Larry Dane Brimner
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1260L
Physical Desc
109 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Richard Perry Loving and Mildred Jeter Loving wanted to live out their married life near family in Virginia. However, the state refused to let them--because Richard was white and Mildred was black. After being arrested and charged with a crime, the Lovings were forced to leave their home--until they turned to the legal system. In one of the country's most prominent legal battles, Loving v. Virginia, the Lovings secured their future when the court...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
1120L
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Captures a story of passion, courage, and triumph through Bayard's own words and archival photographs, and through spirituals and protest songs that Bayard often sang.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1160L
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1915, the city of San Diego hired "rainmaker" Charles Mallory Hatfield to save their city from a drought, but when the town experienced one of the worst floods they ever had they refused to pay Hatfield for his services.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1230L
Physical Desc
171 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the 1947 government investigation into the motion picture industry by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
1947: "A Cold War is brewing between communist Soviet Union and the United States. Tensions between the two countries are at an all-time high. In America, people begin to see communist threats everywhere, and the U.S. government forms a committee to investigate those threats. Even Hollywood comes under the microscope. Acclaimed...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1170L
Physical Desc
189 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1931, nine teenagers were arrested as they traveled on a train through Scottsboro, Alabama. The youngest was thirteen, and all had been hoping to find something better at the end of their journey. But they never arrived. Instead, two white women falsely accused them of rape. The effects were catastrophic for the young men, who came to be known as the Scottsboro Boys. Being accused of raping a white woman in the Jim Crow south almost certainly...
10) A migrant family
Author
Pub. Date
1992
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
40 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
11) E-mail
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Acorn/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
430L
Physical Desc
43 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ace has built her own go-kart, but when she is ready for a test run it will not start, and she has to figure out what part is missing--and then in the middle of the race something else goes wrong.
14) Rumble bus
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Passengers get on and off the bus, providing a lesson in addition and subtraction.
16) One summery day
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A child describes some of the sights and sounds of summer.
17) In the fall
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
23 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young child describes the sights and sounds of autumn, including the "Chop! Chop!" of the woodcutter and the changing colors of the leaves.
18) Spring sail
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A child describes some of the sights and sounds of early spring.
19) Winter blanket
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A child describes some of the sights and sounds of winter.
20) Cats!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Lexile measure
80L
Physical Desc
23 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
A child has fun playing with some cats.