the past and present.
Date Published:2000

Quotes for kids : today's interpretations of timeless quotes designed to nurture the young spirit /

Meyer, Lisa.



Date Published:1998

How to think like Einstein : simple ways to break the rules and discover your hidden genius /

Thorpe, Scott.


Includes index. A guide to problem-solving using the tricks and techniques of Albert Einstein.
Date Published:2000

George Washington, spymaster

Allen, Thomas B.


Birth of a spymaster -- Spy against spy -- A spy must die -- George Washington, Agent 711 -- Tools of the spymaster -- Franklin's French friends -- Spymaster at work -- The General is a spy -- Victory in the spy war. School Library Journal starred, May 2004. Book Links (A.L.A.), September 2004. Booklist starred, April 2004. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2004. A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focusing on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war.
Date Published:2004

Birth of a spymaster -- Spy against spy -- A spy must die -- George Washington, Agent 711 -- Tools of the spymaster -- Franklin's French friends -- Spymaster at work -- The General is a spy -- Victory in the spy war. School Library Journal starred, May 2004. Book Links (A.L.A.), September 2004. Booklist starred, April 2004. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2004. A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focusing on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war.

Date Published:2004

Benjamin Davis, Jr

Reef, Catherine.


Examines the life of Benjamin Davis, Jr., the first black man to graduate from West Point in the twentieth century, who pursued his chosen course of a military career despite the prejudice against him.
Date Published:1992

The buffalo soldiers and the American West

Glaser, Jason.


Library Media Connection, August 2006. A graphic interpretation of the lives of Buffalo Soldiers in the American West and beyond. Describes how the Congress created African American military units to protect settlers from the Indians. Documents the soldiers' roles in arresting outlaws on the Great Plains, chasing Mexican bandits in the Southwestern desert, delivering mail in Midwestern winters, and defending America in the Spanish-American War, World War II, and the Korean War when the U.S. military desegregated.
Date Published:2006

Library Media Connection, August 2006. A graphic interpretation of the lives of Buffalo Soldiers in the American West and beyond. Describes how the Congress created African American military units to protect settlers from the Indians. Documents the soldiers' roles in arresting outlaws on the Great Plains, chasing Mexican bandits in the Southwestern desert, delivering mail in Midwestern winters, and defending America in the Spanish-American War, World War II, and the Korean War when the U.S. military desegregated.

Date Published:2006

Al Capone and the roaring twenties

King, David C.


Wilson's Junior High School, April 2001. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal, December 1998. L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 2000. The life of one of America's most infamous and powerful gansters set in 1920s Chicago during the Prohibition.
Date Published:1999

DiMaggio : the last American knight /

Durso, Joseph.


Includes index.
Date Published:1995

Robert E. Lee : Virginian soldier, American citizen /

Robertson, James I.


Booklist, Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal, Voice of Youth Advocate, Explores the life of the leader of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War, including his childhood in Virginia, his military career and defeat, his presidency at Washington College, and the respect in which he was held. Describes his post-war focus on entreaties for reconciliation, not revenge, between North and South.
Date Published:2005

Booklist, Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal, Voice of Youth Advocate, Explores the life of the leader of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War, including his childhood in Virginia, his military career and defeat, his presidency at Washington College, and the respect in which he was held. Describes his post-war focus on entreaties for reconciliation, not revenge, between North and South.

Date Published:2005

Benjamin Franklin

Morgan, Edmund Sears.


An exciting world -- "A dangerous man" -- An empire of Englishmen -- Proprietary pretensions -- The importance of opinion -- Endgame -- Becoming American -- Representing a nation of states -- A difficult peace -- Going home. School Library Journal, April 2003. Library Journal Starred, September 2002. Pub Weekly, July 2002. New York Times, October 2002. Choice, January 2004. Kirkus Review, June 2002. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Bo, Booklist, Choice, Kirkus Review, Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, Chronicles the life of Benjamin Franklin, discussing his many inventions, the many contradictions in his life, his vast writings, and the impact he had on American history.
Date Published:2002

An exciting world -- "A dangerous man" -- An empire of Englishmen -- Proprietary pretensions -- The importance of opinion -- Endgame -- Becoming American -- Representing a nation of states -- A difficult peace -- Going home. School Library Journal, April 2003. Library Journal Starred, September 2002. Pub Weekly, July 2002. New York Times, October 2002. Choice, January 2004. Kirkus Review, June 2002. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Bo, Booklist, Choice, Kirkus Review, Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, Chronicles the life of Benjamin Franklin, discussing his many inventions, the many contradictions in his life, his vast writings, and the impact he had on American history.

