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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.
42) 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.
43) 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...
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." --...
45) Ulysses S. Grant
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers Ulysses S. Grant including his military service and key events from Grant's administration including several scandals, as well as the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
47) 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,...
49) 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...
Author
Language
English
Description
George W. Bush covers the entire scope of the elder President Bush's life and career, including his service in the Pacific during World War II, his pioneering work in the Texas oil business, and his political rise as a Congressman, U.S. Representative to China and the United Nations, CIA Director, Vice President, and 41st 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.
54) 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...
55) 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.
Author
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1962, nineteen-year-old Mimi Beardsley arrived by train in Washington, D.C., to begin an internship in the White House press office. The Kennedy Administration had reinvigorated the capital and the country, and Mimi was eager to contribute. For a young woman from a privileged but sheltered upbringing, the job was the chance of a lifetime. Although she started as a lowly intern, Mimi made an impression on Kennedy's inner circle and,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of George Washington in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative backmatter."--Amazon.com.
60) James Madison
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the life and career of the fourth American president, including his work constructing the U.S. Constitution, his role in shaping American politics, his influence on partisan journalism, and his leadership during the War of 1812.
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