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Author
Publisher
Duopress, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The true story of José Andrés, an award-winning chef, food activist, and founder of World Central Kitchen, a disaster-relief organization that uses the power of food to nourish communities after catastrophe strikes. When a terrible earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, chef José Andrés knew he needed to help. Within a few hours of the disaster, he had gathered friends, they flew to the island, and they began cooking rice and beans for the hungry...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an Imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
"Hold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? Series! Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise and striking Viking landed in the area known as Vinland...
Author
Publisher
Pennway Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In the middle of a dark night off the coast of Vietnam on June 3, 1969, the USS Frank E. Evans is rammed by a ship ten times her size, sending her forward half to the bottom of the South China Sea and into oblivion. Seventy-four Americans are killed in this mysterious collision. Three brothers from a small town in Nebraska are gone, as is the son of a chief who barely survived. Only one body is ever found. The truth is confined to a footnote of the...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The lively and revealing correspondence that Vincent van Gogh maintained with his art-dealer brother Theo is famous as a source of insight into the mind of one of the most celebrated artists of all time. But what of Anna, Lies and Willemien van Gogh, with whom Vincent had intimate and sometimes turbulent relationships? It was an argument with his oldest sister, Anna, in the aftermath of their father's death that provoked Vincent to leave the Netherlands...
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"All rise for Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black female United States Supreme Court. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson knew from the very beginning that "You can do anything. You can be anything." Driven by those powerful words and her parents' love, Ketanji refused to let naysayers stop her from rising to the top. Her perseverance and her wits led her to become the first Black woman to become a US district judge and eventually the first Black female...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A candid exploration of the genius, shame, and celebrity of Whitney Houston a decade after her passing. On February 11, 2012, Whitney Houston was found submerged in the bathtub of her suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. In the decade since, the world has mourned her death amid new revelations about her relationship to her Blackness, her sexuality, and her addictions. Didn't We Almost Have It All is author Gerrick Kennedy's exploration of the duality...
Author
Publisher
Mortimer Children's Books, an imprint of Welbeck Children's Limited
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Disabilities and neurodivergencies are an ordinary part of life--but they're no barrier to doing extraordinary things. This book will introduce you to 25 ordinary, extraordinary people who are neurodivergent or have disabilities, from Billie Eilish to Simone Biles, Peter Dinklage to Stephen Hawking. Beyond fascinating, beautifully illustrated profiles, you'll also find expert takes on the potential challenges and positives associated with each person's...