Date Published:2002

Anne Frank : the diary of a young girl /

Frank, Anne, 1929-1945.


First published: 1952. Translation of: Achterhuis. "The text of this edition is faithful to the original translation from Dutch into English, as prepared by B.M Mooyaart"--P. vi. The journal of a Jewish girl in her early teens describing both the joys and torments of daily life, as well as typical adolescent thoughts, throughout two years spent in hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of Holland. Includes review questions.
Date Published:1992

First published: 1952. Translation of: Achterhuis. "The text of this edition is faithful to the original translation from Dutch into English, as prepared by B.M Mooyaart"--P. vi. The journal of a Jewish girl in her early teens describing both the joys and torments of daily life, as well as typical adolescent thoughts, throughout two years spent in hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of Holland. Includes review questions.

Date Published:1992

Jackie's nine : Jackie Robinson's values to live by /

Robinson, Sharon.


Examples from Jackie Robinson's and his daughter's lives that exemplify the nine principals he believed in.
Date Published:2002

Free the children : a young man fights against child labor and proves that children can change the world /

Kielburger, Craig.


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, Chronicles the quest of Craig Kielberger, a Canadian teenager, who built an international aid agency to help end child labor in the third world.
Date Published:2000

George W. Bush

Marquez, Heron.


Big George, little George -- School daze -- At Yale -- The wild blue yonder -- The school of hard knocks -- In the oil business -- Highballs and hardballs -- "W" stands for winner -- The race for the White House -- President Bush Library Media Connection, October 2005. Looks at the life of President George W. Bush, discussing his childhood and family, education, service in the National Guard, marriage, and various careers, and includes information about his alcohol problem and early difficultie finding direction in life.
Date Published:2006

Big George, little George -- School daze -- At Yale -- The wild blue yonder -- The school of hard knocks -- In the oil business -- Highballs and hardballs -- "W" stands for winner -- The race for the White House -- President Bush Library Media Connection, October 2005. Looks at the life of President George W. Bush, discussing his childhood and family, education, service in the National Guard, marriage, and various careers, and includes information about his alcohol problem and early difficultie finding direction in life.

Date Published:2006

Cesar Chavez

Collins, David R.


Provides a biography of Cesar Chavez, the union activist who led the struggle of migrant farm workers for better working conditions.
Date Published:2005

Malcolm X

Benson, Michael.


Terror in the night -- Hustling -- Change in prison -- Minister -- Going public -- True Islam -- World leader -- Threats and danger -- Malcolm's message. Library Media Connection, October 2005. Multicultural Review, June 2005. Describes the life, beliefs, and achievements of the controversial Black Muslim leader Malcolm X.
Date Published:2005

Black Hawk : Sac rebel /

Bonvillain, Nancy.


I am Black Hawk -- Growing up Sac -- A war chief comes of age -- The crisis begins -- Intruders at Rock river -- The Black Hawk War -- The great fog. Booklist. Horn Book. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.). Discusses the life and times of the Sauk chief who led his people in a struggle to prevent the advance of white settlers in Illinois in the early 1800s.
Date Published:1994

Cesar Chavez

Roriguez, Consuelo.


Biography of the Mexican-American labor activist who organized and led the braceros, or migrant farm workers, in their struggle for better working conditions.
Date Published:1994

Al Gore : United States vice president /

Burford, Betty M.


Sch Libr Jnl, Kirkus, Booklist starred. Kirkus Review. School Library Journal, February 1995. -- Describes the lives and achievements of influential 20th-century American personalities.-- Appealing biographies of famous men and women written for teens.-- Each book contains chapter notes, a chronology, a further reading list, and an index.
Date Published:1994

Cesar Chavez : farm worker activist /

Holmes, Burnham, 1942-


"A Gallin House Press book"--T.p. verso. Horn Book. Book Report. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.). Book Report. Horn Book. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.). Text and accompanying photographs present a biography of the Mexican American labor activist who helped organize the migrant farm workers and establish a union to fight for their rights.
Date Published:1994