Search Results: Returned 13 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 13
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2010., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Call No: 811 .4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free ..." Before Emma Lazarus wrote the final lines to her poem, the Statue of Liberty was known only as a gift of friendship from France to the United States. As Lazarus's words grew famous and stirred the nation, the statue came to be seen as the mother of immigrants, her torch a lamp held out to welcome them.
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2010., Primary, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Details the inspiration for and history of Emma Lazarus' sonnet which is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty's plaque.
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2010., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The story of Emma Lazarus, who, despite her life of privilege, became a tireless advocate for the immigrants who arrived in New York City in the 1880s and wrote a famous poem for the Statue of Liberty.
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2010., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Presents the story of Emma Lazarus who, despite her life of privilege, became a tireless advocate for the immigrants who arrived in New York City in the 1880s and wrote a famous poem for the Statue of Liberty.
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c2001., Candlewick Press Call No: E HES Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jennie helps her grandmother prepare for a family Sabbath celebration.
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2012., Frances Foster Books Call No: B EAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Provides a picture book biography of oceanographer Sylvia Earle describing her childhood near the Gulf of Mexico, her diving explorations, and her advocacy for the world's oceans.
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2012., Juvenile, Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: 551.46092 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sylvia Earle first lost her heart to the ocean as a young girl when she discovered the wonders of the Gulf of Mexico in her backyard. As an adult, she has dedicated her life to learning more about "the blue heart of the planet." Author Claire A. Nivola tells the story of Sylvia's growing passion and how her ocean exploration and advocacy have made her known around the world.
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2012., Frances Foster Books Call No: B EARLE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Provides a picture book biography of oceanographer Sylvia Earle describing her childhood near the Gulf of Mexico, her diving explorations, and her advocacy for the world's oceans.
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-- Sylvia Earle2012., Primary, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: Biography EARLE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A picture book biography of oceanographer Sylvia Earle, discussing her childhood along the Gulf of Mexico, her passion for the environment, and her experiences in ocean exploration.
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c2012., Juvenile, Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: E Niv Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2011., Juvenile, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: 945 .92 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As a child, Claire Nivola loved summers in Orani, the village where her father grew up and where her many aunts, uncles, and 50 cousins still lived. She ran freely through the town's cobbled streets with packs of cousins, who quizzed her about America while she took in all the simple joys and pleasures of daily life in a village where luxuries were unheard of, but life was rich, lived close to the earth.
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2008., Juvenile, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux Call No: B MAA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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c2008., Juvenile, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux Call No: LS E Nivola Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Click here to view Summary Note: Watercolor illustrations and lyrical prose combine to tell the true story of Wangari Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, who changed the fate of her village in the highlands of Kenya by teaching her people how to care for it.
