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[2017], Juvenile, Chronicle Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: A picture book biography of John Newbery, the "Father of Children's Literature." Describes how Newbery thought children's books should entertain rather than just educate, so he brought the joy of reading to children and his pioneering work in publishing during the eighteenth century changed the perception of children's literature forever.
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c2013., Juvenile, Balzer + Bray Call No: Easy MARKEL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the unfair working conditions in New York's garment district.
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c2013., Juvenile, Balzer + Bray Call No: 331.892 88711509747109041 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike. It describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the terrible working conditions in New York's garment district.
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c2013., Juvenile, Balzer + Bray Call No: 331.892 88711509747109041 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike. It describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the terrible working conditions in New York's garment district.
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c2013., Juvenile, Balzer + Bray Call No: 331.8 MAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Picture book following the real life of Clara Lemlich, an immigrant who arrived in America not being able to speak English. She worked in a factory where poor young women were treated badly and paid very little. Taking night classes Clara learned English and about the freedom Americans championed, and decided to start a female worker's walk out that became the largest in US history, to fight for better women's pay.
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[2013]., Juvenile, Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: E MAR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the unfair working conditions in New York's garment district.
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-- Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909[2013]., Primary, Balzer + Bray Call No: 331.892 MAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes how immigrant Clara Lemlich, fought back against the poor treatment of her fellow factory workers and led the largest walkout of women workers in the country.
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c2005., Primary, Holt Call No: B CHA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the life of Marc Chagall, a celebrated twentieth-century artist who was born in Russia.
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c2012., Juvenile, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Call No: B ROU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Introduces the life and artistic career of Henri Rousseau, discussing how he began painting and outlining the criticisms he had to overcome along the way to becoming a famed artist.
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2012., Juvenile, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Call No: 759.4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Henri Rousseau was an untrained artist who worked as a toll collector. For years critics mocked his work, but Rousseau never gave up and later counted artists such as Picasso and Georges Braque among his many admirers.
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2012, Juvenile, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Call No: 759.4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Henri Rousseau was an untrained artist who worked as a toll collector. For years critics mocked his work, but Rousseau never gave up and later counted artists such as Picasso and Georges Braque among his many admirers.