Jonah Winter
1) Dizzy
Author
Language
English
Description
Simple text and illustrations introduce the life of jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie.
2) Frida
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Story of how and why Frida learned to paint in Mexico, and why her paintings are like no other.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the spring of 1987, the town of Islip, New York, with no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage, loads it on a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the east coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, down to Belize, and back again, in search of a place willing to accept and dispose of its very smelly cargo.
Author
Language
English
Description
"To become the first female Jewish Supreme Court Justice, the unsinkable Ruth Bader Ginsburg had to overcome countless injustices. Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1930s and '40s, Ginsburg was discouraged from working by her father, who thought a woman's place was in the home. Regardless, she went to Cornell University, where men outnumbered women four to one. There, she met her husband, Martin Ginsburg, and found her calling as a lawyer. Despite discrimination...
6) Barack
Author
Language
English
Description
A biography of Barack Obama describing his childhood in Hawaii, his parents, and politics.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st Aladdin ed.
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young Paul Revere and his friends form a club whose members ring the bells at Christ Church, an experience which teaches him responsibility and other lessons that he uses as an adult in the American Revolution.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great-grandparents were sold as slaves in front of a courthouse where only rich white men were allowed to vote, then the long fight that led to her right--and determination--to cast her ballot since the Voting Rights Act gave every American the right to vote.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 voluem (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A sad little fact who is locked away for telling the truth. In its underground prison, it meets other facts, all hidden away because they could not lie. Finally, with the help of a few skillful fact-finders, the facts are set free"--
