Tanya Lee Stone
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
-- Courage Has No ColorWhat did it take to be a paratrooper in World War II? Specialized training, extreme physical fitness, courage, and — until the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (the Triple Nickles) was formed — white skin. It is 1943. Americans are overseas fighting World War II to help keep the world safe from Adolf Hitler’s tyranny, safe from injustice, safe from discrimination. Yet right here at home, people with white skin have rights...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An introduction to the life and achievements of the first American female doctor describes the limited career prospects available to women in the early nineteenth-century, the opposition Blackwell faced while pursuing a medical education, and her pioneering medical career that opened doors for future generations of women.
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Josie, Nicolette, and Aviva all get mixed up with a senior boy who can talk them into doing almost anything he wants. In a blur of high school hormones and personal doubt, each girl struggles with how much to give up and what ultimately to keep for herself.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape, any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"Readers learn about Mattel Toys and the background behind Barbie's concept and development, how it was a solution for girls who wanted to imagine adult roles rather than just play mother, and details about inventor Ruth Handler."--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
What did it take to be a paratrooper in World War II? Specialized training, extreme physical fitness, courage, and -- until the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was formed - white skin. In 1943, Americans were fighting World War II to keep the world safe from tyranny, yet at home, white people had rights that black people did not. What is courage? Perhaps it is being ready to fight for your nation even when your nation won't fight for you.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As a boy, Sandy was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got older he started creating wire sculptures. Sandy made a lion. Next came a lion cage. Before he knew it, he had an entire circus and was traveling between Paris and New York performing a brand-new kind of art for amazed audiences.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the woman who used her experiences growing up in a pioneer household in the nineteenth century to write a series of classic children's novels, including "Little House on the Prairie."
19) Teddy bears
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Photographs and text describe step-by-step process by which teddy bears are made at the Vermont Teddy Bear Company.