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[2004], Primary, Schlessinger Video Productions Call No: DVD 973.0496 AFR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: American history for children Volume: [5]Summary Note: Presents the history of African Americans in the United States. Features a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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2023., Adolescent, Kokila Call No: HISTORICAL F ALL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Intertwining the stories of two Black students decades apart, this compelling and honest novel follows Kevin and Gibran as they navigate similar forms of insidious racism while discovering who they want to be instead of what society tells them they are.
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c2000., Juvenile, Heinemann Call No: 973.92 Isa Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Uses the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. a reference to examine the history of the United States from 1948 to 1976.
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2010., Greenhaven Press Call No: 813 .52 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Social issues in literatureSummary Note: Explores the concept of the American dream in John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," with discussions of the influence of the author's life experiences on his work and discussions of contemporary issues related to themes of immigration and capitalism.
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c2010., Greenhaven Press Call No: 813.52 STEINBECK Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Social issues in literatureSummary Note: Explores the concept of the American dream in John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," with discussions of the influence of the author's life experiences on his work and discussions of contemporary issues related to themes of immigration and capitalism.
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2021., North Star Editions Call No: F PLA green dot Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Ana & AndrewSummary Note: For Black History Month, Ana & Andrew join a research group at the Community Center. They learn many interesting things about Martin Luther King Jr.! Later, with the help of some other children, they make one of Martin's famous dreams come true. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.
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c2012., Juvenile, Schwartz & Wade Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: To teach young Helen Keller how to understand language, Annie Sullivan needed not only patience but also a new, inspired approach. As slowly, with devotion and determination, Annie taught Helen finger spelling and braille, letters, and sentences, Helen came to understand language and started to communicate and connected for the first time with her family and the world around her.
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c2012, Juvenile, Schwartz & Wade Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: To teach young Helen Keller how to understand language, Annie Sullivan needed not only patience but also a new, inspired approach. As slowly, with devotion and determination, Annie taught Helen finger spelling and braille, letters, and sentences, Helen came to understand language and started to communicate and connected for the first time with her family and the world around her.
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-- Annie & Helenc2012., Primary, Schwartz & Wade Books Call No: Biography KELLER Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the relationship between Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, and includes excerpts from letters written by Annie about her work with Helen.
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c2012., Disney Hyperion Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, author and illustrator Joseph Lambert examines the powerful bond between teacher and pupil, forged through the intense frustrations and revelations of Helen's early education. The result is an inspiring, emotional, and wholly original take on the story of these two great Americans.
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c2008., A.A. Knopf Call No: 323.092 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Story of two icons for social justice, how they formed a remarkable friendship and turned their personal experiences of discrimination into a message of love and equality for all.
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[2008]., Juvenile, Dragonfly Books Call No: 323 .092 MICHELSON Edition: First Dragonfly Books edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the friendship between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Rabbi Abraham Heschel who turned their dark human experiences into a message of hope, love, and equality while working together for freedom.
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c2011, Greenhaven Press Call No: 323 .092 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Perspectives on modern world historySummary Note: Contains essays that offer varying perspectives on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. from different time periods, cultures, and ideologies, providing background on the life of Martin Luther King Jr., discussing controversies surrounding his assassination, and sharing personal narratives.
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1996, Juvenile, Children's Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Cornerstones of freedomSummary Note: Chronicles the events leading up to, and the immediate aftermath of, the murder of one of the best-known figures in America's civil rights movement.
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c2005., Juvenile, Abdo & Daughters Call No: 973.92 KOESTLER-GRACK Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: American moments.Summary Note: Examines the assassination of Robert Kennedy. Discusses Kennedy's life, career, and the campaign for the presidency during which he was killed. Describes the arrest of Kennedy's assassin and the aftermath of the assassination.
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1999, Juvenile, Little, Brown Call No: 921 Sos Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of the Chicago Cubs power hitter, Sammy Sosa, from his poor childhood in the Dominican Republic to the home run record-breaking 1998 season.
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c1998., IPM in association with Warner Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An autobiography of the Baptist minister Martin Luther King, Jr., compiled and edited from articles, essays, speeches, sermons, letters, and other sources, examining his private and public life and describing his involvement in many important events in the civil rights movement.
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[2001], c1998., IPM in association with Warner Books Call No: B King Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An autobiography of the Baptist minister Martin Luther King, Jr., compiled and edited from articles, essays, speeches, sermons, letters, and other sources, examining his private and public life and describing his involvement in many important events in the civil rights movement.
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-- Photographs and writings of Christopher McCandless2011, c2007., Twin Star Press, Inc Call No: HI-INT B MCC Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Using Christopher McCandless' own photographs and journal entries, this book chronicles his journey that began on July 4, 1990 and ended in the Alaska wilderness on August 18, 1992, a journey that is also the subject of Jon Krakauer's Into the wild.
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2013., Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: J 796.357 Moss Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Story of Kenichi Zenimura bringing baseball to a Japanese internment camp during World War II.
