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1) Becoming
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Description
An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America — the first African American to serve in that role — she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful...
Author
Language
English
Description
There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life’s big challenges, but Michelle Obama believes that we can all locate and lean on a set of tools to help us better navigate change and remain steady within flux. In The Light We Carry, she opens a frank and honest dialogue with readers, considering the questions many of us wrestle with: How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we discover strength and community inside our differences?...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
238 pages, 10 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines America's first ladies and how they helped advance women's rights, political causes and other important progressive changes.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
viii, 662 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The definitive biography of the fiercely vigilant and politically astute First Lady who shaped one of the most consequential presidencies of the 20th century: Nancy Reagan"--
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hazel Rowley describes the remarkable courage and lack of convention--private and public--that kept FDR and Eleanor together. She reveals a partnership that was both supportive and daring--a partnership that they created according to their own ambitions and needs.
6) First ladies
Author
Series
Eyewitness books volume 117
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
72 p. : ill. (mostly col.) 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the First Ladies of the U.S. from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama.
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of the First Lady of the United States, from her childhood in Chicago and her career as a lawyer to her marriage to Barack Obama and her initiatives in the White House.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
An intimate portrait of Louisa Catherine Adams, the wife of John Quincy Adams, who witnessed firsthand the greatest transformations of her time. Born in London to an American father and a British mother on the eve of the Revolutionary War, Louisa Catherine Johnson was raised in circumstances very different from the New England upbringing of the future president John Quincy Adams, whose life had been dedicated to public service from the earliest age....
Publisher
Roosevelt Film Project
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Episode 1: Get Action: Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin; Franklin.
Episode 2: In the Arena: Follow the account of Theodore's presidency and FDR and Eleanor's courtship and marriage.
Episode 3: The Fire of Life: Join Ken Burns as he traces the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"All her life, Eleanor Roosevelt hoped to "leave some mark upon the world." She was a shy child who found joy in helping others. A passionate young adult who longed for adventure. An independent young woman who formed her own opinions. A trustworthy partner who worked tirelessly for change. So when her husband became president and she became first lady, Eleanor was ready to make her mark. With characteristic candor, compassion, and courage, she...
Author
Publisher
Plaza Janés
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
526 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Un íntimo, poderoso e inspirador libro de memorias de la ex primera dama de Estados Unidos"--
An intimate memoir by the former First Lady chronicles the experiences that have shaped her remarkable life, from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago through her setbacks and achievements in the White House.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok — a relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women's lives and empowered them to play significant roles in one of the most tumultuous periods in American history. In 1932, as her husband assumed the presidency, Eleanor Roosevelt entered the claustrophobic, duty-bound existence of the First Lady with dread. By that time, she had put...
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