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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon. On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In this engrossing, fast-paced epic, Douglas Brinkley returns to the...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Discover the true story of NFL star Ernie Barnes a boy who followed his dreams and became one of the most influential artists of his generation with this beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book." --
Author
Publisher
U.S. Games Systems, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story brings together the work of four distinguished scholars who have devoted years of research to uncover the life and artistic accomplishments of Pamela Colman Smith. Known to millions as the creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck, Pamela Colman Smith (1878-1951) was also a stage and costume designer, folklorist, poet, author, illustrator of ballads and folktales, suffragette, and publisher of books and broadsheets....
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In 1980, an antique print dealer was going broke from competition and lack of supply. Then he discovered all the high-quality antique prints he could ever want--for free--on the shelves of American university libraries. Torn from Their Bindings tells the story of Robert Kindred's brazen theft of irreplaceable antique illustrations and maps from academic libraries across the country--a crime spree that left the irredeemable wreck of countless rare...
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Amidst a complicated history of mistreatment by and distrust of the American government, the Navajo people--especially bilingual code talkers--helped the Allies win World War II"--
19) Thanksgiving Day
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Y. Crowell Company
Pub. Date
[1965]
Language
English
Description
"Describes first Thanksgiving celebrated by the Pilgrims, a day we commemorate on the fourth Thursday in November." --
