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Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War President.
A description of the boyhood, marriage, and young professional life of Abraham Lincoln includes his presidential years and also reflects on the latest scholarly thoughts about our Civil War president. Winner of the 1988 Newbery Medal.
2) Presidents
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Offers information about America's most influential political office and details on the men who have filled it.
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From his childhood in rural Illinois to moviemaking days in Hollywood and on to a career in politics that took him all the way to the Oval Office, Ronald Reagan kept an abiding faith in America and in what our country stood for. The oldest president ever, he survived a near-fatal assassination attempt and lived to be 93. Who Was Ronald Reagan? covers his life and times in a balanced, entertaining way for children. More than 100 black-and-white...
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As the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as our first African-American president. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this biography is perfect for primary graders looking for a longer, fuller life story than is found in the author's bestselling beginning reader Barack Obama: United States President.
10) Barack Obama
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First American edition.
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Presents the life of Barack Obama, including his childhood in the United States and abroad, careers as a community organizer and lawyer, and his election as the forty-four president in 2009.
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[2012]
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Lincoln's legacy is everywhere - there he is on your penny and five-dollar bill. And we are still the United States because Lincoln helped hold them together. But who was he, really? The little girl in this video wants to find out. Among the many other things, she discovers our sixteenth president was a man who believed in freedom for all, had a dog named Fido, loved Mozart, apples, and his wife's vanilla cake, and kept his notes in his hat.
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"See America's presidents as never before: made of objects! Using everything from blue jeans to boxing gloves, Hanoch Piven 'builds' the characters of eighteen of our nation's leaders. Revealing anecdotes accompany the creative collages and lend insight to the charismatic personalities of prominent presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama"--
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Examines the family life and career of the first American president, also discussing myths and legends, monuments to Washington, and Mount Vernon.
Examines the family life and career of the first American president, also discussing myths and legends, monuments to Washington, and Mount Vernon
16) Donald Trump
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2022.
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Donald Trump. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
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2022.
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"How did a peanut farmer from a small town in Georgia become the 39th President of the United States? 'Who Is Jimmy Carter?' details the entire life of Jimmy Carter, beginning with his 1924 birth in Plains, Georgia. Readers will learn about his life as a peanut farmer, a Sunday school teacher, a president, a Nobel Prize winner, and more"--
18) Barack Obama
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2022.
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Barack Obama"--Provided by publisher.
19) Joe Biden
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2022.
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Joe Biden. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
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[2020]
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Looks at what the presidents to be who were alive at various dates were doing at that moment, including serving in government, working in different fields, studying, or being a child, and wonders what the future presidents that are alive today are doing.
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