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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers a visually rich, intimate, unprecedented look at the Justice and how she changed the world. From Ginsburgs refusal to let the slammed doors of sexism stop her to her innovative legal work, from her before-its-time feminist marriage to her perch on the nations highest court--with the fierce dissents to match--get to know RBG as never before. As the country struggles with the unfinished...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second woman ever to serve as a judge on the Supreme Court of the United States. Before she fought for equal rights and made history, Ruth was a curious kid who loved to read stories about strong women. In school, Ruth wished girls could have as many opportunities as boys. She soon learned that by studying and working hard, she could change her entire life--and the world. Explore how Ruth went from being a young Jewish...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Offers an illustrated introduction to the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg that explores the ways that the society in which she grew up was unfair toward women, Jews, and other groups, and how she spent her life working to fight that unfairness.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the best-selling author of My Weird School: a new entry in the cheerful and engaging biography series centered on high-interest historic figures. Did you know that Ruth Bader Ginsburg failed her driving test five times? Or that her real name was Joan? Bet you didn't know that she liked paddle boarding, white water rafting, and riding elephants! She even had a praying mantis named after her. Siblings Paige and Turner have collected some of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
160 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is famous for her stylish collars (called jabots) and her commanding dissents. This opera-loving New Yorker has always spoken her mind; as a young lawyer, RBG advocated for gender equality and women's rights when few others did. She gained attention for the cases she won when arguing in front of the Supreme Court, before taking her place on the bench in 1993. Author Patricia Brennan Demuth answers all the question about...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Whatever she did, wherever she was, Ketanji Brown Jackson rose to the top. From the time their daughter was born, Ketanji Brown's parents taught her that if she worked hard and believed in herself, she could do anything. As a child, Ketanji focused on her studies and excelled, eventually graduating from Harvard Law School. Years later, in 2016, when she was a federal judge, a seat opened on the United States Supreme Court. In a letter to then-President...
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney HYPERION
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages cm
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the trailblazing Supreme Court Justice describes the prejudices that challenged her pursuit of an education and a career in law, her achievements as the second woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court and her important contributions to high-profile cases.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an illustrated biography of the feminist icon and legal pioneer who has changed the world, and describes why she is someone to look up to.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
49 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Discover how a young girl who was the star of her school's debate team became a federal jurist and the first Black woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Discover the incredible story of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who followed her childhood dream of becoming a lawyer and eventually became the first Black woman to sit on the US Supreme Court in this picture book biography"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 20 x 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Before Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the judge, she was a young Jewish girl growing up in Brooklyn, inspired by books, past female trailblazers, and her mother to make the world a better, more just place to be. So even when people turned her away—for being a girl and for being Jewish—she never stopped fighting for equal treatment for everyone by pushing back against unjust laws and the beliefs around them."--publisher's website....
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ketanji Brown Jackson is no stranger to overcoming obstacles. When a high school guidance counselor told her she should set her sights lower than Harvard, she decided to go to Harvard for college and law school. When she became a public defender and saw inequalities in the justice system, she used her legal skills to advocate for people who needed help, but couldn't afford an attorney. Ketanji's path to the Supreme Court was unique. She's the only...
17) Sonia Sotomayor
Author
Series
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
69 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"A chapter book biography of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, part of the She Persisted series"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
47 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Details the life and career of the second female Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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