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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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The third Monday in February is a time to honor the presidents of the United States. This book discusses the origins of Presidents' Day and offers young readers creative ways to celebrate the fun of this patriotic day. Celebrations in the United States are diverse and exciting. Through lively illustrations and reader-friendly text, this series explores some of our best-known patriotic, religious, and traditional holidays-including the roots, traditions,...
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Series
Blast to the past volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Abigail and her friends have an important job today: They must convince George Washington to stay in Valley Forge and continue to fight the Revolutionary War. The future of America depends on him!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Presidents' Day celebrates the birthdays of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and all U.S. presidents. Some people go to parades, visit historical sites, or read books about presidents. Others dress up in costumes. Readers will discover how a shared holiday can have multiple traditions and be celebrated in all sorts of ways"--
10) Joe Steele
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Language
English
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"New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove's thought-provoking forays into the past have produced such intriguing "what-if" novels as Ruled Britannia, Days of Infamy, and Opening Atlantis. Now "the maven of alternate history" (The San Diego Union-Tribune) envisions the election of a United States President whose political power will redefine what the nation is-and what it means to be American... President Herbert Hoover has failed America....
12) Presidents' Day
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Introduces the holiday of Presidents' Day, its origins as George Washington's birthday, and how and why it is celebrated.
This title will familiarize readers with Presidents' Day by explaining the "whos, whats, and whys" of it. Complete with a More Facts section and bolded glossary terms. Young readers will gather basic information about Presidents' Day through easy-to-read text alongside compelling and historical photographs. Aligned to Common Core...
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Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
I am nothing, but I may be everything, John Adams, the first vice president, wrote of his office. And for most of American history, the nothing part of Adams's formulation accurately captured the importance of the vice presidency, at least as long as the president had a heartbeat. But a job that once was not worth a bucket of warm spit, according to John Nance Garner, became, in the hands of the most recent vice presidents, critical to the governing...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Presidential historian Michael Beschloss uses original letters, diaries, declassified documents, and interviews to bring us into the room and into the minds of a procession of Chief Executives who took the nation into major conflicts, mobilized Americans for victory, and seized greater power for themselves. From James Madison and the War of 1812 to Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam, we see these leaders struggling with Congress, the courts, the press, their...
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English
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"All The Presidents' Bankers is a compelling narrative of how a small group of private bankers and their financial institutions shaped America's economy and its global position since the start of the twentieth century. Through personal, political and professional networks, these bankers strategically exercised, and continue to exercise, disproportionate control over the destiny of billions of people. Nomi Prins offers an explosive account of how this...
17) The White House
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
A history of the White House and its inhabitants from 1790, when a site for the new capital was chosen, to the present day.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In case you've ever wondered, the walls at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue have eyes and ears -- and, what's more, they don't miss a thing. Now, listen up because the walls have a thing or two to tell you!
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