Chronicles the long history of the fight for women's voting rights, beginning in 1848, with a focus on the years between 1913 and 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, and includes profiles of notable women in the struggle...
Juvenile literature
- Author:Bausum, Ann.Summary:
- Author:Seuling, BarbaraSummary:
Depicts the ways various animals spend the cold months of winter, from bats sleeping in caverns to fish swimming deeper in lakes where the water is warmer.
- Author:Peterson, CrisSummary:
A view of life in the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, and its efforts to save the American mustang.
- Author:Manning, MickSummary:
Develop self-sufficiency skills and explore nature with the activities in this book. Topics covered include: tracking skills; wildlife spotting; foraging for wild food and cooking outdoors; how to light a fire safely (with adult...
- Author:Lewis, J. PatrickSummary:
Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis crafts poetic portraits of civil rights luminaries in this important work. From Coretta Scott King and Gandhi to Nelson Mandela and Jackie Robinson, When Thunder Comes resounds with the...
- Author:K'naanSummary:
2Waving Flag3 has become an international anthem for world soccer and for young people around the world. K{u2019}naan, a young Somali Canadian musician, inspired by words from his grandfather, movingly recounts his...
- Author:Andrews, JanSummary:
Follows the foolish, yet wise, Ti-Jean through three adventures as he outwits a greedy princess, a tiny scoundrel, and a very clever girl, in a collection of stories based on French-Canadian folk literature.
- Author:Macy, Sue.Summary:
Discusses how the invention of the bicycle allowed women to take charge of personal transportation and set the stage for women's future battles for rights equal to men. Discusses how the bicycle has evolved throughout the ages and...
- Author:Beuhler, C. J.Summary:
- Author:Carnes, Jim.Summary:
Carnes illuminates the dark corners of our nation's past and traces our ongoing efforts to live up to the American ideals of equality and justice. Fourteen case studies bring readers a first-hand account of the history and...
- Author:Page, P. K.Summary:
This story is based on a Brazilian legend about a songbird reputed to sing the most beautiful song in all the world.
- Author:Deary, TerrySummary:
"The facts behind these stories are true. However, they have been dramatized to make them into gripping stories, and some of the characters are ficticious."
- Author:Houle, Michelle M.Summary:
Discusses the 1911 fire that killed 146 New York garment factory workers, the conditions that led up to it, and some of the legislation that came about to prevent the occurrence of similar disasters.
- Author:Napoli, Donna JoSummary:
Offers timeless stories of Greek myths, brought together with lyrical text by Donna Jo Napoli.
- Author:García, EmmaSummary:
Describes how various earthmoving trucks clean up a dump and make a playground, discussing what such machines as diggers, mixers, bulldozers, and cranes can do.
- Author:MORTENSON, Greg & RELIN, David OliverSummary:
The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban's backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual's power to change lives has to...
- Author:Thompson, Sarah L.Summary:
- Author:Kwan, Michelle, James, LauraSummary:
Suggests how to set goals and achieve your dreams, using such tools as discipline and maintaining a positive attitude.
- Author:Engle, MargaritaSummary:
In early twentieth-century Cuba, bandits terrorize the countryside as a young farm girl struggles with dyslexia. Based on the life of the author's grandmother.
- Author:Robertson, JoanneSummary:
"This is the story of a determined Ojibwe Grandmother (Nokomis) Josephine Mandamin and her great love for Nibi (Water). Nokomis walks to raise awareness of our need to protect Nibi for future generations, and for all life on the...