Robert Casilla
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jackie Robinson became the first black Major League baseball player of the modern era when he stepped onto the field as a Brooklyn Dodger in 1947. In simple, engaging language, this book follows Jackie from childhood through his career as an MVP, award winning baseball player and a hero of the civil rights movement. This book is perfect for Black History Month and the start of spring training!
4) Rodeo day
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
After years of traveling around the state watching the bigger kids compete, Lacey experiences the thrill of riding in her first rodeo.
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.
11) Con mi hermano
Author
Publisher
Alladin Books
Pub. Date
1994, c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little boy admires his big brother and aspires to be like him when he is older.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gifford Pinchot is regarded as the father of the conservation movement. Pinchot and President Teddy Roosevelt set aside large areas and designated them public lands; these are today's National Forests.
