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Alice Ramsey's grand adventure
Par Don Brown. 1997
On June 9, 1909, Alice Ramsey left New York City to drive across America in a Maxwell automobile. Accompanied by…
three other women, she had to repair the car several times before finally arriving in San Francisco on August 7, 1909. The book describes the small towns, farms, railroad tracks, rivers, and mountains they passed along the way. For grades 2-4Thirty-one grade-school children interview friends and relatives about their roles in the civil rights movement. Three additional essays provide information…
on segregation, the movement to end it, and the struggle against racial discrimination and poverty. For grades 5-8Lives of the athletes: thrills, spills (and what the neighbors thought)
Par Kathleen Krull. 1997
Portraits of twenty well-known athletes, filled with information about their childhood and how they handled fame and fortune. Includes Jim…
Thorpe, Babe Ruth, Sonja Henie, Jackie Robinson, Arthur Ashe, and Bruce Lee. For grades 3-6Commander in Chief Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
Par Albert Marrin. 1997
Judging the Civil War to be the definitive event in the history of the United States, Marrin contends that Lincoln…
was our greatest president. Provides biographical information relevant to understanding why this tragedy was also known as "Mr. Lincoln's war." For grades 6-9Kids at work: Lewis Hine and the crusade against child labor
Par Russell Freedman. 1994
Documents the abuse of child laborers in factories, fields, mills, mines, and streets of the United States in the early…
1900s by tracing the career of professional photographer Lewis Hine. Hine's work raised public awareness and helped change the nation's laws to protect young people under age sixteen. For grades 5-8The ballot box battle
Par Emily McCully. 1996
In 1880 the elderly feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton tells her young friend Cordelia about her efforts to win for women…
the right to vote. Cordelia listens to her neighbor's talk of women's suffrage even though she doesn't believe it has anything to do with her. Then Mrs. Stanton tells a story from her own childhood. For grades 4-7Girl Scout badges and signs
Par Girl Scouts of the United States of America, Karen Sparks. 1990
Instructions for earning up to ninety-eight badges in the five Girl Scout worlds of interest: well-being, people, today and tomorrow,…
arts, and the out-of-doors. Requirements for three signs are also included. For grades 4-7Junior Girl Scout handbook
Par Chris Bergerson. 1994
An introduction to the world of Scouting for Junior Girl Scouts ages eight to eleven. Explains the history, traditions, ceremonies,…
and recognitions of Girl Scouting. Covers a range of subjects that include safety and health, life skills, leadership, sports, and outdoor activities. For grades 3-6A house divided: the lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Par Jules Archer. 1995
Joint biography of the two military leaders of the American Civil War. Archer says that although Grant's side won the…
war and he was later elected president, Grant proved to be inept as a civilian. In contrast, Archer says, Lee had successful military and civilian careers. For grades 3-6Cadette Girl Scout handbook
Par Toni Eubanks. 1995
This official guide to Cadette Girl Scouting outlines the roots and traditions of Girl Scouting and covers such topics as…
healthy living and self-esteem, relationships with family and friends, life skills, and recreation. Explains the various Girl Scout awards and recognitions. For grades 6-9You want women to vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Par Jean Fritz. 1995
Biography of Lizzie Cady Stanton. Born in 1815, Lizzie rebelled against the unjust treatment of women from the time she…
was a child. Later she fought alongside her friend Susan B. Anthony for the right to vote, but died in 1902, before women's suffrage came to pass. For grades 4-7Boy Scout handbook
Par Boy Scouts of America, Robert Birkby. 1990
This official guide to Scouting explains the history, ideals, and organization of the Boy Scouts of America; outdoor knowledge and…
skills; safety and first aid; and other elements of the Scouting program. Provides guidance for advancing in the ranks from Tenderfoot to Eagle Scout. For grades 5-8 and older readersCleopatra: goddess of Egypt, enemy of Rome
Par Polly Brooks. 1995
Life of the Egyptian ruler whose suicide in 30 B.C. ended the Ptolemaic dynasty. The author discusses Cleopatra's Macedonian heritage…
and descent from Alexander the Great; her relationships with Romans Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and the children borne with each; and her political and military savvy that enabled Egypt to remain independent of Rome. For grades 6-9Snowbound: the tragic story of the Donner Party
Par David Lavender. 1996
Tells how, in the mid 1840s, three Illinois men tried to move their families to California. Details problems, including snow…
storms, a misleading guidebook, and bad luck, that led to death for forty of the eighty-eight people on this covered-wagon journey. For grades 5-8Wolf Cub Scout book
Par Boy Scouts of America. 1986
Brownie Girl Scout handbook
Par Karen Sparks. 1993
Handbook for Brownie Girl Scouts ages six through eight. Includes activities and stories to help girls learn about scouting, themselves,…
family, friends, their community, and the world around them. For grades K-3Webelos Scout Book
Par Boy Scouts of America. 1992
The Big Bear Cub Scout book
Par Boy Scouts of America. 1984
Bound for the promised land: the great black migration
Par Michael Cooper. 1995
Following the Civil War, most African Americans in the South became sharecroppers whose lives were essentially controlled by plantation owners.…
Cooper explains how, shortly after the outbreak of World War I and the reduction of European immigrants, a new job market opened in the North for black farmworkers. He discusses the effect the Great Migration between 1915 and 1930 had on the United States. For grades 5-8The West Indian-American experience (Coming to America)
Par Warren Halliburton. 1994
The term West Indian usually refers to people from the English-speaking Caribbean. This book explains West Indian history, recounting how…
European settlers wiped out the original Caribbean inhabitants and how modern West Indians descended from Africans brought over as slaves. Economic factors have caused many West Indians to emigrate to the United States even though they have been appalled by U.S. racism. For grades 5-8 and older readers