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  • Abe Lincoln's Hat

    by Martha Brenner ...
    Illustrated by Donald Cook ...
    Series series Step into Reading, Step 3
    How do you remember things? President Abraham Lincoln used a special trick -- he placed reminders under his top hat! Read all about it and more in this leveled reader perfect for President's Day and for anyone looking to discover fun facts about one of our nation's greatest presidents!This Step 3 History Reader shares some fascinating anecdotes about Abraham Lincoln, one of our greatest presidents ... Read more

    Was $4.99 USD Now $3.99 USD

  • George, Thomas, and Abe!

    The Step into Reading Presidents Story Collection

    by Frank Murphy, Martha Brenner ...
    Illustrated by Richard Walz, Donald Cook ...
    Series series Step into Reading Collection
    This collection features three of our most popular biographies: Washington, the stoic general with a soft spot for animals; Jefferson, the brilliant statesman who was a foodie at heart, and Lincoln, the absentminded lawyer whose compassionate caseload foretold his presidency. Beginning readers will learn about little-known, illuminating events in the earlier years of these extraordinary men and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Abe Lincoln's Hat

    by Martha Brenner ...
    Illustrated by Brooke Smart ...
    Was Abe Lincoln absent-minded? Indeed! President Lincoln came up with a trick involving his stovepipe hat to nudge his memory! Fascinating anecdotes and historical context enrich this expanded biographical picture book that brings to life one of our nation's most revered presidents.Long before he became the 16th president, Abe Lincoln started out as a frontier lawyer. He resorted to sticking ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Abe Lincoln

    by Sterling North ...
    Series series Landmark Books
    Abraham Lincoln was born to a poor family on the American frontier. He was a hard worker, but he wanted more than a farmer’s life. As he learned about the issues of his day, Abe longed to be a lawmaker himself, so he ran for the state legislature. Soon the farm boy would become the brilliant orator and admired president who finally proclaimed freedom for all Americans. Focusing on Lincoln’s ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Who Was Abraham Lincoln?

    by Janet B. Pascal, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by John O'Brien ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age—literally! (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery. But Lincoln was tragically shot one night at Ford’s Theater—the first President to be assassinated. Over 100 black-and-white illustrations and maps are included. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • Who Was Sojourner Truth?

    by Yona Zeldis McDonough, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Jim Eldridge ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court--and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Born a slave in New York sometime around 1797, she was later sold and separated from her family. Even after she escaped from slavery, she knew her work was not yet done. She ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • What Is the Declaration of Independence?

    by Michael C. Harris, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Jerry Hoare ...
    Series series What Was?
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Step back in time to the creation of America’s founding document with this fascinating history for young readers, part of the beloved What Was? series. The perfect way to celebrate the U.S.A.’s 250th anniversary!On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously well into the night. He was drafting the Declaration of ... Read more

    Was $5.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Fifty Cents and a Dream

    Young Booker T. Washington

    by Jabari Asim, Bryan Collier ...
    Booker dreamedof making friends with words,setting free the secretsthat lived in books.Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking his first of many steps towards a college degree. When he arrived, he had just fifty cents in his pocket and a ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Streetcar to Justice

    How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

    by Amy Hill Hearth ...
    Starred reviews hail Streetcar to Justice as "a **book that belongs in any civil rights library collection" (Publishers Weekly) and "completely fascinating and unique” *(Kirkus).***An ALA Notable Book and winner of a Septima Clark Book Award from the National Council for the Social Studies.Bestselling author and journalist Amy Hill Hearth uncovers the story of a little-known figure in U.S. history ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Meet Abraham Lincoln

    by Barbara Cary ...
    Series series Landmark Books
    This warmly told biography of our sixteenth president is enriched by many authentic but seldom told anecdotes and complemented by bold color illustrations that capture the spirit of Lincoln and his era. ... Read more

    Was $6.99 USD Now $3.99 USD

  • Origins of the Women's Rights Movement

    by LeeAnne Gelletly ...
    Series series Finding a Voice: Women's Fight for Equal
    In the 1800s, women were second-class citizens. By law, married women were owned by their husbands. Women had no political rights. They could not vote. They could not hold office. By custom, women did not dare speak before men in public. But some women refused to be silenced. They saw wrongs in the world that needed fixing. The injustice of slavery led women like Lucretia Mott, Angelina Grimké, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Slavery in America

    by Kathy Campbell ...
    Series series The African American Experience: From Slavery to the Presidency
    In this illuminating text, the origins of the slave trade in Africa and the effects of the practice of slavery on the political and economic history of the United States are explored. King Cotton, the slave hierarchy on southern plantations, the relationship of the slaveholders and slaves, the slave codes that regulated the absolute control of slaves, the ensuing slave rebellions, and the ... Read more

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