United States presidents (ABDO)
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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This biography introduces readers to Abraham Lincoln including his military service, early political career, and key events from Lincoln's administration including the American Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, and his assassination by John Wilkes Booth. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.
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Barack Obama
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6) Bill Clinton
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Bill Clinton including his early political career and key events from Clinton's administration including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the 2000 Camp David Summit, and the Iraq Liberation Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers Dwight D. Eisenhower including his career in the US Army and key events from Eisenhower's administration including the Korean War, the struggle for civil rights, and the forming of NASA. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards." --...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Franklin D. Roosevelt including his early political career and key events from Roosevelt's administration including the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, and Pearl Harbor. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's website....
11) Franklin Pierce
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This biography introduces readers to the life of Franklin Pierce including his military service, early political career, and key events from Pierce's administration including the Gadsden Purchase, the Treaty of Kanagawa, and Bleeding Kansas.
12) George H.W. Bush
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to George H.W. Bush including his early political career and key events from Bush's administration including the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the Persian Gulf War, and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
13) George W. Bush
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to George W. Bush including his early political career and key events from Bush's administration including the Iraq War, the No Child Left Behind Act, and Hurricane Katrina. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to George Washington including his military service, early political career, and key events from Washington's administration including creating the first presidential cabinet and creating a financial plan for the new nation. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards...
15) Gerald Ford
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Gerald Ford including his early political career and key events from Ford's administration including the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Provided by publisher.
16) Grover Cleveland
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A biography of Grover Cleveland, the only American president to serve two nonconsecutive terms in office.
17) Harry S. Truman
Author
Publisher
Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
40 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Harry S. Truman including his military service, early political career, and key events from Truman's administration including World War II, the Cold War, the Marshall Plan, and the Korean War.
18) Herbert Hoover
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A biography of the thirty-first president of the United States, describing his career as mining engineer, businessman, and president during the Great Depression.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to James A. Garfield including his early political career and key events from Garfield's administration including his surprise nomination, the Star Route Scandal, and his assassination by Charles Guiteau. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Provided...
20) James Buchanan
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to James Buchanan including his early political career and key events from Buchanan's administration including the Dred Scott case and the secession of seven Southern states prior to the American Civil War. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to...
21) James K. Polk
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to James K. Polk including his early political career and key events from Polk's administration, including the Oregon Treaty, the Mexican War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's...
22) James Madison
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to James Madison including his early political career and key events from Madison's administration including the War of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. " -- Provided by publisher.
23) James Monroe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to James Monroe including his military service, early political career, and key events from Monroe's administration including the Monroe Doctrine. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's website.
24) Jimmy Carter
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Jimmy Carter including his early political career and key events from Carter's administration including a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt the Emergency National Gas Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. " -- Provided...
25) John Adams
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to John Adams including his early political career and key events from Adams's administration including the French Revolution the Alien and Sedition Acts. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards." -- Provided by publisher.
26) John F. Kennedy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to John F. Kennedy including his military service, early political career, and key events from Kennedy's administration including the Cold War, space race, Bay of Pigs invasion, and Cuban missile crisis. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
28) John Tyler
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This biography introduces young readers to the life of John Tyler including his military service, early political career, and key events from Tyler's administration including his opposition to the national bank, Second Seminole War, and the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to the life of Lyndon B. Johnson including his military service, early political career, and key events from Johnson's administration including the Civil Rights Act, the Vietnam War, and the Voting Rights Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
30) Martin Van Buren
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Martin Van Buren including his early political career and key events from Van Buren's administration including the Second Seminole War and passage of the Independent Treasury Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's...
31) Millard Fillmore
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Millard Fillmore including his early political career and key events from Fillmore's administration including the Compromise of 1850 and the Treaty of Kanagawa. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards." -- Provided by publisher....
32) Richard Nixon
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Richard Nixon including his military service, early political career, and key events from Nixon's administration including his debates with John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, and his resignation. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
33) Ronald Reagan
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
This biography introduces readers to Ronald Reagan including his early political career and key events from Reagan's administration including the Reagan Revolution and the Cold War. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Rutherford B. Hayes including his early political career and key events from Hayes's administration including civil service reforms, the end of Reconstruction, and the passage of the Bland-Allison Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Theodore Roosevelt including his early political career and key events from Roosevelt's administration including building of the Panama Canal, creating the Department of Commerce and Labor, and winning the Nobel Prize. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
36) Thomas Jefferson
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines the childhood, political career, and other activities of the third president of the United States.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Warren G. Harding including his early political career and key events from Harding's administration including the Teapot Dome scandal. Information about his childhood, family and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to William H. Harrison including his military service during the War of 1812; his early political career as governor of Indiana Territory, US congressman, Ohio state senator; and Harrison's term as the shortest presidency in US history. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
39) William McKinley
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to William McKinley including his early political and key events from McKinley's administration including the Spanish-American War, the expansion of US territory to include the Hawaiian Islands, and his assassination by Leon F. Czolgosz. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and...
40) Woodrow Wilson
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Woodrow Wilson including his early political career and key events from Wilson's administration including the Underwood Tariff Act and World War I. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's website.
41) Zachary Taylor
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Zachary Taylor including his early political career and key events from Taylor's administration including the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and the national debate over slavery. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's website.